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 R&D, 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 R&D Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

Reports to:R&D Operations Director Nutrition

Net Revenue of Business: 2.4 Billion

No of Direct Reports: Up to 5 |No of Indirect Reports: Up to 25

R&D Operations is the R&D function responsible for products once they are launched on the market. The teams are based around the globe, working closely with R&D category development teams, supply, procurement, and commercial teams to deliver projects to protect the existing business in addition to increasing the profitability of our products through cost saving programs.

The role of the Senior R&D Operations Manager is to maintain a complex portfolio of infant and child nutrition products on a global scale. Following key departmental objectives of safety, quality, service and margin, the role is responsible for managing multiple teams (sometimes remote) to deliver a varied set of projects and activities aligned with the relevant business, regulatory and supply strategies. The senior manager is responsible for driving best in class delivery across the group and defining strategy for relevant areas of responsibility in alignment with senior stakeholders. The job is dynamic and complex, and the challenges you will face will give you the possibility to develop quickly, laying a solid foundation for your future career.

* Lead and manage one or more R&D teams across the Americas, sometimes remotely. Accountable for providing R&D leadership to the infant and child nutrition portfolio to protect the existing business through the delivery of compliance programs and supply service maintenance as well as implementation of cost saving initiatives to increase the profitability.
* Build key business relationships with senior stakeholders in the safety, quality and compliance, regulatory, supply, procurement and commercial teams and wider R&D matrix including R&D category and nutritional science.
* Contribute to the development of a compelling strategy for the R&D Operations organization that is in full support of the overall brand and business objectives.
* Strong partner with other parts of R&D Operations and rest of R&D to drive process improvements, best practise sharing and talent development
* Go to person for senior stakeholders for operations in your area of accoutability

Provide Strategic direction to the team in order to:
* Provide leadership, coaching and development to your team.
* Develop and drive vision and strategy in alignment with business partners and targets.
* Lead development of new ways of working to improve efficiency & quality of department output and overall organization performance.
* Identify and recommend key strategic opportunities within own area of responsibility and share opportunities across the R&D Operations group.
* Develop and lead the team, ensuring sufficient resource availability and by empowering and supporting the team. Lead recruitment for your team and support the wider team in recruitment. Continually develop team's technical capabilities.
* Lead the delivery of facility improvements, namely: offices and laboratories. Ensuring that a professional and compliant working environment is provided for the teams and that all areas are audit ready.
* Ensure that facilities and processes are operated with a prioritization to Health and Safety and to the required standards of good manufacturing and laboratory practices. Ensure that all work performed is subject to the scrutiny of internal and external auditors.
* Manage assigned budget and proactively look for cost optimization and simplification activities.
* Drive your network across IFCN (infant and child nutrition) internally and externally to build capability of the team and ensure we are leading edge in how we approach operations for IFCN.

* Managing a complex number of projects across several brands and technology platforms
* Direct exposure to senior stakeholders in high pressure situations as the R&D representative
* Project prioritization
* Delivery through others
* Liaison with colleagues across the international community
* Agreeing and securing resources to support project delivery
* Provision of a fast-paced scientific service to demanding customers with challenging timelines
* Complicated stakeholder network
* Complicated supply chains
* Must be willing/able to travel to support as needed around the globe

QUALIFICATIONS
* Educated to Degree level (Food/Nutritional Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or other relevant science)
* Masters/PhD desirable

EXPERIENCE
* Minimum 10 years R&D experience with a proven track record of planning, prioritization and implementation of projects as well as identifying cost saving opportunities and problem-solving ability.
* Proven experience of working in a remote managed environment and proven ability to manage remote teams
* Ability to work well under pressure
* Ability to identify and communicate risks
* Capable of building strong working relationships and strong networking skills
* Strong negotiating & analytical skills
* Ability to anticipate, plan and realize significant projects involving multiple technical and scientific hurdles
* Excellent communication skills both written and oral in English and excellent presentation skills
* Ability to manage, control and optimize budgets for teams and projects.
* Talent and organization development skills

* In line with Reckitt's compass, you will be driven to do the right thing, always. This means that you will work with a focus on putting consumers and people first - this should drive the way you make decisions. You will seek out new opportunities, strive for excellence in all you and your teams deliver and build shared success across the cross functional teams you work with.
* Strong leadership, influencing, motivational and interpersonal skills.
* Capable of building strong teams and motivating teams to deliver outstanding results.
* Ability to anticipate, plan and realise significant projects involving multiple technical and scientific hurdles.
* Ability to convert rational thinking into action (a thinker and an achiever).
* An Openness to change and ability to think out of the box.
* The business language in Reckitt is English, therefore fluency in English is essential, fluency in local languages advantageous.

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.

USD$143,165.00- $217,000.00

The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year.

Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick, and Company recognized holidays; a 401(K) plan; generous paid parental leave; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; product discounts; and much more!

If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete your application, please contact. Reckitt is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

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.