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Reckitt Benckiser Supply Chain: Summer placements

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Earlier this year, I spent some time working with a summer placement graduate from Leeds University. I wanted to share some thoughts on his experience, as hopefully it may motivate more aspiring managers to seek out an exciting opportunity with Reckitt Benckiser!   We are always on the look out for top tier students interested [...]

Greetings from supply chain!

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Firstly I must apologise, it’s been some time since my last post here on My RB Opportunity. The supply chain organisation is incredibly fast moving, and it has been especially hectic over the past two months to say the least. Let me explain…   In September I completed my second RB graduate scheme placement  in [...]

A Heated Debate

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

I have just returned from a great meeting involving quality assurance, engineering, maintenance and technical teams. We discussed the implications of a recent control system issue on one of the Gaviscon production lines. The system governs a number of functions on the line, such as the cleaning procedure.   The meeting was full of strong [...]

The Boss

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Currently I’m leading an operations project to increase Gaviscon throughput in the Hull factory.   Things are going very well and as a result I was asked to present an update to the European Senior Vice President for supply a week ago (he is responsible for over 14 factories, and there are approximately 42 globally – [...]

We want you!

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

  I’m involved with a project which aims to form bonds with a select few key universities throughout the UK, in an effort to raise RB’s profile with graduates and early careers. This will hopefully mean that we attract even more top tier students into the supply chain business. We are targeting primarily the engineering [...]