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Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom's of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill's Pet Nutrition.
We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children's oral health.
If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!
The Associate Brand Manager, Innovation is supporting the development of new products that drive the growth for Tom's! Reporting into the Senior Brand Manager of Personal Care Innovation, you will uncover and address people-centric needs, identify relevant trends in ingredients, formulations and sustainable packaging, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to develop new items from concept to production.
The Associate Brand Manager, Innovation will support the development of Tom's innovation in Personal Care, from concept to execution:
- Understand the market: Track competitive and analogous category innovation trends, technology, ingredients, formulas and sustainable packaging/formats and evaluate relevance, fit and feasibility for Tom's.
- Deeply understand our consumer: Develop a deep understanding of our consumer and their evolving needs/perceptions/experience of our products to develop people-centric solutions. Knowledge is developed through a variety of research methods, analytical tools and in partnership with Consumer Insights.
- Dream and create: Partner with the innovation team to develop and test concepts that people will love. Collaborate with cross-functional partners such as R&D, legal, regulatory, design, packaging and supply chain to assess feasibility and find ways to bring winning concepts to market. Coordinate assessment of new product ideas through Tom's Stewardship process to ensure adherence to guidelines. Partner with the supply chain team to manage timelines and ensure clarity of deliverables with the cross-functional team.
- Project management: Turn winning concepts into products on shelves and in people's homes by leading 1) claims development with cross functional team (legal, regulatory and knowledge management) 2) packaging design with internal and external design agencies 3) partnering with supply chain to bring products to life from manufacture to shipping to retail 4) lead R&D briefs to initiate technology development 5) liaise with Canadian regulatory counterparts to understand feasibility of launch 6) develop selling materials to help brand and sales team gain listing of new product, including technical demonstrations with R&D.
- Get Financial: Partner with supply chain, category management and finance teams, set pricing strategy and develop financial assessments of new products (source of volume, volume projection, costing, pricing, share targets).
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business or marketing
- 4+ years of experience packaged goods / CPG marketing or relevant business environments
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Strong data analysis and interpretation skills
- Highly collaborative and comfortable with working with cross-functional teams and various levels of management
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA
- Strong written, verbal and presentation communication skills
*This is a contract role up to 12 months
Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $80,000.00 - $120,000.00 USD
Pay is based on multiple non-discriminatory, individualized factors including but not limited to experience, job-related knowledge and education, skills and office/market location. In addition to base salary, salaried employees are eligible for annual discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing and, for Executive-level (salary grade 16 and above) roles only, long-term incentives in the form of Restricted Stock Units and/or Stock Options.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable benefits plans then in effect, all salaried employees are also eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes:
- Insurance: Employees (and their eligible dependents) are eligible to participate in Company-sponsored Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Disability insurance plans.
- Retirement Plans: Employees are eligible to enroll in Colgate's 401(k) plan, which provides for company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements
- Vacation/PTO: Employees receive a minimum of 15 days of vacation/PTO leave annually
- Paid Holidays: Employees receive a minimum of 13 paid/floating holidays annually
- Paid Sick Leave: Based on location and consistent with applicable state and local law, employees receive a minimum of 40 hours of paid sick leave on January 1st of each year
- Paid Parental Leave: Eligible employees may take up to eight weeks of paid parental leave and 12 weeks of unpaid leave (varies for employees with fewer than 12 months of service and is subject to hours worked requirements)
Our Commitment to Sustainability
With the Colgate brand in more homes than any other, we are presented with great opportunities and new challenges as we work to integrate sustainability into all aspects of our business and create positive social impact. We are determined to position ourselves for further growth as we act on our 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our purpose starts with our people - ensuring our workforce represents the people and communities we serve -and creating an environment where our people feel they belong; where we can be our authentic selves, feel treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.
Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.
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