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We are Reckitt
Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.
Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.
If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.
Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.
About The Role
Reckitt is seeking a hands-on Technical Manager who can bring innovation and skill to one of our manufacturing sites. In this role, you'll guide your team through the exciting journey of developing new products and improving processes for some of the most trusted healthcare brands. Your expertise will be the driving force behind flawless production and the seamless launch of new items that will impact lives globally. Are you ready to step into a role where your technical flair meets leadership We're looking for someone who's as passionate about product excellence as we are.
Your responsibilities
- Spearhead the development and implementation of new product processes at manufacturing sites and oversee contract manufacturers operations.
- Facilitate the Technology Transfer Process, ensuring that products move efficiently from R & D into full-scale production.
- Champion process development and improvements focusing on safety, cost, quality, and customer service.
- Provide essential troubleshooting and technical support to manufacturing units and global healthcare facilities.
- Assess engineering performance, benchmarking and implementing measures to enhance productivity and manufacturing excellence.
The experience we're looking for
- Extensive knowledge and background in manufacturing technology, ideally within the pharmaceuticals or FMCG sectors.
- Familiarity with UK, EU, and FDA regulations and legislation.
- A record of managing teams, nurturing talent, and evaluating performance.
- Skilled in cross-functional team influence, adapting strategies to suit various stakeholders.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot and improve technical processes across the product lifecycle.
- Strong relationship management skills and a knack for business-centric decision-making.
The skills for success
Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Relationship management, Business acumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Advanced analytics, Data analytics, Manufacturing excellence.
What we offer
With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.
We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.
Equality
We recognise that in real life, great people don't always tick all the boxes. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.
