Reckitt Careers

About The Role 

Are you a finance enthusiast looking for a real-world challenge? Dive into the energising world of Reckitt as our Finance Intern, where every day is a chance to enhance our financial landscape. Work alongside top finance professionals and immerse yourself in projects that shape our global success. This is your moment to step up, offer fresh perspectives, and see the direct impact of your contributions on our company's journey. We're looking for bright minds and ambitious spirits to join us - let's grow together! 

Your responsibilities
In summary, you'll:  

• Collaborate on crucial financial projects, including strategic planning and rolling forecasts. 
• Ensure accounting compliance and consistent P & Ls across the division. 
• Tackle ad-hoc analyses focusing on margin improvement and evaluating new business models. 

The experience we're looking for  

• Recent graduate (2023-2025) in Accounting/Finance or pursuing a professional finance qualification (like CPA/ACCA etc.) and eager to forge a path in Finance. 
• Thrive in dynamic environments and eager to take the initiative. 
• Proficiency in Excel and a strong aptitude for numbers. 
• Effective communicator with skills to present ideas clearly. 
• Detail-oriented while able to understand overarching business goals. 
• Creative problem-solver with a fresh approach to challenges. 

The skills for success  

• Financial Systems, Accounting Principles.

About The Role 

Embark on an exciting marketing voyage with Reckitt as an Intern / Trainee in our dynamic Brand Management team. You'll get to shape the customer journey and contribute to our passionate pursuit of building meaningful brand experiences. If you're brimming with creative ideas and ready to turn market trends into action, this is your chance to influence a leading brand's trajectory. Dive into data, trends, and strategies to elevate our market presence and be at the forefront of innovation in brand loyalty and customer experience. 

Your responsibilities

In summary, you'll:  

• Collaborate on new product launches and brand initiatives, including tracking the success of these ventures. 
• Conduct regular analysis and present monthly performance reviews, share insights, and recommended actions. 
• Contribute creative and innovative ideas for brand growth and elevate market presence. 
• Analyse competitive landscape and market trends to inform strategic decisions. 
• Support the execution of local marketing and promotional activities, learning from best practices and results. 

The experience we're looking for

• Recent graduate (2023-2025) in Business Administration, Marketing, Sales or related field eager to forge a path in marketing. 
• Basic understanding of diverse marketing concepts and practices. 
• Awareness of key financial metrics related to brand health and market performance. 
• Any previous experience in marketing or sales roles, although not essential, will be highly valued. 
• A blend of analytical prowess and creative thinking. 
• Effective communication and presentation abilities. 
• Ability to take initiative and be proactive with tasks 
• Strong work ethic. 

The skills for success  

• Analytical skills, Presentation skills, Creativity, FMCG/Consumer Health Experience, Brand Management.

About the role

The Commercial Finance Manager monitors the Commercial KPIs, strengthens the commercial and financial controls; and reviews all the commercial spends of the region. The role holder updates commercial policies, credit limits and norms and ensures that it is adhered to in the East Africa region. The role holder interacts primarily with the market commercial (sales, marketing, and supply teams). In addition to this, the role holder will be in constant contact with Reckitt customers to ensure smooth reconciliations of statements, receipt and adherence to payment plans and processing of customer claims

Your responsibilities

In summary, you'll:

• Ensure monitoring and effective operation of Commercial KPI
• Suggest and implement ROI improvement in Trade and Marketing initiatives.
• Conduct Pre and Post evaluation of Consumer and Trade Promos
• Ensure timely completion and submission of Financial Plan and Forecast for the East Africa region.
• Ensure coordination with internal and external Audit for Reckitt
• Business Partnering with commercial and supply functions for Planning and Forecasting
• Work in conjunction with Finance Sub-functions to manage controls and improve processes across the function. 

The experience we're looking for

• Proven expertise in financial accounting, or corporate finance within dynamic business environments.
• Strong understanding of tax law and compliance, coupled with the ability to apply this knowledge in a business context.
• Skilled in building relationships and effectively communicating to influence across all levels of the organisation.
• A forward-thinking, global outlook with the ability to deliver results under pressure.
• A results-driven approach with a track record of using analytical skills to improve business processes.

 

As a Senior Brand Manager- Kenya (Maternity Cover) at Reckitt, you’ll have the freedom to take a major market by storm.

Focusing on a dedicated market, you’ll make your mark by making sure we do the same.

You’ll:

• Lead the equity, innovation and activation elements of an ambitious country category strategy
• Work with supply, sales, area and finance to secure a bigger market share
• Execute commercial plans
• Supporting the setting of pricing and distribution strategies
• Helping to shape new business development initiatives
• Take the lead on region-focused product launches.

You’ll succeed because

you’re a natural marketer. You:

• Have experience in marketing models that reach beyond the traditional
• Have worked in an FMCG setting before
• Are a proven strategic thinker, with a background in brand planning and activation
• Are analytical in your approach
• Have the leadership and communication skills needed to get others behind your projects.

Working with a portfolio of leading brands, you’ll own the channel / category strategy. You’ll increase our presence in stores. You’ll strengthen our brands and ensure we have the right product, marketing and promotional activities in place.  You’ll create the vision and take practical steps to see it come to life.

You’ll succeed because

• You’re highly analytical, comfortable forecasting and working with a wide range of data to make fact-based decisions.
• With a background in sales or marketing, you’re able to translate plans into customer marketing actions. Like us, you’re results-orientated and entrepreneurial.
• You can develop strategies based on real world insight. And your communication skills mean others will share your vision.

