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# 158944 - Cambridge, Ohio, 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!

Job Summary

The Cambridge Plant Strategy and Factory Performance Manager is accountable for leading and driving the five-year strategic and productivity plans for the site. They will use analytic data, gap analysis, external benchmarking and technical information to provide reliable tools and processes for decision making, strategic design and capabilities and continuous improvement. They will also act as the resource for Factory Performance and Reliability standards. This includes ensuring data accuracy, self-assessments, supporting the Operational Excellence (OE) audit program, and management of SDM RCA process, among other tasks.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Participate in the Reimagined Strategy to provide proper guidance and roadmap of strategic activities needed in a 3-5 years time frame to meet Financial and Sustainability ambitions.

• Participate in the development and execution of special projects, evaluate plant efficiencies and future capacities to Build End of mind values. The purpose of these projects could be to address any particular need of the moment (e.g. Develop strategy and drive a product and materials portfolio simplification plan that benefits Plant Performance and Resilience), or projects identified as development opportunities for the benefit of the Manufacturing Strategy Manager.

• Lead and Coordinate Monthly Performance Reviews (including Efficiency, Losses, Financials and related critical metrics). Reviews in 3 stages (1. Internal, 2. Managerial local, and 3. Collaboration with All Regions through Planning/SNP and Net Ops). Including tracking performance improvement plans based on systematic mentality. Control and communicate production standards, including line rates, headcount, scrap, segmentation.

• Collaborate with plant leadership to ensure that FP&R activities are aligned with the site’s Capacity Growth Plan – Equipment Master Plan, Operational Strategy, Labor and People Strategy and Communication Strategies.

• Develop and communicate a clear Site responsibility matrix to identify key roles and responsibilities related to FP&R Standards implementation.

• Ensure that annual FP&R self-assessments are conducted and the site action plan is updated.

• Partner with site leadership to implement a system to ensure that critical metric performance is supervised and communicated

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

• Partner with FP&R Leader and site Operations Manager and develop a site-wide approach to ensure that current standard procedures are available for line operations, changeovers, and inspections within the factory.

• Partner with focus factory management, team leaders and FP&R leader to coordinate 5S implementation across all individual equipment, lines, tools and production/general areas.

• Ensure that systems are in place to display visual elements using consistent color and symbol standards in accordance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

• Partner with the site EOHS Leader and Quality Manager to ensure that the Site Visual Workplace Plan should include all EOHS Standard and Quality Facility Standard performance expectations.

• Partner with operations to ensure that Visual Workplace Work Area Information Centers are placed in appropriate locations and are kept up to date.

• Ensure that plans are in place so that Visual Displays communicate all static information requirements as outlined in the 5S & Visual Workplace Standard.

• Support the Category Focus Factory Manager/Area Leader to implement the Standard Daily Meeting as outlined in the Standard.

• Establish a system to review Standard Daily Meeting Metrics periodically to ensure continuous improvement.

• Partner with Plant Management to develop and implement a step-wise plan to progress autonomous maintenance through the following major steps: Establish Basic Equipment. Condition, Perform Daily Inspection and Basic Maintenance, Drive Continuous Improvement and Quality (additional details on these steps can be found in the FP&R Autonomous Maintenance Standard).

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  Partner with the Maintenance and Engineering to ensure the following:

  • Roles and responsibilities for the Planned Maintenance Program are assigned to specific resources.

  • A system is established to review Planned Maintenance Metrics periodically to ensure continuous improvement.

  • All equipment and infrastructure has a Maintenance Plan that meets performance expectations as outlined in the FP&R Planned Maintenance Standard.

  • Spare parts management system is established and implemented as outlined in the FP&R Planned Maintenance Standard.

  • Periodically review Maintenance Plans to confirm optimization (condition based maintenance) for preventive and predictive maintenance based on historical equipment performance.

  • Support standardization of maintenance procedures.

  • Fully understand and support implementation of SAP PM.

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  Partner with the Production Planning to ensure:

  • Production schedules are derived from the demand plans as provided by demand planning, cross-border sourcing and/or specialty packaging.

  • Production planning is completed using SAP PP/DS with all MRP runs in SAP to ensure accuracy of raw/ingredient and packing material inventory and reorder points.

  • Exceptions to the production plan are communicated to demand planning/materials management, production/line scheduling and customer/consumer marketing (MFSTs) on a weekly basis.

  • Monthly meetings are conducted with demand planning/materials management, production/line scheduling and customer/consumer marketing to ensure that future changes in demand and production capacity are communicated and resolved in a timely manner.

  • Improvements in FP&R and cycle time should be reflected in reduced target inventory levels for finished goods, as appropriate.

  • Master data should be kept up to date (e.g., BOM, Rate Routings, Work Centers).

  • Factory capacity utilization is updated once the monthly forecast has been released

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  Partner with Plant management and Human Resources to ensure:

  • Designated operational positions are identified and filled by fully competent or certified people.

  • The requirements of the FP&R People Capability Standard are successfully implemented. This includes, but is not limited to: job descriptions for all operating and coordinating level positions, training and development plans and tracking

  • Periodic skill gap analyses are conducted and with appropriate results.

  • Systems are in place to transfer and share knowledge from problem resolution, design and operational enhancements throughout the facility.

  • Ensure that line sponsors and natural work teams are identified.

  • Ensure that roles and responsibilities of Operators, Mechanics, Team Leaders, Focus Factory Management and Engineering are identified.

  • Partner with Human Resources to ensure that operators are trained on Basic Equipment Condition, Initial and Ongoing Cleaning and Basic Problem Solving.

  • Formal opportunities are provided for employees to develop multiple skills that are consistent with site labor strategy and work environment.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field

• 8 years of manufacturing/production/operations experience

• Demonstrate experience using strong analytical skills

• Basic understanding of, and experience with, functions such as Operations, Logistics, Planning, Quality, & Finance

• Strong interpersonal skills, both verbal and written

• Demonstrate working knowledge of computers with a special focus on spreadsheets and database skills

• Demonstrate experience and results that have both a customer focus and results-orientation in an environment that requires multi-tasking

Preferred Qualifications:

• Mechanical background

• 2 years people management experience

• Experience bringing to bear FP&R principles and Lean Six Sigma processes

• Technical proficiency including:

  • Experience using ROI, Continuous Improvement Tools or FMEA tools

  • Training others conflict resolution

  • Presentation skills

  • Understanding of financial measures

  • SAP

  • Standards, weights and measure requirements

• FDA, USDA and other regulatory agency design requirements

• Proficient in Statistical Process Control, CPk and Improvement Methodologies

Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $ - $ 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.

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