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.

Marketing is at the heart of Reckitt. We pride ourselves on our unique way of driving growth for some of the world's most loved and trusted health, hygiene and nutrition brands.
Our purpose and fight are what motivates us to design and deliver distinctive communications throughout our consumer funnel, so that we deliver category growth as well as a positive impact on society.
With extensive media and digital teams embedded throughout the organisation, we measure both our business and our societal impact. Our global teams lead on our overarching brand strategy, brand guardianship and innovation pipeline in close partnership with R&D. Leaving our local marketing teams to deliver on our regional goals in partnership with our Sales teams.

As Global Senior Brand Manager for Finish, you will lead key innovation initiatives across our global portfolio and play a critical role in delivering the 3-year strategic growth plan. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams and markets to build and execute a strong innovation pipeline, leading large-scale projects from concept through to investment approval.

In this role, you will combine data-driven insights with strategic thinking to shape impactful innovation, strengthen long-term profitability, and contribute to advancing the sustainability agenda.

• Lead global innovation projects end-to-end, from concept to investment approval, ensuring delivery on time and to quality standards
• Build and manage a strong innovation pipeline aligned with global and regional growth priorities
• Translate consumer and market insights into clear product, packaging, claims, and pricing strategies
• Partner with cross-functional teams (R&D, Supply, Finance, Markets) to drive execution and successful market delivery
• Drive productivity and margin improvement initiatives across product and packaging, from idea to implementation
• Contribute to strategic planning and performance management through analysis, business cases, and tracking of key initiatives

• Degree in Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in Brand Management or Product Management within FMCG or a similar consumer-focused industry (Laundry/Food/Personal Care)
• Proven experience managing product innovation and launching new products to market
• Strong understanding of commercial drivers, including pricing, profitability, and P&L
• Experience using data and insights to inform marketing and innovation decisions

• Ability to work in a matrix organization (CGO, MX, Sales, Key Lead Markets)
• Strong interpersonal skills, dealing with multiple stakeholders across different functions and levels of expertise

• Fluency in English is required. German language skills are a plus or willingness to learn. Additional languages are considered an advantage

Brand Strategy, Brand Management, Category Strategy, Strategic Thinking, Analytical skills, Drive Innovation, Creativity, Brand Activation, Commercial Acumen, FMCG/Consumer Health Experience

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.

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.