NPI Manager – 6 month fixed term contract in Sydney, Australia

NPI Manager – 6 month fixed term contract

City: Sydney

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.

​Supply​

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It’s how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it’s our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.

If you’re looking for a career in supply chain, there’s no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.

Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

Are you ready to become the cornerstone of our supply chain? As NPI manager, you will collaboratively coordinate cross-functional teams giving clear direction and provide recommendations to the business to effectively deliver projects for required launch dates and regulatory windows.

In this role you will cover all facets of NPI including NPD, EPD, Sourcing & Productivity changes, covering multiple brands and various product classifications across multiple internal and external factories.

Your responsibilities

• Develop and maintain individual project timelines accounting for unique regulatory, factory and supply circumstances.

• Lead and advocate the governance of projects, informing the wider project team of the respected necessary actions.

• Facilitate regular WIPs and taskforces, keeping cross-functional stakeholders informed of project progress and accountable for relevant actions.

• Support the wider project team and drive decision-making, issue resolution and alternative pathways to ensure successful project delivery.

The experience we’re looking for

• Driven by a passion for project management and an understanding of complex supply chains.

• Able to collaborate across functions and influence without authority.

• Adept at forging strong relationships and building effective partnerships.

• Strong analytical skills with experience in supply chain planning and advanced data analysis.

• Committed to continuous improvement and excellence in business processes.

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business Acumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Advanced Analytics, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Planning, Logistics Management.

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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