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Colgate-Palmolive Brand Manager - Innovation Accelerator in Overland Park, Kansas
No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 160760 - Overland Park, Kansas, United States
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!
At Hill’s we have a purpose. Every day around the world, we transform the lives of millions of pet families through pioneering innovation, amazing nutrition, and the best and brightest people. If you’re interested in work that matters, fueled by passion for pets, we invite you to apply.
Founded more than 75 years ago with an unwavering commitment to pet nutrition, Hills’ mission is to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets. Our decades of science and research guide us in creating nutrition that’s a step ahead so pets and pet parents can enjoy every day together. As the US #1 Veterinarian Recommended pet food brand, knowledge is our first ingredient with 220+ veterinarians, PhD nutritionists and food scientists working to develop breakthrough innovations in pet health.
The Brand Manager is a key member of the the Hill’s Global Marketing and Innovation Accelerator. This role will help lead the optimization and acceleration of innovation, collaboration, experimentation and learning. We believe that intersecting the goals of the business with the needs of our users can yield impactful, intuitive and inclusive experiences that inspire, engage and drive results. The role will own critical work streams within the team that is working to accelerate growth via a variety of projects primarily focused on horizon 3 innovation. This role will work with cross-functional partners to evaluate opportunity targets, incubate business critical projects, and develop new services or business models. This role will flex between categories, project types and project lengths depending on the opportunity.
What You Will Do:
Supports the identification of new adjacencies for the Growth Accelerator to pursue
5-8 times per year participates in opportunity generation process
Map adjacency space, identifies trends and insights and determines opportunities scope for new ideas
Synthesize, and propose the opportunity, to the Innovation Council
Owns critical workstreams in the agile working team to focus on 3-4 projects at a time
Supports evaluation of opportunity space (people insights, competitors, category trends and future dynamics)
Manages day to day operations to develop prototypes, concepts or minimal viable offerings
Integrates learning plan findings into new product, service, business model opportunities
Member of cross-functional team to develop new product bundles
Assists in project transitions to execution teams
Collaborates with base marketing and commercial teams to assist in execution of successful launch
Supports development of customer presentation materials for new product review meetings
Periodically presents project updates to Senior Leadership for review and feedback
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree
5+ years prior experience in brand marketing; 2+ in CPG innovation
Demonstrated creativity, curiosity and strategic thinking skills
Demonstrated cross functional partnership and collaboration skills
Demonstrated experience of driving new thinking or changing thinking of a team or organization
Demonstrated passion for exploring people insights, developing solutions that meet real needs or interests
High level of initiative, assertiveness and self-direction
Able to work on multiple projects at a time while delivering strong results
Demonstrated experience of working across seniority levels with ease
Comfortable working in a fast paced, ever changing environment
Positive attitude and resilience in the approach to new challenges and setbacks
Strong data acumen
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA
Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $115,200.00 - $144,000.00 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.
For additional Colgate terms and conditions, please click here (https://www.colgatepalmolive.com/content/dam/cp-sites/corporate/corporate/en_us/corp/locale-assets/pdf/colgate-terms-and-conditions-2023.pdf) .
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