About this role
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 and Development
In Research and Development, 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 Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.
About the role
The purpose of the role is to provide administrative support to the R&D PDM team in Thailand, through general office management, systems support, travel and budget management. T he role is positioned to support the R&D PDM Thailand Team by carrying out administrative duties and supporting facility management (office and laboratory). Responsibilities may include, making travel and meeting arrangements, preparing reports, managing accommodation and transportation arrangements for company visitors, budget and invoice management.
Your responsibilities
1. General Office Management including:
- Ordering and maintaining stationery stocks
- Ensuring printers are working and adequate consumables available
- Ensure in/out board is kept up to date with changes in staff
- Participate in Thailand/R&D PDM administrator network and share relevant communications
- Own office seating plans and work with Managers to ensure appropriate desk space is available and facilitate any moves as needed.
- Administer departmental holiday records, sickness etc. including days in lieu
2. Travel & Budget organisation including:
- Arrange business travel for team, in line with policy, as needed i.e. visa, flight, accommodation
- Ensure awareness of travel/PO cost for budget forecasting with R&D PDM managers
3. Leadership Support including:
- Work with R&D PDM Managers to ensure Organisation Charts are kept up to date on a monthly basis
- (ii) Organise, co-ordinate and attend meetings/conferences at required, responsibilities may include minute taking, compiling and distributing of action points.
- (iii) Manage leadership team expenses as required
4. Systems Support including:
- Be an expert in new software that can improve R&D PDM productivity e.g. Sharepoint, Office365, MS Teams. Attend any training offered and share knowledge and best practices with R&D PDM team
- Identify areas for continuous improvement
5. Safety, Health & Environment:
- Be accountable for safety, health & environment in the workplace at all times to ensure accident free & good environment area of working.
- Follow safety, health & environment regulations & policy by working safety, reporting unsafe condition / unsafe act/ near miss accident to supervisor as well as suggest for any improvement.
The experience we're looking for
- 2+ years professional administrative experience
- General degree is preferred
- Results oriented, self-motivated, with solid planning and organisational capabilities and a bias for action
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral in English language essential
- Proven ability to work under pressure without compromising on deliverables
- Computer literate with particular expertise in industry standard software packages (Microsoft Office)
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.