What Are We All About? Research & Development is at the forefront in fulfilling the Company’s vision of providing products of superior quality and value that makes consumers’ lives better. 1) The Company grows from here and nearly every new product and an upgrade begins in one of our technical centers across the globe. 2) Our aim is to continually improve our products and additionally identify and deliver a steady stream of innovative products and packages that offer meaningfully distinctive performance and superior value to consumers. 3) Utilizing the existing technologies and applying new technologies along with in-depth consumer understanding is key to sustain and expand the Company’s competitive edge. R&D organization is truly global. Our various R&D centers worldwide collaborate and work in-synergy to produce world-class Products, Formulations, Processes, Packages, Concepts taking into consideration the safety and regulatory requirements. R&D people collaborate with other functions in Engineering, Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Marketing to deliver this. People are our most important assets. Our Success is due to effective collaboration of highly skilled Researchers & Technologists whose individual & team contributions lead the company’s innovation based product advances. To achieve all this we believe in hiring the best multidisciplinary team of researchers & innovators in the world. We provide them with an opportunity to work in area of a diverse, multi-cultural groups and environments. They may be responsible for local, regional or global projects with an opportunity for having cross-training assignments.

Where Could You Start? You could normally begin your career by joining a Research and Development in one of the key Global Business Unit. Your focus of work could be in : Product Design a) Working on product development cycle of upgrading an existing brand or a new initiative. b) Designing & developing product formulations, prototypes and manufacturing processes c) Developing lab scale, pilot plant experimentation to full-scale plant production of a product. Products Research a) Developing research methodologies to help simulate the actual usage of product in lab conditions and also test among actual consumers. b) Understanding the key Consumer needs and habits and implementing & imparting these needs into Product design, technology & leading the same into market. c) Developing concept and key technical communication materials in consumer understandable language. Generating Technical Claim support data for concepts and media communications Regulatory a) Understanding & providing direction on regulatory aspects of the product globally or for a specific country of launch. b) Providing right technical direction and strategies for ensuring product safety in actual use or in potential misuse. Technical support a) Being a part of R&D support organizations, i.e Quality Assurance or Analytical to on-goingly support & develop methods & strategies for research and in-market projects to meet both internal & external compliances on quality of products we develop.

What Could Your Career Path Look Like In The Future? Research & Development at P&G has a record of hiring and retaining some of the most talented people in the industry. 1) R&D has a culture that is designed to reward success, stimulate learning, challenge complacency, and nurture creativity and innovation. Contributions are recognized through financial compensation, promotions, freedom to influence project selection and financial support for their projects. 2) Our physical resources are world-class; the new employees find themselves surrounded by outstanding researchers around the world, currently employed in one of the strongly linked international laboratories. 3) Extensive training programs prepare technical personnel for projects and personal success and keep them up to date on the latest technologies. 4) To nurture the talented technical people hired in R&D, a leading edge contribution based Career system is in place that encourages each individual to achieve his or her maximum potential. 5) Progression on this path depends upon excellence in producing significant results. Both strong technical contributor and others who have an aptitude for management are given equal opportunity to progress towards highest level of recognition.