Job Location
READING TECH CENTER
Job Description
P&G is a leading global consumer goods company whose winning brands such as Gillette, Pampers and Oral-B are built around the model of innovation. Our Personal Healthcare business (Vicks, Seven Seas) is seeking an entry-level Analytical Scientist in an exciting role to help us support product development globally!
This role forms part of a highly collaborative analytical team within our Research & Development function at Reading Innovation Centre. You will lead analytical method development and scientific investigation across a diverse range of P&G’s Personal Health Care business portfolio within EiMEA or AMA market regions.
In this role you will:
- Work with multifunctional teams globally to set analytical testing strategy and deployment of analytical resources.
- Work with external contract sites to support product development and with P&G Quality Control labs globally to manage product release testing.
- Provide high quality standardised methodology execution in accordance to P&G and/or external authority requirements.
- Ensure timely delivery of testing data and reports for testing to include: Sample and solution preparation, Sample submission logging into Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN), Technical troubleshooting (instruments and/or methods), Chromatography: GCMS, GC-FID, HPLC (preferred but not essential).
- Conform to site and lab Health, Safety and Environment requirements and comply with principles of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
- Train laboratory analytical chemists in the agreed and established methods and be the first contact for technical troubleshooting (instruments and/ or methods).
What We Offer:
- Meaningful and exciting work from Day 1 in international and multi-functional teams with a large portfolio of personal and career development opportunities
- Continuous coaching & mentorship: we are passionate about our work and will make sure that you receive formal training as well as regular mentorship from your manager and others.
- Dynamic and Respectful Work Environment: employees are at the core; we value every individual and encourage work-life balance. Our Reading Innovation Centre is home to over 200+ scientists and engineers, the site is friendly, diverse and has a rich history of best-in-class innovation.
- Competitive Salary and Benefits: P&G take a Total Rewards approach meaning on top of your salary, which is reviewed at least annually, you can expect a whole range of benefits including: Double Match Pension Scheme; Private Medical Insurance; P&G Contributed Share Programme; 25 Days Holiday and more. You will also be eligible for P&G’s Business Results Bonus Programme, and you will have your very own ‘Flex4Me’ fund where you can allocate a portion of your benefits package to the areas that matter most to you.
Job Qualifications
What We Look For:
- PhD in relevant field which is grounded in analytical measurements, or Master’s degree in any analytical discipline.
- Good knowledge of analytical techniques used for product development and quality controls.
- Excellent interpersonal skills – must be able to effectively interact with a team environment, of different nationalities and at different levels within the company.
- Strong verbal and written English language skills.
- Strong analytical thinking and problem solving.
Right to work:
For our entry level technical roles such as this one, you will need a continuous, or temporary right to work in the UK. If your current right to work is temporary, or linked to another sponsor, P&G are willing to provide sponsorship from the end of your current permission, subject to meeting all the necessary Home Office requirements. Full details on visa restrictions can be found on the Home Office website and immigration rules are subject to change.
P&G is legally required to ensure all candidates have the right to work in the UK from Day 1 of their employment. All applicants will therefore be asked to provide evidence of their right to work at the conclusion of the recruitment process as a condition of employment.
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Job Schedule
Full time
Job Number
R000128958
Job Segmentation
Recent Grads/Entry Level (Job Segmentation)
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What We Do
Procter & Gamble Company is an American multi-national consumer goods corporation.
P&G was founded over 180 years ago as a soap and candle company. Today, we’re the world’s largest consumer goods company and home to iconic, trusted brands, including Always®, Charmin®, Braun®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Oral B®, Pantene®, Pampers®, Tide®, and Vicks®.
The design, development, growth and success of these products—and many more—is thanks to the innovative and insightful minds of our people. From Day 1, you’ll help make everyday life easier for our 5 billion consumers through billion dollar brands. With our large global footprint, there are many opportunities to work with P&G in multiple locations.
We offer opportunities in approximately 70 countries and continually aim to attract, reward and advance the finest people in the world. As a "build from within" organization, we see 95% of our people start at an entry level and progress through the organization. Here, we want you to get your career off to a fast start. That's why we don't have any rotational development programs or gradual ramping-up periods: you’ll be able—and encouraged—to dive right in from day 1.
Join us and help make life better through meaningful work that makes an impact from Day 1.
