R&D Assistant
Reckitt · Shanghai
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- R&D Assistant
- City: Shanghai
- We are Reckitt
Reckitt is a global health and hygiene leader with over 200 years of history and a century in China. Today, China is one of our largest and fastest-growing markets, where we design trusted products for everyday care.
About Shanghai Science and Innovation Centre
Our Shanghai Science & Innovation Centre—Reckitt’s largest R&D site in Asia, develops locally inspired health and hygiene innovations tailored for Chinese consumers, with potential to set new global standards.
Operating as an open platform, the Centre partners with local institutions to accelerate innovation and support China’s “Healthy China 2030” vision.
As one of nine global Reckitt innovation hubs, it connects top Chinese talent with our worldwide network, turning cutting-edge research into products that protect and nurture millions of households.
Join us in advancing our purpose of a cleaner, healthier world.
About the role
We are recruiting a R&D PDM assistant to lead and/ or support R&D projects and maintain existing product on Market for relevant categories (Household Care) included but not limited to:
- Support R&D projects and product launch including but not limited to developing formula, designing specifications and manufacturing processes, qualifying of raw material and supplier. And maintain product in product life cycle.
- Ensure that all documentation and tasks comply to Reckitt operation model requirements, are conducted in a safe, compliant, high quality and timely manner.
- Ensure that TPL is kept up to date with progress of tasks and flag any challenges, risks or deviations as soon as possible
- Support associate with data & documentation evaluation as required.
- Maintain R&D laboratory and equipment.
- Your responsibilities
- Designing/conducting laboratory work on formulating and scale up activities e.g., industrial trial and process validation.
- Dedicated resource for Household Care projects. Communication with cross functional team to deliver new and maintain existing products to the markets.
- Maintaining product developing data/system including but not limited to TDS, change control, RM information etc.
- Maintaining laboratory and equipment (including validating, calibrating and cleaning etc.)
- Managing the documentation and records. Ensure data integrity on all the data record process.
- Complete the other tasks within job responsibility.
- The experience we're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree or above. Graduated in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or related. Or technician Certificate/associate degree or Diploma
- Good formulation knowledge and understanding of chemical interactions
- Good laboratory capability to conduct lab/pilot scale experiments, and for chemical analysis
- Good writing and speaking English and good presentation skills
- Proven project management, prioritization, and problem-solving skills
- Proven track record in active collaboration with internal & external R&D and non-R&D functions
- Awareness of quality, sustainability and regulatory standards
- The skills for success
- R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Collaborator, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Analytical, Formulation, Science, Chemistry.
- 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.