Manager-Digital, Analytical and FP&R

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country

Job Number # Goa, Goa, India

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing 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.

Job Summary

The Manager Digital, CI & FP&R is responsible for developing and managing continuous improvement initiatives as established by the FP&R guidelines for all systems to improve the plant's quality, productivity, and reliability. This position will also have primary responsibility for establishing and maintaining effective KPI's, leading process and packaging improvements in the areas of reliability, waste, product quality, safety, and cost per pound. In addition this position will work closely with the CI Manager to track performance and AML (Absolute Material Losses), and make recommendations for optimizing performance and quality.

Main Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the continuous improvement systems as established by FP&R guidelines and standard by conducting regular data driven CI reviews, coordinating cross-functional evaluations of CI projects through ROI, Continuous Improvement Plans (CIP) and Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and manage CI project timelines to achieve optimization initiatives.

• Identify training needs for the plant in the areas of process improvement, technical knowledge, problem solving, SOPs, SPI, PPMs, OPLs, etc.

• Incorporate FP&R, GMPs, Visual Workplace, Lean Manufacturing and reliability engineering in CI planning and systems.
• Lead the development of process improvements and optimization (throughput, yield, quality, and cost).

• Assist in achievement of plant KPI's by working with Area and Team Leaders to translate business needs into daily operations and create technical solutions.

• Establish and maintain effective Key Performance Indicator (KPI) measurement and SPI's for the plant, tracking and reporting tools, and establish corrective action for continuous improvement.

• Establish, maintain, audit and analyze Shop Floor data structure for accuracy and integrity.
• Incorporate FP&R, GMPs, Visual Workplace, Lean Manufacturing and reliability engineering in CI planning and systems.

• Track performance & mass balances, and make recommendations for optimizing performance and quality.

• Support plant and QA in identifying quality defects and driving resolution internally and with suppliers to improve material quality.

• Implement specific standardization, simplification and margin improvement projects and integrate external CI Best Practices.

• Responsible for managing capital expenditure budgets and delivering continuous improvement projects that reduce manufacturing variances.

• Responsible for coordinating an annual FP&R self assessment and conducting regular check-ins with Standard Owners to ensure the FP&R program is advancing.

• Responsible for keeping the site Communication Plan up to date to ensure information is shared at all levels of the site.

• Responsible for coordinating the site Formal Line Reviews to ensure plant is progressing on KPI's

• Developing people capability road map to build technical and functional capabilities

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Complies with all policies and standards

What you'll need...

• Post-graduate degree from well recognised institution
• 8-10 years of relevant experience in operations/plant system management
• Knowledge of Manufacturing systems
• Led/participated in a driving system improvement project.
• Microsoft Office or Google Suite proficiency (i.e, smart Sheets, Slides, Docs, Digital analytics ) preferred

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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.

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