Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

Innovation and Project Execution Lead - Fix Term Contract

About the role

The Innovation and Execution Lead, within the Aprilia Site Innovation and Technical organization, oversees assigned projects, such New Product Introduction, Products Maintenance and Technology Transfer or other project types strategic for the Site, via the application of robust, standardized and effective project management methods aligned with global standards/SOPs, having overall responsibility for projects governance, tracking and successful delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Provides leadership of projects and establish key partnerships across Operations, Technical, Quality, Logistics, Finance, and Engineering on site, as well as with R&D and above site stakeholders.
• Responsible for the introduction of new products from R&D, Line Extensions, Geo expansion, product introductions. Key focus on project & risk management, technical due diligence and embedding quality and capability to ensure robust, cost-effective manufacturing processes are developed and implemented.
• Manages the assessment of opportunities from business and technical aspects to confirm feasibility and move into execution, completing site impact assessments (SIA) with inputs from all required site functions for potential opportunities summarizing site capability, products costing, investments and one-off costs and timing.
• In coordination with Site Technical and other functions, ensures that products developed meet standards required in terms of quality and process capability as defined in the design specification established with the commercial and R&D teams and by using appropriate business acceptance criteria.
• Provides resource management/oversight to Project Managers for the planning and execution of project types (e.g. NPI, VE/PPV, line extension, complex site projects).
• Development of project plans, securing appropriate resources, monitoring of adherence to plans and developing contingency plans for low-complexity projects. Ensures that risk mitigation plans are in place and agreed with the Site/Regional Quality Councils.
• Establishes and supports the project team, ensuring robust communication occurs from the team to the Leadership Team and to the wider organization as appropriate.
• Ensures proper escalation and communication of risks is in place and occurring at the right level of the organization.

Qualifications and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in science, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum three years’ of experience in pharmaceutical or consumer health company in GMP regulated process, manufacturing and packaging, with experience in product introduction, project management or R&D product development.
• Project Management with demonstrated ability to deliver fully compliant projects (certification preferred).
• Positive attitude, driven, persistent, and results oriented.
• Excellent relationship, conflict resolution, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Fluent in English (speaking, reading, writing).

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP certification or comparable preferred

Contract: Fix Term Contract

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Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees. 

The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

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If you require a reasonable adjustment or accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please let your recruiter know by providing them with a description of specific adjustments you are requesting. We’ll provide all reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process and treat all information you provide us in confidence. 

Note to candidates

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