Quality Control Leader

Reckitt; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global health firm in Nottingham seeks a Quality Control Leader to oversee laboratory compliance and operational excellence. The role involves managing QC analysts, ensuring that product developments comply with regulations, and driving continuous improvement through KPI analysis. Candidates should have a degree in a relevant Science subject and 4 years of professional experience. The position offers benefits and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Parental benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Life insurance

Global share plans

Qualifications

• 4 years relevant professional experience.
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing knowledge is advantageous.
• Knowledge of UK and EU standards and legislation is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Ensure laboratory compliance with regulations and guidelines.
• Organize workloads to meet production targets.
• Drive continuous improvement through KPI data analysis.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

KPI monitoring

Education

Degree in relevant Science subject

HNC/D with relevant experience

Job description

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.

Research & Development

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. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flair 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 R&D, 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.

About the role

The Quality Control Leader at our Nottingham Factory plays a pivotal role in ensuring laboratory compliance and operational excellence. Leading a team QC analysts, this position is responsible for maintaining adherence to regulatory and company standards, organising workloads to meet customer service targets, and driving continuous improvement through KPI monitoring and trend analysis.

The role involves overseeing method transfer and validation for new and existing product developments, fostering a culture of accountability, and ensuring GCLP/GMP compliance. Additionally, the leader will manage audit readiness, maintain cost and service balance, and collaborate closely with factory teams to deliver key business objectives while promoting team development and proactive performance management.

Application End Date: Sunday 23rd November 2025 00:00

Your responsibilities

• Ensuring Nottingham laboratories activities are fully compliant with regulatory and Reckitt guidelines to minimise risk to consumers, company and brand name.
• Ensuring workloads are organised to meet Production Customer Service targets.
• Ensure that new and existing product developments are introduced into the laboratories at minimum risk of non‑compliance, rejection at time of manufacture through robust method transfer/validation.
• Collate appropriate KPI data to monitor performance of the laboratory & /or factory and review trends to identify areas of continuous improvement.
• With the support of the QC/Microbiology Manager determine on‑going strategy to meet future business demands and needs.
• Changing the culture of the laboratory to accept more ownership for performance and results.
• Maintain and improve Compliance to GCLP/GMP and QP release.
• Maintaining Laboratory in a fully compliant / audit ready state.
• Maintain customer service, cost and quality balance.
• Proactive management to deliver all KPIs.
• Encourage individual and team development contribute to bench strength and work closely with factory teams to deliver key business objectives.
• Challenge teams to make their own decisions and accept responsibility for the outcome.

The experience we’re looking for

• Degree in relevant Science subject, or HNC/D with relevant experience.
• 4 years relevant professional experience.
• Knowledge and experience of pharmaceutical manufacturing is advantageous but not essential.
• Knowledge of UK and EU standards and legislation is advantageous but not essential.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to influence.
• Ability to lead investigations using effective problem solving approach.

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.