With a trusted portfolio of world-class Air Care, Surface, Laundry and Pest Control products, the Essential Home team's purpose is to Make a House Your Home. Fuelling this newly formed business and leadership team is a diverse and inclusive culture for all. Together, we're shaping a team with a founder mentality: that listens and learns, and that is entrepreneurial, agile, and action oriented. With high-quality brands such as Air Wick, Cillit Bang, Calgon and Mortein, now is an exciting time to join a dynamic company full of purpose, pace and energy, that will create a truly unique learning and career opportunity for all. Research & Development With our strong portfolio of market-leading brands, we're creating an agile, entrepreneurial, and results-oriented organisation with an emphasis on action, accountability, local ownership and care for each other - all to help our consumers transform their houses into a place they can call Home. In R&D, we're full of highly skilled Scientists and Engineers, striving to create a range of superior products and solutions across Air Care, Surface, Laundry, and Pest for our consumers in partnership with our customers. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced and dynamic team as a Senior Associate in the global Air Wick R&D team based on our Hull site. Here you'll lead new formula and fragrance developments for Essential Mist, our fastest growing product format.
* To deliver all R&D technical aspects of complex projects and activities independently, from concept creation and feasibility, through development to enhancement of existing products in market, in line with the defined category strategy.
* Deep understanding on the format and consumer needs/ insights underpinning product development and delivery, resulting in exciting and relevant new ideas and opportunities, product strategy and product cost structure.
* Risk awareness / problem solving skills and knowledge on how to overcome obstacles by getting support from others
* To be accountable for liaison with appropriate technical development, business and supply chain personnel to ensure completion of all activities to plan & successful handover to supply and launch to the market for the assigned projects.
* Lead and participate in ideation sessions and help to develop the strategy of the leading format and shape its future with the help of the R&D Manager.
* High business acumen in order to be able to navigate independently through the Operating Model.
* Develop good and strong networking internally and externally.
* Excellent communication and presentation skills to ensure clear and to the point communication to higher management including risks, next steps and recommendations.
* Ensure all paperwork and key documentation is in placed based on the corresponding SOPs.
* Responsible for individual team and their mentorship/coaching.
Experience leading complex technical projects independently, demonstrating end-to-end delivery capability
* Team leadership and people development
* Broad technical expertise and curiosity, with the ability to assess and develop new technologies, methods, and approaches
* Experience working with factories and third-party partners
* Ability to turn functional prototypes into finished goods/products
* Strong understanding of supply processes, technical challenges, and their impact on product development and ongoing quality
* Capability to translate key consumer needs into viable product concepts by leveraging new or existing technologies, scientific principles, or methods
* Solid project management knowledge to build technical timelines aligned with operating models and business stage gates
* Technical curiosity and problem-solving mindset for complex challenges
* Understanding of qualification requirements for R&D validation and production success criteria
* Ability to interpret lab test results using statistical analysis of testing data
* Strong negotiating and interpersonal skills
* Proven ability to build strong working relationships and networks internally and externally
* Excellent communication skills (written and oral) and strong presentation skills
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