New Product Initiative Manager

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.
## About the role

The New Product Initiative Manager is responsible for leading the end-to-end development and commercialization of new products and business initiatives that drive sustainable business growth. This role identifies market opportunities, develops and executes innovation projects, and collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure successful product launches, delivering customer value, operational readiness, and financial objectives while aligning with the company's strategic priorities.

Scope:

New Product Development, Existing Product Development, New Category Creation, Sourcing Site Change, NR/GM Protection, Promotion Development, Continuous Improvement

Your responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Innovation

- Identify market trends, customer needs, and growth opportunities for new products and business initiatives.

- Develop and evaluate new product concepts aligned with the company's strategic objectives.

- Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and business feasibility assessments.

- Build business cases and recommendations for leadership review and approval.

- Create and maintain a pipeline of innovation and product development initiatives.

Project Leadership & Execution

- Lead new product development projects from ideation through commercialization and post-launch review.

- Establish project scope, timelines, milestones, budgets, and resource requirements.

- Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure timely execution of project deliverables.

- Monitor project progress, proactively identify risks, and implement mitigation plans.

- Ensure adherence to internal governance processes and stage-gate requirements.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Partner with Marketing to define product positioning, pricing, and go-to-market strategies.

- Collaborate with Operations and Supply Chain to ensure production readiness and launch capability.

- Work closely with Finance to assess financial viability and business performance.

- Coordinate with Regulatory, Quality, Legal, and Compliance teams to ensure all requirements are met.

- Facilitate stakeholder alignment and decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.

Product Launch & Commercialization

- Develop and execute launch plans to ensure successful market introduction.

- Track launch readiness across all functions and manage critical dependencies.

- Analyze post-launch performance against business objectives and success metrics.

- Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities based on market feedback and performance data.

Performance Monitoring & Reporting

- Monitor project KPIs, timelines, budgets, and launch outcomes.

- Prepare executive-level presentations, business updates, and performance reports.

- Drive accountability and transparency across project teams and stakeholders.

The experience we're looking for

- Experience in Product Management, Innovation, New Product Development, Project Management, Commercial Excellence, or related functions.

- Proven track record of successfully launching new products or business initiatives.

- Experience managing cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment.

- Experience with stage-gate product development methodologies is preferred.

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Relationship management, Business acumen, Productivity management, Logistics management, Project management, Improve business processes, Advanced analytics, Data analytics, Manufacturing excellence, Ecommerce, Demand planning.
## 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.