Job Description
Your responsibilities
• Lead regional technical developments on key bar soap initiatives for Reckitt’s Dettol brand by leveraging prior experience/expertise to help drive pipeline growth.
• Oversee a small technical team on all aspects of development including bar soap formulation, processing, manufacture/scale-up and R&D capability in region.
• Develop technical plans to meet project brief objectives and conduct all technical testing to ensure high quality output & impact.
• Initiate and leverage partnerships with local and global raw material suppliers to deliver existing and new bar soap innovation needs.
• Work with R&D colleagues, regulatory and marketing to support and validate new bar soap claims.
• Partner with supply and quality to conduct all required industrial trials to ensure successful delivery; issue trial reports with findings/recommendations.
• Build a cohesive, motivated and professional team with a result-oriented culture, where personal responsibility/initiative, teamwork, and mutual respect are key.
• Be responsible for the development of his/her colleagues to enable them to achieve their full potential including formulation development experience on GP PC segments.
• Responsible for ensuring that all development activity within the team conforms to health & safety and quality requirements.