Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer goods company that serves global customers with products in four major categories: oral care, personal care, home care, and pet nutrition. Along with Colgate toothpaste,the highest penetrated brand in the world, we connect our products to consumers in over 200 countries under internationally recognized brand names such as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Toms of Maine, Hill's pet nutrition, etc. Like most CPG’s, eCommerce is at the forefront of our companies’ growth agenda and is a key business priority globally.

Role & Responsibilities

The Innovation Project Manager oversees projects from innovation design to delivery, coordinating the various internal and external contributors. He/She will be responsible for the completion of all assigned product innovation projects within required time frames and budget, meanwhile implement continuous improvement for the product innovation processes.

Key responsibilities:

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  Project Management

Responsible for the end to end project management of all product innovation projects, including project scoping, planning, progress management, stakeholder management, risk management, budget management & etc.

• Scoping: Determine and define project scope and objectives

• Planning : Develops plans / timetables for task completion using appropriate project management tools. Build scenario planning for senior management team decision making

• Financial Management: Estimate product cost in project explore phase and ensure no significant deviation VS final product

• Project tracking & report : Closely monitors all the project progress , trouble shooting with project team & ensures timeline on track. Consolidates follow up with each sub project leader. Issues project meeting minutes & regular progress reports. Organize weekly project review meeting & escalate critical issue with mitigation plan to senior stakeholder for support if any

• Stakeholder Management: Co-work with functional lead to manage & engage internal stakeholders(supply chain, R&D,PKG, MKT etc…) for project update , sync & execution

• Risk Management: Conduct risk assessment and develop contingency plans as necessary.

• Continuous Improvement

  • Analyze current product innovation processes and identify areas of improvement

  • Support senior project manager for NPD process improvement.

• Others

  • Collaborate with internal and external Innovation partners (Design, Insights, R&D, brands and agencies) to identify, assess and validate new innovation spaces for Oral Care.

  • Work closely with the China Devices team to drive learnings and synergies, and translate these into innovation opportunities and concept spaces for APAC (ex-China) markets.

What you can expect at Colgate-Palmolive:

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  Be a part of living a culture of agility, growth and innovation

• Learn how a large business operates and grow in your overall business knowledge and acumen

• You will be exposed to learnings on a global scale that will challenge and stretch your strategic and analytical capabilities

• Work with great colleagues. As people at Colgate will tell you it’s the people that make the difference.

• You will establish great personal networks and work across a multitude of cultures

What we ask.

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  Passionately curious with strong need to find better ways to do things

• Proficiency at connecting dots: people needs, technologies & business opportunities

• Experimental, resilient & agile: good at design thinking: able to design, carry out, and interpret creative experiments while taking calculated risks

• Creative thinker & problem solver

• Comfortable with ambiguity and working in a self-directed environment

• Demonstrated ability to influence others for maximum effectiveness

• Proven ability to collaborate, demonstrate project management skills and be able to interact effectively with various stakeholders, across cross-functional teams while building & maintaining a positive work environment

• Genuinely interested in devices, technology and innovation opportunities in these spaces

Required Qualifications

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  FMCG / technology / devices / electronics / connected health MNC company back ground is must have

• Bachelor's degree and above, previous role was project manager, 3~5 years work experience in an innovation realization/Project manager role including leading breakthrough innovation & renovation projects is a mush have , relevant background Supply Chain or R&D or PKG engineering is a must have, Marketing/Business understanding is a plus

• Demonstrated creative problem solving skills

• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple innovation projects. PMP owner is a plus

• Demonstrated experience of driving new thinking or changing thinking of a team or organization

• Mandarin speaking is a plus

• Good understanding for cosmetic product compliance, registration & legal requirement

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 complete this request form should you require accommodation.

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