QC Analyst

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc.; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A global hygiene and nutrition company is seeking a candidate for a quality control role to conduct analytical testing and ensure compliance with safety requirements. The successful applicant will have a degree-level qualification and good communication skills, along with the ability to work both independently and in a team. Familiarity with quality management systems and tools like Excel and SAP is beneficial. Join us in our mission for a cleaner, healthier world.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification and/or relevant experience is required.
• Demonstrable skills in delivering core QC activities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Good written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct analytical testing in compliance with safety and quality requirements.
• Maintain and apply quality management systems daily.
• Participate in continual improvement activities.
• Support audit readiness and assist with inspections.

Skills

Analytical testing

Quality systems

Communication skills

Good IT skills

Teamwork

Education

Degree level qualification

Tools

Excel

SAP

Chromeleon

Job description

Responsibilities

• Conducting daily analytical testing in line with all relevant safety and quality requirements.
• Implementing, maintaining, and applying management, operational, and quality systems on a day-to-day basis.
• Understanding and contributing to key performance indicators.
• Participating in continual improvement activities within their area.
• Carrying out any reasonable request from their line manager.
• Championing a strong Quality culture—challenging processes, taking ownership, and ensuring compliant, continuously improving systems.
• Perform analytical testing on QC batches and ensure accurate, compliant recording of data in line with GMP and GLP requirements.
• Organise and prioritise daily workload to meet customer, stakeholder, and service expectations.
• Follow all Health & Safety procedures and maintain high standards of laboratory and office housekeeping.
• Support audit readiness at all times and assist with Regulatory Authority inspections when required.
• Deliver all activities in compliance with cGMP, maintaining relevant documentation, processes, and systems.
• Take ownership of required training, maintain training compliance, and proactively develop skills through an individual development plan.
• Operate, maintain, and write/maintain SOPs for basic laboratory equipment; ensure equipment is suitably calibrated, qualified, and maintained.
• Contribute to key metrics, deliver tasks to meet or exceed QC KPI targets, and support continuous improvement across QC operations.
• Identify and escalate improvement opportunities within the section and ensure alignment with wider QC laboratory activities.
• Communicate issues effectively to support timely resolution while upholding a positive image of QC and the business.
• Work flexibly across laboratory areas as needed and provide support to QC line management when required.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification and/or relevant and appropriate demonstrable skills and experience.
• Good delivery of core skills.
• Demonstrable or transferable skills relevant to the delivery of QC activities.
• Demonstrable skills in working within a multi-level team environment.
• Ability to work on own initiative and within a team of people.
• Basic awareness of troubleshooting.
• Good communication skills, both written and oral with sound presentation skills.
• Good IT skills required, such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint. Chromeleon and SAP would be advantageous.

About the Company

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. Supply Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.