Overview

Category Supply Manager Lysol (Parsippany, NJ, US, 07054)

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 Category Supply Manager plays a crucial role in strategic sourcing and supply chain optimization. They conduct comprehensive business sourcing assessments and ensure robust Business Continuity Plans are in place to minimize risk. This role involves making strategic recommendations for product sourcing changes, providing data analytics to support decision-making, and managing sourcing projects until they are formally approved.

Your responsibilities

  • Leads base business sourcing assessments, co-ordinating activities cross-functionally to compare sourcing options, preliminary COGs, CAPEX and timelines.
  • Ensure existing internal manufacturing capabilities are maximised reducing EMO complexity. · Ensure key stakeholders have a good visibility of sourcing projects and key Supply milestones are delivered on-time.
  • Will establish, maintain and evolve sourcing study governance with cross-functional involvement.
  • Supports supply inputs into key innovation documents: Intention to Explore (I2E), Innovation Development Brief (IDB), Project Lockdown at Innovation Commitments (IC) and work on Launch Recommendations (LR) together with local markets.
  • Work closely with Project Managers, R&D, commercial team and cross functional areas on innovation projects; supporting on sourcing strategies to bring recommendations to LT for alignment.
  • Support on the supply lead-times going to project timelines related to innovation projects with CGO.
  • Will support the maintenance of supply category trackers and other project reports and tools as assigned. · Co-ordinates long term volume data so that Category RCCPs can be updated accordingly.
  • Support sites with Category insights to enable site masterplan discussions. 

The experience we're looking for

  • Degree in science or engineering with a manufacturing background.
  • Has experience leading large scale strategic projects.
  • Excellent analytical skills with the ability to review data, present findings and make business decisions around that data.
  • Must have proven track record in project management. Insuring timelines and key project milestones are delivered on-time.
  • Must have a track record of success in improving supply chain processes and systems. · Has a strong understanding of our innovation processes and previous exposure to cross-functional departments.
  • Be a proven team player with ability to work cross functionally.
  • Must have experience working in a fast-paced environment often handling multiple projects at the same 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 $129,000.00 –  $193,000.00

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.

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