Cell Improvement Leader

at  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.

MANUFACTURING

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.

THE EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• 2-3 years manufacturing production management experience.
• Knowledge & application of MHRA GMP regulatory requirements within a Healthcare manufacturing environment or equivalent.
• IOSH certification and knowledge and application of UK statutory requirements.
• Leadership qualities, ability to motivate others and demonstrate strong team working and excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Achievement focussed and able to work in a direct and pressurised environment.
• Self starter, able to work on own initiative.
• Technical mind set with the ability to plan, execute protocols and write reports.
• Six sigma green belt lean experience.
• Knowledge of project management tools.

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

ABOUT THE ROLE

Step into the role of Cell Improvement Leader with Reckitt and drive our People, EHS, Quality, Service, and Performance KPIs to new heights. Your influence will extend beyond the production floor to shape the essence of our working environment. Lead a team dedicated to excellence and foster continuous improvement across our operations. At Reckitt, we empower you to make bold decisions, innovate solutions, and inspire those around you. Are you ready to lead our ambitious team towards a sustainable and efficient future? Join us and become the catalyst for our collective success.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for a cell short to medium term performance, working closely with the shift based Management and production teams, reporting into the Senior Improvement Leader for the Factory.
• Cover the implementation and adherence to site EHS & Quality Compliance standards, ensuring behaviours and practices across the Factory are in line with site procedures.
• Develop the Cell capabilities to ensure the shift by shift production performance levels can be achieved. Monitoring and pro-actively dealing with performance losses through a continuous improvement approach using the Reckitt Production System.
• Drive CI across the Cell leading to improved KPI’s and having a positive impact on the Factory budget and Site P&L.
• Establish strong working relationships between the Shift based teams both Management & Operatives, and site cross functional teams to ensure ways of working are established to enable effective production execution and performance levels.