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Reckitt Product Development Senior Associate in Chon Buri, Thailand
Product Development Senior Associate
City: Chon Buri
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 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.
About the role
The Product Development Senior Associate is responsible for all phases of innovation product development from ideation to post launch and handover for product maintenance. The innovation product development encompasses new product features or benefits, productivity, compliance and/or strategy. The role interfaces with different cross-functions in the region, in the markets, and with global functions as necessary, to ensure alignment of innovation with corporate product strategies, and in the successful scale-up and launch of new product formulations.
Your responsibilities
Translate product concepts to technically feasible and consumer-relevant products using information from various products testing and leveraging with expertise in suppliers and in the industry during all phases of product development.
Applies knowledge of ingredient functionality, interactions and other fundamental food science principles for optimum product design.
Applies knowledge of food and nutrition and understands implications to product design.
Utilizes all pertinent regulatory guidelines in all aspects of product formulation to ensure legal compliance and product safety.
Applies knowledge of manufacturing scale-up and the relationship of various operations to overall product functionality.
Applies fundamentals of analysis, design and resolution of product development problems.
Executes elements of intellectual property of formulations
Participates effectively in a technical role in cross-functional teams in various improvement and enabler programs
Applies adherence to GMP, FDA and local regulatory requirements.
Responsible for budget preparation and expense monitoring for projects handled.
The experience we're looking for
B.S. in Food Technology/Food Science, Food Nutrition, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or any other Science related course. Master’s Degree or Doctorate degree is an advantage
At least 7 years of experience in food/pharmaceutical/beverage manufacturing industry in R&D, QA or production functions with at least 4 years of those spent working in aspects of R&D product development
Working knowledge in food ingredient functionality and its application
Exposure and understanding on basic nutrition and nutrient fortification.
Applied working knowledge in Dairy Science, Food Science, Formulation Development, interpretation of food regulations
Knowledge of Asia Regulatory environment is an advantage
Experience working in the processing area, process development, or being involved in project driven by process or technology is an advantage.
Stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, focusing on influencing outcomes through data and structured presentation of analyses
Experience in delivery of projects and intellectual property with third party manufacturers is an advantage
The skills for success
Business Strategy, Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business Accumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Adaptability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, Consumer Needs, R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Change Leadership, Intellectual Property, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Collaborator, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Product vision and strategy development, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Predictive Analytics, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing.
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.
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