Senior Quality Manager, CI, Emerging Markets

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City:
Slough

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.

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. 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.

As the Senior Manager, CI & Emerging Markets, you will report to the VP of Quality. The intent of this role is to lead Area governance, Quality PMO, CI and drive compliance execution within the regional supply chain. This role will also create the Quality strategy for continuous improvement across the Area, through collaboration with the Compliance and Performance team and Regional Quality Directors/Managers.

Ultimately responsible for translating Quality performance metrics and data-driven insights into quality improvement plans and supervising their implementation across the supply chain.

Location:
This role can be based at our sites in Hull or Slough, UK

Salary:
Competitive Salary plus benefits including Car Allowance, Performance Bonus, Private Medical, 10% Pension Contribution, Annual Salary Review, Sharesave Scheme and more.

Closing Date: 31st January 2026

• Lead and execute the Continuous Improvement Strategy for the Quality organisation, ensuring alignment with the Business, Supply Chain, and Strategic Quality objectives
• Oversee and run area governance and Quality PMO, driving structured programme management and capability
• Collaborate effectively with business partners, manufacturing sites, and regional quality leadership to secure commitment and deliver results
• Provide leadership and guidance to site-based quality continuous improvement managers, supporting capability development and execution
• Stay ahead of emerging trends, evolving regulations, and best practices to embed continuous improvement across the organisation
• Leverage knowledge of local regulatory requirements, combined with global quality standards, to guide decision-making and direct resources towards areas of greatest risk
• In partnership with the local teams, ensure manufacturing Quality Improvement Plans are inclusive of and responsive to key risk areas, helping to mitigate potential non-compliance or quality issues.
• Identifies, assesses and mitigates potential quality risks throughout the Reckitt Supply Chain (manufacturing and distribution) to ensure the appropriate risk strategies are in place to protect product quality and consumer safety.
• Work with the manufacturing and compliance & performance teams to analyse performance data to identify trends, risks, improvement areas, and prioritise Quality efforts in collaboration with regional teams.
• Work in collaboration with the Regional Quality Directors / Managers, govern and implement Quality improvement initiatives to drive continuous improvement of processes, systems and procedures.
• Leverage six sigma tools such as Kaizen and DMAIC to identify and solve problems.
• Drive a Continuous Improvement culture, supporting teams to improve processes, drive value and create cost savings without compromising compliance or quality.
• Ability to communicate complex quality issues and concepts in a clear and concise manner to cross functional teams and senior leaders.
• Collaborate with other departments (R&D, Supply, & Commercial) throughout the product lifecycle to ensure quality alignment.
• Coach, mentors & trains employees across the quality organisation to drive a Continuous Improvement mindset and to drive capability.
• Contribute to succession planning for the region, identifying talent.

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in a scientific or technical discipline (Food Science, Chemistry/Microbiology, Engineering or related).
• Proven track record in…