Mohsin Hamied

Head of R&D, Pakistan

Reckitt, Pakistan

Karachi

09.2020 - Current

Assume leadership for all R&D projects in all Health categories Relief, Wellness & Hygiene, ensuring the implementation at regional/local level by ensuring all required formulation, feasibility work, analysis, validation, stability testing, industrial trials and dossier preparation are performed on time and to the required internal and external standards and market conditions.
Implement global product initiatives with R&D Product Development and global R&D counterparts
In key R&D sites of each category, assume Technical Project Lead responsibility, based on an agreement with R&D Product Development, preparing a project plan with timeline for all technical activities to be performed, work on formula development be the key contact for all stakeholders involved in the initiative, ensure development briefs completion and allocation of resources to complete the tasks as per plan, keep a good track of the activities versus the plan, keep the key stakeholders informed about the progress and issues, manage changes to preserve the commitment.
Collaborate with local commercial organizations in relation to consumer complaints and quality issues, competitor challenges and legal/regulatory inquiries concerning technical matters relating to products marketed within region.
Collaborate with Supply function regarding technology and product expertise, for production start-up, business continuity plans, quality improvements and cost savings projects.
Collaborate closely with Marketing organizations (local & regional) to provide technical expertise and required business support to evaluation (Portfolio Management) and execution of commercial initiatives and projects.
Support R&D teams by providing a clear definition of products, marketing claims and raw material requirements from a regional/local perspective and by providing technical input and support in the preparation of the claim support data.
Day to day management of personnel, including motivation and development of direct reports.
Maintain good communication as part of Global R&D organization and across functions to accomplish business objectives.
Interact with technical functions (R&D, Supply, Packaging Development, etc.) to define and share best practices.
Run Training Need Analysis (TNA), Design and deliver due trainings and presentations to team/x-functional counterparts.
Establish strategic goals for broad-scale research through acquisition of appropriate budget and capital expenditure.
Build research portfolio in accordance with long-term strategic plan.