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 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 Research and Development, 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
This role leads site Quality Assurance and Food Safety, partnering with site leadership to implement and continuously improve the Food Safety Management System and ensure regulatory compliance. The position oversees QC laboratory operations, quality investigations, consumer complaints, and continuous improvement efforts while driving a strong quality culture through data-driven decisions and cross-functional collaboration.
Your responsibilities
- Lead the development, execution, and continuous improvement of the site Food Safety and Quality Management Systems, including HACCP and prerequisite programs.
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory and international standards (e.g., FDA, Codex) through coaching, governance, and oversight of quality and factory teams.
- Establish the site Quality vision, strategy, metrics, and communication framework to drive priorities, performance, and continuous improvement.
- Direct investigations of quality events and consumer complaints, ensuring root cause analysis, corrective actions, and organizational learning to prevent recurrence.
- Manage Evansville QC laboratory operations, testing strategies, documentation, and release activities for raw materials, intermediates, finished products, and stability samples.
- Partner with Manufacturing, R&D, Procurement, and Supply Chain to rapidly resolve non-conformities, implement quality improvements, and support operational excellence.
- Provide Quality leadership and representation for capital projects, ensuring early identification of requirements and proper quality systems for new or modified processes.
- Own site Quality budget and resource allocation, using data-driven analysis to deliver value-added business results in a fast-paced, complex environment.
The experience we're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Chemical Engineering, Microbiology, or a related field.
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience in manufacturing, sanitation, or QA/QC environments.
- Deep knowledge of food safety principles, quality systems, and microbiology (preferred).
- Experience with quality systems and tools such as SAP, GLIMS, and Optiva.
- Proven analytical thinking, problem-solving ability, and decision-making in complex environments.
- Demonstrated success in competitive, fast-changing business environments.
- Strong leadership, people development, and communication skills to drive alignment and results.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 5–10%.
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.
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.
Salary Range
USD $140,000.00 - $210,000.00
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, and life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick and Company recognized holidays; a 401(k) plan; 16-week paid parental leave or 26 weeks for the birthing parent; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; discounts; and much more. Our compensation and benefits packages aim to give our talent the reward, protection, and peace of mind they deserve. 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.
