Operations Leader

No Relocation Assistance Offered
162539 - Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

**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

The **Operations Leader** is responsible for effectively leading all functions related to conversion production activities within the area and developing cross-functional partnerships to improve the plant's safety, quality, productivity, and reliability across a 24/7 operation. The Operations Leader will be accountable for maintaining effective KPI's, driving FP&R standards, following the Production Planning, and complying and leading conversion improvements in the areas of safety, product quality, operations reliability, absolute material losses and cost per ton.

**What you will do**:

- Manage labor resources and conversion cost.
- Maintain effective Key Performance Indicator (KPI) measurements for the plant, tracking and reporting tools, and establishes corrective action for continuous improvement.
- Manage Resources to achieve Area Operational Excellence Goals
- Lead the development of process improvements and optimization (throughput, losses, quality, and cost).
- Leading the achievement of area KPIs by working with shift leaders and peer to translate business needs into daily operations and creation of technical solutions.
- Empower operational teams by way of training, information sharing, coaching, feedback, appraisals and delegation, to ensure the development of people, skills, teams and organizational capabilities.
- Support Quality Assurance in the area identifying quality defects and driving resolution internally and with suppliers to improve material quality.
- Ensure effective communication within the teams
- Support plan and manage production schedule
- Support Design and Implementation of new projects
- Implement Reimagine Strategies
- Deliver FTG Savings
- Understand and comply with Colgate's policies, safety standards, quality standards, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and FP&R standards.
- Support new technologies implementation
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Complies with all policies and standards

**Required Qualifications**
- Bachelor's Degree
- Solid Experience in manufacturing environment
- Experience Leading people
- Written and spoken english (at least Intermediate)
- Communication skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Presentation skills
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point) or Google Suite (docs, slides, sheets).

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Financial knowledge
- Production Planning understanding
- Plastics Injection knowledge
- SAP system

**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.

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