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Michael Maledi, Senior R&D Associate

Michael Maledi

Senior R&D Associate·Reckitt Benckiser

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, Chemistry

Work experience

Total years of experience: 24 years, 9 months

Senior R&D Associate

September 2001 - Present

Reckitt Benckiser

South Africa

September 2001 - Present

Develop consumer products in line with agreed consumer concepts. Support Marketing in developing product launch pipeline. Protect the Net Revenue through supporting Production, Procurement as well as Quality to resolve issues. Coordinate and support technical teams in the region to resolve technical issues in their locations. Acted as an interface between Technical teams in the region as well as Global Category Team. Support Gross Margin growth of the business through identifying opportunities in process, fomulation and distribution of products.
Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Research and Development

R&D Laboratory Manager

January 2012 - April 2014

Bar Soaps and Fire Lighter

January 2012 - April 2014

• R&D Laboratory Manager (2012 - to date)
Job role:
Quality Control

Senior R&D Associate

January 2010 - April 2014

Reckitt Benckiser

United Arab Emirates

January 2010 - April 2014

Company: Reckitt Benckiser
Department: Research and Development (Africa & Middle East)
Position: Senior R&D Associate (1 Jan 2010 - To Date)
Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Sales

January 2004 - April 2014

Regional Champion

January 2004 - April 2014

• Regional Champion for the Ingredient Guideline Program (2004 - To date)
Job role:
Other

January 2006 - January 2011

Squeeze Champion

January 2006 - January 2011

• Squeeze Champion (2006, 2011 - 2012)
Job role:
Other

January 2010 - December 2010

Regional Champion

January 2010 - December 2010

• Regional Champion for developing product Claims and Demos (2010)
Job role:
Other

R&D Associate (June

June 2004 - December 2009

Reckitt Benckiser

United Arab Emirates

June 2004 - December 2009

Position: R&D Associate (June 2004 - Dec 2009)
Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Sales

Project Management

January 2006 - January 2008

AME Regional R&D/Supply

January 2006 - January 2008

• AME Regional R&D/Supply project team (2006 - 2008)
• Represented Africa & Middle East on the Global Ingredient Guidelines team.
4. Project Management
Job role:
Management

January 2004 - December 2006

R&D AME Laboratory

January 2004 - December 2006

• Managed the GLP for R&D AME Laboratory (2004 - 2006)
• Managed the building of the R&D Stability Chambers (2006)
• Designed the R&D pilot plant (2005)
Job role:
Other

Quality Management

January 2004 - January 2006

Bar Soaps and Fire Lighter

January 2004 - January 2006

Responsible for 4 Categories (2004 - 2006)
Managed the implementation of GIG in Africa & Middle East
Manage new technology projects for Bar Soaps and Fire Lighter
Quality Management
5. Leadership
• Member of the Reckitt Benckiser Global Bar Soap Steering Team
• R&D Category / SSG Champion for RUMEA (Healthy Body - Personal Care)
Job role:
Quality Control

R&D Assistant (Sept

September 2001 - June 2004

September 2001 - June 2004

Position: R&D Assistant (Sept 2001 - June 2004)
Experience
1. Implementation of local and regional NPD/EPD projects
Manage the NPD/EPD process from R&D perspective including: Formula development, Stability and Performance tests, Specification setting, Industrial trial
Provide technical input and support in the preparation of the claim support data for the clearance of commercial labels
Taking an active participation in projects and teams which aims at increasing local margins
Provided training to local people, including Marketing, Supply and Consumer Helpline on specific
technologies and products.
2. Support
Provide day to day business support in the following roles: • Marketing for artwork, copy clearance and TV commercial demo development
• Support Quality Management team to solve production, product and consumer issues
• Auditing of labs and third party factories
• Technical support for local legal issues
• Consumer complaints
3. Multi-functional teams
Played an active role in the following project teams constituted by Marketing, Procurement, Packaging,
R&D, Regulatory, and Production: • Personal Care /Surface care / Fabric care / Pest Control / Air Care / Automatic Dishwashing
categories
Job role:
Other

Education

Tshwane University of Technology

April 2004

April 2004

Bachelor's degree, Chemistry

South Africa

Tshwane University of Technology

January 2004

January 2004

High school or equivalent, Chemistry

2004: B-Tech Degree Chemistry (Tshwane University of Technology)

Tshwane University of Technology

January 1999

January 1999

Bachelor's degree, Analytical Chemistry

1999: National Diploma Analytical Chemistry (Tshwane University of Technology

Skills

Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Stakeholder Management
Expert
Stakeholder Management
Expert
People Management
Expert
People Management
Expert
Problem Solving
Expert
Problem Solving
Expert
Product Development
Expert
Product Development
Expert
ASSOCIATE
ASSOCIATE
AUDITING
Expert
AUDITING
Expert
GLP
Expert
GLP
Expert
LABORATORY
Expert
LABORATORY
Expert
MARKETING
Expert
MARKETING
Expert
PACKAGING
Expert
PACKAGING
Expert
SOAP
Expert
SOAP
Expert
STEERING
Expert
STEERING
Expert
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Expert
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Expert
TRAINING
Expert
TRAINING
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Stakeholder Management
Expert
Stakeholder Management
Expert
People Management
Expert
People Management
Expert
Problem Solving
Expert
Problem Solving
Expert
Product Development
Expert
Product Development
Expert