In my first blog I said the Information Services (IS) department at Reckitt Benckiser is similar to what many companies call IT but it is not the same. I also told it is very EXCITING to work for IS at Reckitt Benckiser.
Today I’m going to tell WHY it is so exciting!
If when you hear “Information Services” the first image that comes to your mind is of a bunch of geeks fixing printers and computers or writing programs that nobody on Earth would understand then you’ve got it all wrong!
This is not what the IS function does at Reckitt Benckiser.
The best thing about Information Services is the fact that we are one of the few functions that have an overall view across all the other functions within RB. IS touches our products from end-to-end. Our systems touch the products from the point of design through to manufacture, distribution through to the consumer.
This is one of the things that makes Information Services so exciting.
You can see in the video below what one of RB’s Global IS directors has to say about it.
He agrees that this is what keeps him coming back every day!
And also that it is the ideal place for someone who is interested in performing and excelling.
Since starting here I have had the chance to work in projects related to Finance, Sales, Marketing and Supply and that happened in less than 3 years!
But the most important thing about this was the fact that I had to really understand what were the drivers and goals of each one of these functions and how they related to the overall Reckitt Benckiser business objectives.
This makes all of us in Information Services understand what RB does and what the overall strategy is. Therefore everything we do is to deliver business value. We do not do a project just for the sake of doing it.
The other two things that are also very exciting about IS are the opportunities that we have to be international and the fact that we do not have a routine – every day there is something different, there is a new challenge and this is what makes me develop myself more and more.
When you are an international employee you have a chance to see different cultures and different ways of working. Plus, it allows you to see the organisation at different levels, locally and globally.
During the 3 years I have been here I worked on initiatives for Brazil, for Latin America and right now I am working in our Global Headquarters in the UK.
This experience is aggregating a lot of value.
If you have an open mind to understand different cultures and to learn different things everyday and if you all those thing I have mentioned here that make you excited as well, then Reckitt Benckiser is the place to be for you.
Check out our careers website for details about Information Services at Reckitt Benckiser.
Tags: Challenge, information services, International Career, learning experience, performing
I am an IS and computer science professional in Argentina and live very close to RB office in Florencio Varela and I saw this article very interesting , a particular point of view of IS ,I am looking for a professional improvement in my career and this website really made feel very interested about RB philosophy.