R&D LifeCycle Management (LCM) Leader (m/w/d)

R&D LifeCycle Management (LCM) Leader (m/w/d)

Job Description

Become part of the team powering household names like Andrex®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Viva®, and WypAll®.

At Arbex, everything you need is right here—innovation, growth, and the chance to leave a real mark.

At heart, you're a learner and a natural leader, someone who takes the initiative to improve things and brings others along in the process.

You hold yourself to the highest standards of integrity and quality, consistently turning your responsibilities into a lasting success story.

In this role, you'll help shape the future of tissue and hygiene for billions of people worldwide.

We'll be Unstoppable Together.

About You

In this role, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the centre.

As part of the R&D Tissue team, The LifeCycle Management (LCM) team oversees nurturing products in market for their area of responsibility:


* New product launches


* Product design cost savings (DTV – Design To Value)


* Technical support to ensure Business continuity and compliance, including material, quality or sourcing issues

As the R&D LifeCycle Management (LCM) Leader for Intimate and Professional Care, your primary objective will be overseeing and managing our Dry Bath Tissue and Tissue Wipers product ranges in Western Europe.

You will work closely with our manufacturing mills to provide product and process expertise, as well as R&D leadership for the development and implementation of Design To Value and local renovation plans, ensures business continuity and compliance of materials and products.

Furthermore, you will be responsible for the launch of centrally led innovation projects and champion of consumer interests

Location: Mill based in Koblenz Mill (Germany).

Travel: There will be up to 25% travel involved with this role, possibly more at the early stages to learn the process, assets and develop your network in our matrix organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Design To Value:


* Accountable for DTV target delivery in their area of responsibility, influences and manages stakeholders End to End (E2E) through target setting, technical development and programme implementation to ensure R&D targets are met.


* Leads the management of DTV initiatives within their BU from idea to implementation, including any technical development and through change control and Innovation (IMF) processes as relevant.

Business continuity:


* Leads and coordinates with local manufacturing, quality and marketing teams all trial and project work related to business continuity programmes on materials & product trials and qualification.


* Champions the interests of consumers and product quality by interfacing with Operations, Marketing and Quality.

Partner with Quality, and marketing to identify & challenge quality issues and drive mill teams to develop plans to address them whilst pro...