A management trainee works under the supervision of managers and executives in organizations. Your goal is to acquire all essential knowledge to become a future manager, often in particular fields, such as marketing, sales, or operations.

Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities

• Help managers complete daily tasks
• Understand each department’s daily processes and goals
• Provide administrative support
• Get familiar with personnel duties related to the department he/she is hired for
• Participate in company’s strategic planning
• Help managers in evaluating performance (e.g. writing reports, analyzing data)
• Research ways to increase profitability and lower risk/ cost
• Create and give presentations
• Completing all assigned tasks and assisting with day-to-day operations.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with all key stakeholders

Qualifications & Requirements

• University graduates in any disciplines in the last 2 years (Bachelor's degree)
• Minimum of 2nd class upper
• Strong passion in developing career in FMCG
• Highly energized, can work independently while also collaborate with others
• Willing to challenge self and others to strive for excellence
• Strong motivation to assume leadership & problem-solver
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated high learning agility
• Fluency in spoken and written English

Description

• Warehouse Supervisor Duties
• Overseeing and monitoring of quality, quantity, stock levels, delivery times, transport costs &efficiency
• Organizing warehouse, categorizing goods, planning routes, and processing shipments
• Tackling and resolving any issues or complaints that may arise in the warehouse
• Supervising, coaching, and training the warehouse workforce
• Keeping track of the cost, productivity, accuracy, and timeline targets
• Working in conformity with laws, regulations, and policies
• Overseeing the movement, storage, and distribution of goods or materials
• Resolving delivery inconsistencies or delay
• Developing an environment that fosters open and positive team communication by setting expectations, and communicating the company’s goals or objectives
• Ensuring that shipping documents are well kept, updated, and in compliance..
• Working in conjunction with 3PL
• Liaise closely with Load planners (Fleet and Imports/Exports) and provide guidance on weights and volumes for advance load planning and guide Loaders for efficient and correct loading;
• Organize and coordinate internal cycle counts in all the Warehouses and ensure system balances tally with the physical as well as transit entries (Purchase Orders); and participate fully in End of year stock take and reconciliation;
• Establish, maintain, and ensure there is adequate security system for all Warehouses to prevent theft and damage to facilities, assets and stocks;

Requirements

• Ability to handle multiple projects and also work independently
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, self-management, and organizational skills
• Well-developed oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills in order to effectively instruct employees, and also effectively file reports to the upper management of the organization
• A Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration or any field related to logistics management.
• At least 4+ years of professional experience is also required
• High computer literacy, which involves being able to work with Microsoft packages
• Ability to influence individuals and teams in order to achieve set or desired goals and objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead IDB and MB completion at initiation phase of the project
• Complete analysis and documentation of the feasibility phase of a project.
• Establish detailed project plans (CPS) defining milestones and timescales and resource requirements for successfully execution of a project
• Lead a project team in the capability and implementation phases of a project, assigning tasks within the team, monitoring progress and performance and reacting to issues arising so as deliver to the plan
• Work closely with local Supply to make sure project implementation is handed over and provide smooth start up
• Escalating if any potential risks to budgets or timing, providing quality of solution and timescales for delivery and propose solutions.
• Identify and lead productivity projects to continuously drive cost reduction in manufacturing operations

The role of the customer service and fulfilment manager is to ensure that customers receive a high quality of service from order through to aftersales, ensuring that our promises to customers are always met.

The fulfilment manager is responsible for order processing, warehouse operations, inventory and order tracking and delivery. The role is highly collaborative in nature, as a fulfilment manager you will manage customer service representatives, warehouse staff, carriers, and 3rd party logistics providers to ensure that service level agreements and customer expectations are met.

As a Fulfilment manager you will have experience with various software systems and technologies, including inventory management systems , warehouse management systems, enterprise resource planning solutions, CRM systems & ecommerce solutions such as Magento.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that all customers receive their deliveries on time and in full, that any potential failure is reported to the customer before they report it to us.
• Maintains the highest standards of customer service by immediately attending to and resolving customer issues.
• Manage the delivery of KPIs on all operational targets, including overall fulfilment costs and our customer delivery promises
• Develops and implements business process initiatives to optimize departmental operations in accordance with overall business objectives.
• Developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Customer service, logistics management, and order fulfilment to meet operational goals
• Provides clear direction and general guidance to the department in the formulation and implementation of procedures, and ensures that these are translated and enforced into action to meet operational goals.
• Overseeing daily order fulfilment activities, including order processing, picking, packing, and shipping preparation.
• Working alongside the 3PL utilising data to optimise warehouse and fulfilment operations
• Track inventory levels to prevent stock-outs and/or deadstock
• Managing a dynamic team of customer service representatives, full-time and part-time warehouse staff, and other operational team members
• Maintaining positive and mutually beneficial relationships with vendors, suppliers, manufacturers, and 3PLs
• Providing data-backed and actionable updates to senior management to improve order fulfilment SLAs and vendor performance
• Manage all aspects of various fulfilment methods for our digital channels

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience of managing the fulfilment operation, customer service and order fulfilment
• Experience in handling customer complaints over the phone and written formats.
• Experience and familiarity with warehouse operations, experience of managing 3rd party fulfilment & delivery partners
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, inventory management systems, and warehouse management systems
• 3+ years in management fulfilment and customer service operations
• Bachelor’s degree