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
The NPD-EPD Manager plays a critical role in driving product innovation, lifecycle management, and business growth. This position is responsible for leading New Product Development (NPD) and Existing Product Development (EPD) activities from concept through commercialization, ensuring products meet customer needs, regulatory requirements, cost targets, and quality standards.
By aligning crossfunctional teams from R&D, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Manufacturing, the NPD-EPD Manager ensures projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in line with strategic objectives. This role directly supports the company's competitiveness, innovation pipeline, and longterm sustainability.
Your responsibilities
- Lead and manage New Product Development (NPD) and Existing Product Development (EPD) projects from initial concept through launch and postlaunch review.
- Work closely with R&D, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Marketing, and Sales to ensure product requirements are clearly defined and aligned with business objectives.
- Develop and maintain project plans, including scope, timelines, resources, risks, and milestones, ensuring ontime and costeffective delivery.
- Drive product improvements and cost optimization initiatives for existing products while maintaining quality, performance, and regulatory compliance.
- Ensure all development activities comply with internal standards, customer requirements, and applicable regulatory and safety requirements.
- Review technical designs, specifications, and validation results to ensure product readiness for production and market launch.
- Identify project risks and issues early, recommend corrective actions, and escalate concerns when necessary.
- Support product commercialization, including pilot runs, production readiness, documentation, and handover to operations.
- Monitor postlaunch performance and lead continuous improvement actions based on customer feedback, quality data, and market needs.
- Provide regular project status updates to management and stakeholders, highlighting progress, risks, and key decisions.
- Coach and guide team members to strengthen development capability, collaboration, and technical understanding.
The experience we're looking for
- 7-10 years experience in product development, handling new and existing products
- Experience working with crossfunctional teams such as R&D, Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing
- Handson experience managing product development projects from concept to launch
- Good understanding of manufacturing processes and quality requirements
- Experience in product improvement, cost reduction, or redesign activities
The skills for success
- Strong product development and project management capability
- Ability to lead and coordinate crossfunctional teams across functions
- Solid analytical and problemsolving skills
- Good understanding of manufacturing processes and product lifecycle
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively
- Strong communication and stakeholdermanagement skills
- Detailoriented with a structured and disciplined working style
- Ability to balance quality, cost, timeline, and business requirements
- Proactive mindset with ownership and accountability for results
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.
