Innovation Project Manager

Innovation Project Manager

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
Job Number #174118 - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specialising in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

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:

 

• Generate opportunity spaces by building a deep understanding of category & consumer unmet needs and challenges.

• Monitor external marketplace (both inside and outside of category) for emerging trends, novel solutions and technologies.

• 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 with regional teams to develop go to market models for innovation and develop incubation business plans.

• Work closely with the China Devices team to drive learnings and synergies, and translate these into innovation opportunities and concept spaces for the India market. 

• Manage ongoing innovation projects and resources.

• End to end E comm innovations crafting & networks 

 

What you can expect at Colgate-Palmolive:

 

• 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.

• 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

• Bachelor's degree and above, having background in Marketing/Business is a plus

• 5+ years of work experience as a project manager with a strong background in Supply Chain. 

• Work experience in FMCG in similar roles is a plus

• Demonstrated creative problem solving skills in previous roles 

• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple innovation projects

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

• Demonstrated ability to influence multiple senior stakeholders in previous roles

Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives  to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, 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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Experience Level

Mid Level