Product Owner

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter - one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands - including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® - lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose - to deliver better everyday health with humanity - at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

About the role

To lead Process Assurance Activities within the Haleon Nairobi Site and to ensure all Processes are initially qualified and subsequently maintained in a qualified state as per the company’s Quality and Compliance standards and other major regulatory bodies.

To ensure site technical capability is appropriate to maximize the efficiency of the operations and ensure that manufacturing processes are capable and controlled through, Technical Risk Assessment (TRA), Process Validation, Product Pack development, and Qualification so that each unit meets the product quality standards both at the time of manufacture and throughout its shelf life.

Key responsibilities

• Leading Product Development Technology, Technical Product Transfer, and leading delivery of product innovation for the value stream.
• Manage New Product Introduction and source changes in the value stream through Technical Risk Assessment (TRA), Pack Development, Process Validation, and Technical Product Transfers thus reducing quality and technical risks.
• Drive and implement product life cycle management (PLM) and validation activities in the support value stream.
• Manage changes for Packaging Materials and Artwork changes affecting the site value streams.
• Leading Process Robustness studies (Understanding of CPPs and CQAs) to build the capability of the products manufactured on site.
• Ensuring changes with potential impact on product quality are appropriately assessed before implementation and leading the change management process.
• Developing validation protocols and performing respective validation and qualification of site systems (Operation Qualification and Performance Qualification), cleaning validation and process validation.
• Leading Value Engineering Initiatives within the value stream.
• Perform duties in a compliant manner and behave in accordance with GMP, Site SOP’s, EHS and QMS Standards and guidelines and relevant legal requirements.
• Champion and promote the Data Integrity Culture program at the departmental level.
• Management of technical risks in the production value stream.
• Engage cross-functional teams to ensure there is a smooth flow of product through the supply chain by challenging all process hiccups within the business.

Qualifications and skills

Required

• BSc. Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering or Process Engineering.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role.

Other Skills/Competencies

• Innovative mindset and creative thinking.
• Management of inputs and contributions from the various functions across Site for full compliance and management of risks.
• Making decisions as per the policy to ensure the business continuity as well as maintain integrity during process improvement initiatives.
• Influences & supports team members with respect to process improvement through open & constructive consultation.
• Ability to influence decision through facts.
• Project Management.
• Drawing and Design of packaging components.

We encourage persons with disabilities that meet the job criteria to apply.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.

We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

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Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected - all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees.

The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

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Note to candidates

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