R & D Packaging Technologist

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.

Research & Development

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.

About The Role
To enhance Reckitt R&D packaging capacity to ensure that appropriate and sustainable packaging are developed for operational efficiency and to maintain good standards in product delivery and maintenance. Hence, all activities undertaken within this role are focused at ensuring that pack component are developed to fulfil required need, within budget and are environmentally friendly with a right first-time mind set.

Your responsibilities

• Lead industrial Trials on packaging materials at Reckitt factory, DC/Embellishment centers.
• Trial samples analytical evaluations and documentation.
• End to end material development project.
• Material compatibility studies and rigid plastic ESCR evaluation.
• Ensure maintenance of 5s in the Lab and management of assigned R&D QMS pillar.
• Material artwork development and online approvals at vendor sites.
• Active participation in routine local/regional R&D/packaging team meetings and innovation drive to capture new development and deployment strategy.
• Provision of needed packaging support for Factory, DC, Marketing and procurement to ensure business continuity.
• Participate in routine quality audits at pack material vendor sites alongside Quality and Procurement Teams.
• Responsible for all relevant packaging specifications update and initiatives.
• Carry out relevant tests for rigid plastic mold development and validation (FAT/SAT)
• Maintain company safety standards all times while undertaking activities in the Lab, Factory, DC, vendor sites.
• Carry out any other function/ projects as may be directed by Line manager.

The experience we're looking for

• Minimum of 2 years Industrial experience in R&D or related function
• Higher institution degree in Science (BSc/ BTech/HND etc.)

The skills for success

Excellent communication skills, Creative thinking, Problem Solving, R&D, Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Agility, Accountability, Adaptability, Prioritization skills.

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.