Associate Innovation & Execution Excellence Mgr Oral Care (f/m/d)

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Job Number # - Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Entry salary range: 56950 euros - 70350 euros gross per year.

The salary range is determined by the position’s classification within the company’s compensation system. To this end, the requirements of the position are objectively evaluated, particularly the necessary skills, workload, responsibilities, and working conditions.

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.

The OC Associate Innovation & Execution Excellence Mgr (f/m/d) is responsible for Project Management of key growth initiatives within the Marketing team. This position will manage multiple concurrent projects by brand/category, and focus will be behind ensuring we can have launches & relaunches available in a timely manner for our markets. In addition to project management skills, collaboration among functions as well as great communication skills will be key.

Main responsibilities:

This role will be accountable for Brand Project Management responsibilities to ensure projects meet timing, cost and specific project deliverable. Specific responsibilities are as follows:

Project initiation and planning:

• Partners with Category/Brand leads to ensure clarity of scope, deliverables and management expectations, both initially and ongoing
• Lead SKU creation/extension, Artworks process/approval, and draft regulatory labels for the projects selected.
• Identifies and secures key decisions, engaging leadership sponsors as appropriate, throughout the process

Manages and communicates project timelines issues and risks:

• Manages overall project timeline and integrates all key project activities
• Defines and maintains project critical path
• Alerts leadership of long-lead critical path items
• Coordinates and facilitates team communication/ flow of information and decision making:
• Schedules and chairs regular team meetings with each category teams
• Leverages latest collaboration tools and technologies to facilitate information sharing and effective tech transfer
• Ensures learning is captured throughout the project and makes recommendations to improve

Required Qualifications:

• Master's Degree Preferably in Business Administration or relevant field
• At least 2-4 years Proven experience in Marketing/Project Management, preferably in a multinational FMCG
• Highly organised with a strong eye for detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and independently
• Fast learner with a proactive attitude
• A team player with the ability to form strong working relationships with numerous stakeholders across the organisation
• Cross-Organizational Relationships
• Fluent in English

The position will initially be filled on a fixed-term basis for 12 months.

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.

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