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.
In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.
We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.
The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.
As a Formulation Assistant within Upper Respiratory ROW R&D you will be responsible for the end-to-end support of NPDs for the Sore Throat and Cough Category, delivering the innovation in line with the Brand Strategy.
Reporting into the Senior Associate, as a R&D Formulation Assistant working collaboratively with the rest of the R&D experts across our team, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of number of products to ensure we keep competitive and drive innovation.
- Support the delivery of allocated projects within the category innovation pipeline through formulation development in line with QbD principles and GMP.
- Deliver the formulation feasibility stage of product development cycle for all agreed projects through to factory scale up working with the R&D matrix organisation
- Provide technical support for medicine and medical device license applications through authoring of dossiers and technical files
- Work diligently with 3rd parties EMOs on external development opportunities and in-licensing showcasing best practise needs and collaboration.
- Respond effectively and efficiently to changes in project priorities and needs whilst communicating clearly risks and project impacts to stakeholders.
- Degree, preferably Science, technology, engineering or mathematics-based subject.
- Experience of delivering development projects within OTC Healthcare
- Knowledge of OTC formulation product development process
- The capability to define, evaluate and communicate risks and the associated mitigation plans
- Communication and influencing skills
- Ability to build strong networks across a matrix organisation
- Comfortable working independently and partnering with cross functional teams within a matrix organisation
R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Collaborator, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Analytical, Formulation, Science, Chemistry.
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.
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.
