Colgate-Palmolive Company
Location
Topeka, KS | United States
Job description
Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
# 158202 - Topeka, Kansas, 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 Implementation & Support group is responsible for adapting and geographically expanding innovative products across our premium wellness and therapeutic product portfolios. This scientist position will lead the technology transfer including ingredient characterization, product design, and production scale implementation of complete nutrition wellness & therapeutic foods for dogs and cats at our manufacturing facilities. This will require working closely with quality, regulatory, supply chain, manufacturing technology, procurement, packaging, external ingredient suppliers and internal manufacturing colleagues to ensure successful development and launch. Collaboration on product design with our claims and clinical studies group will help ensure final formulas deliver required efficacy and claims.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead the development of sole-source nutritional solutions that deliver against specified nutrient, ingredient, quality & cost requirements
- Validate product performance through coordination & interpretation of product analytical, biological, palatability, sensory, thermal processing and stability testing
- Partner with manufacturer colleagues and manufacturing technology to optimize product and process development
- Development of ingredient, finished product specifications, and other project documentation
- Budgets and tracks project costs for initiatives
- Ongoing quality, safety, and related training
Education/ Experience Requirements
Basic requirements:
BS or BA degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, or a related technical or scientific field.
2+ years of work experience in product design and development in the food industry.
Working knowledge of nutritional science.
Excellent interpersonal and team skills; ability to communicate and influence and thrive in a cross-functional environment. Strong analytical, problem-solving and conceptual skills.
Proficiency in PDM/PLM (Product Life Cycle Management) and Concept 5 (formulation) systems
Preferred qualifications:
PhD in Food Science, Nutrition, Food Engineering or related field
Experience in integrating product design with novel wet thermally processed products or dry extruded products
Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $70,400 - $89,000 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
[email protected] with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.
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