R&D Manager

SC Johnson

Responsibilities:

• Lead the portfolio of MENAPT cluster across all categories and different strategic intents of growth, cost savings, business continuity, sustainability, etc.
• Lead the product change management team of MENAPT cluster
• Lead projects through the Development, Commercialization, Launch, and Post Launch Phases. Develop timelines, key milestones, and risk and mitigation plans
• Support risk span>identification/mitigation/span> plans to achieve portfolio objectives.
• Lead and Manage projects according to SCJ processes and best practices
• Align and communicate projects milestones and escalate any challenges to the right forums
• Collaborate with multifunctional core teams (Marketing, engineering, procurement, Product Supply, etc.) to successfully identify, develop and launch new products in an accelerated manner.

Experience you ll bring:

• Bachelor of Science or a related engineering field, with min of 10 years of experience product/packaging development experience and portfolio management
• Experience in Project Management in manufacturing or span>purchasing/planning/distribution./span>
• People manager that can lead a team of PMs, packaging, and process engineers.
• Strong technical expertise and working knowledge of multiple projects of different strategic intents i.e. growth, cost savings, business continuity, etc.
• Experience and technical competency in building the timelines of projects
• Technical curiosity to investigate the source of issues & opportunities, while providing creative ideas, quality of work, and speed through a results-oriented approach.
• Utilize available resources (patent literature, suppliers, etc.) to identify internal & external technologies, including their limits of use, and assess which ones apply to scope of work or brand migration strategy.
• Ability to define and build alignment from technical stakeholders around an effective research plan.
• Product Management systems experience (i.e. SAP Product Lifecycle Management)
• Ability to lead technical work ranging from individual research initiatives to more complex projects, serving as the RDE Technical Lead when called upon to manage multiple project work-streams.

Behaviors you ll need:

• Strong leadership, influence, and cross-functional teaming skills to effectively work across internal organizational boundaries.
• Strong oral & written communication skills, with ability to deliver a concise message across levels within the organization.