External Quality Audit Manager

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 External Quality Audit Manager is responsible for conducting GMP Compliance Audits of Suppliers, potential suppliers, and External Manufacturing Organizations at Reckitt Nutrition and conduct follow up actions in order to drive improvement and compliance to Reckitt Nutrition standards. In this role, you'll ensure that Quality expectations are known and understood well by suppliers.

Your responsibilities

• Utilize Process Maps and drawings to communicate and understand liquid mixing, filtration, heating, cooling, drying, and packaging operations

• Create technical summaries or audit reports

• Partner with Suppliers to close gaps on audit observations including records, documentation, procedures, manufacturing operations and ingredient requirement by regulation and internal Food Safety requirements

• Organize work load using project management tools to assure work stays on track and is balanced with resource considerations

• Prioritize routine audit work with Business priorities (manager, strategic partners in Procurement and Marketing/R&D)

• Audit processes to ensure finished product safety and quality and support active supplier development strategies as prioritized

• Develop and train suppliers as well as internal stakeholders

• Communicate effectively and build cooperative and supportive working relationships with Global and Regional QA and procurement teams

The skills for success

Business Strategy, Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business Acumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, R&D, Change Leadership, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing.

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Food Technology, Pharma, or equivalent technical degree.

• Min. 5 years of work experience in a quality organization within the food (preferably spray dried dairy), infant formula, or pharmaceutical industry.

• Knowledge of Food, Pharmaceutical, and ideally Infant Formula Regulations for US and other geographies as needed for back up auditing. Maintaining knowledge over time as changes occur in relevant regulations governing Reckitt Nutrition Infant Formula.

• Knowledge and practical application of Food Safety and Good Manufacturing Practices.

• Advanced training in Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HAACP)

• Experience with various risk assessment (e.g., HACCP, FMEA) tools to identify risks and solutions to identified risk.

• Experience with Infant Formula, Food, and / or Pharmaceutical Regulations.

• Experience with auditing assessment and follow up of GMP and HACCP audit gaps and tracking.

• Hygienic Design implementation and improvement.

• Able to travel 40-50% of the time

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.

US salary ranges

USD $82,080.00 - $130,000.00

US pay transparency

The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year.

Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick, and Company recognized holidays; a 401(K) plan; generous paid parental leave; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; product discounts; and much more!

If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete your application, please contact NAtalentacquisition@reckitt.com. Reckitt is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

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.

Nearest Major Market: Evansville

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