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143844 - del.miguel hidalgo, mexico city, mexico
*_ job summary_*
*the assistant manager - personal care designs and creates the technology platform and pipeline, formula funding the growth and simplification strategies, and new products focused on delighting the consumer, taking a consumer or professional insight or a technology lead and leveraging it in support of the category strategies.
equally defines the technical strategy for selected areas including formula-driven improved delivery and efficacy, next-generation ingredients, and new product forms and sensory signals, increasing the number of patents and intellectual property, delivering added value for the company.
also serves as the critical linkage to the rest of the global technology organization for each category, and provides the central category voices to our global and division business partners - global marketing, division innovation and marketing, and global supply chain.
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responsibilities_*
- * identify and develop new technical leads based on technological and consumer insight, and drive the research team.
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- * ensure the development and continuous flow of invention records, patents, and research reports.
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- * manage resources of his/her assigned team according to department priorities.
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- * serve as a key interface among business partners such as quality, regulatory, environmental affairs, occupational health and safety (eohs), legal, supply chain and implementation & support.
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- * deliver assigned projects supporting products, processes, methods, and services.
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- * communicate learning from development work via research reports, patents, presentations to internal and external business partners and senior management.
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- * ensure personnel under his/her responsibility support and comply with quality requirements, initiatives and systems; monitor progress on implementation of systems and actions; regularly supervise, coach, guide and train personnel under his/her responsibility on quality requirements and systems.
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requirements_*
*_ education_*
- * chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry, material science, cosmetic science or biotechnology with 7 years experience*:
- * (master's or a ph.d.) Chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry, material science, cosmetic science or biotechnology with 5 years experience (desirable)*
*_ experience_*
- * 5-7 years of consumer goods industry experience*:
- * 5-7 years of functional experience*:
- * 3-5 years of people management and project management experience*
*_ desirable qualifications_*
- * academic publications*:
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.
colgate-palmolive is a leading global consumer products company, tightly focused on oral care, personal care, home care and pet nutrition.
colgate sells its products in over 200 countries and territories around the world under such internationally recognized brand names as colgate, palmolive, elmex, tom's of maine, sorriso, speed stick, lady speed stick, softsoap, irish spring, protex, sanex, elta md, pca skin, ajax, axion, fabuloso, soupline and suavitel, as well as hill's science diet and hill's prescription diet.