GPO - Hire to Retire

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Global Business Services

Behind our iconic power brands that touch millions of lives daily – from Dettol and Lysol to Durex and Nurofen – lies a dynamic and vital engine: Reckitt's Global Business Services (GBS).

Fuelled by a culture of positive energy and co-creativity - while learning together - OneReckitt GBS is at the forefront of our business, driving efficiency, standardisation, and innovation across our global operations. We're a fast-paced, purposeful team, constantly seeking to optimise our processes, leverage cutting-edge technology, and deliver exceptional value to every corner of Reckitt. We’re not a traditional back-office function; we’re a strategic powerhouse where diverse individuals with bright minds come together to solve complex challenges, shape future capabilities, and build a better global business that directly helps achieve Reckitt’s mission.

About The Role

As the Global Process Owner (GPO) – Hire to Retire (H2R) you will be accountable for shaping and governing the end-to-end design, and continuous improvement of the global H2R process landscape. The role ensures standardisation, simplification, scalability, and business-alignment across the employee lifecycle, from talent acquisition through onboarding, performance, development, mobility, and offboarding.

This role sits at the heart of enabling an exceptional employee experience while ensuring operational efficiency, compliance, and alignment with Reckitt’s talent strategy. You will collaborate with HR Centers of Expertise (COEs), Global People Services (Shared Services), IT&D, and other Global Process Owners in Global business services to drive process design, technology enablement, and continuous improvement across the full hire-to-retire value chain.

Note: This role is not responsible for running day-to-day HR Shared Services operations. Instead, the GPO partners with Global People Services to deliver process improvements, automation, and simplification across all markets, ensuring operational execution aligns with process design and governance standards.

Your responsibilities

Define and own the global end-to-end H2R process strategy, standards, and governance frameworkLead global design authority for H2R processes including hiring, onboarding, core HR operations, payroll, time & attendance, and offboardingChampion process harmonization and digitization across markets, in partnership with HR, IT, and GBSIdentify and deliver transformation opportunities that improve employee experience and operational performanceEnsure compliance with regulatory, policy, and data privacy requirements across the H2R process landscapeDrive adoption and optimization of H2R platforms (e.g., Workday, ServiceNow, payroll solutions)Monitor process performance and drive continuous improvement through KPIs and feedback loops

The experience we're looking for

Deep understanding of the HR function and full employee lifecycle, with extensive experience designing and leading global H2R processes in a multinational companyDemonstrated success in process transformation, automation, and employee experience enhancement. Proven experience as a H2R GPO or Head of HR Shared Services operations preferredHands-on experience with global HR technologies (Workday, SuccessFactors, ServiceNow, ATS, payroll systems)Experience working in or closely with a Global Business Services or Shared Services modelDemonstrated expertise in process ownership, transformation, and governanceProven ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders across functions and regionsStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven mindsetStrong exposure to GBS ramp-up and mature environments, with a track record of scaling operations and evolving processesFMCG or other high-volume, fast-paced industry background preferred

The skills for success

Global Process Design Hire to Retire HR Operations HRIS Platforms (e.g., Workday) Payroll & Time Management Employee Experience Design Process Transformation Stakeholder Engagement Compliance & Risk Management GBS Collaboration

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.