Job Summary

Innovation Project Manager Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country

Responsibilities

The Innovation Project Manager oversees projects from innovation design to delivery, coordinating the various internal and external contributors. He/She will be responsible for the completion of all assigned product innovation projects within required time frames and budget, meanwhile implement continuous improvement for the product innovation processes.

Key responsibilities

- Generate opportunity spaces by building a deep understanding of category consumer unmet needs and challenges.
- Monitor external marketplace (both inside and outside of category) for emerging trends, novel solutions and technologies.
- Collaborate with internal and external Innovation partners (Design, Insights,RD, brands and agencies) to identify, assess and validate new innovation spaces for Oral Care.
- Work with regional teams to develop go to market models for innovation and develop incubation business plans.
- Work closely with the China Devices team to drive learnings and synergies, and translate these into innovation opportunities and concept spaces for the India market.
- Manage ongoing innovation projects and resources.
- End to end E comm innovations crafting networks

What you can expect

- Be a part of living a culture of agility, growth and innovation
- Learn how a large business operates and grow in your overall business knowledge and acumen
- You will be exposed tolearnings on a global scale that will challenge and stretch your strategic and analytical capabilities
- Work with great colleagues. As people at Colgate will tell you its the people that make the difference.




- You will establish great personal networks and work across a multitude of cultures

What we ask.

- Passionately curious with strong need to find better ways to do things
- Proficiency at connectingdots: people needs, technologies business opportunities
- Experimental, resilient agile: positive at design thinking: able to design, carry out, and interpret creative experiments while taking calculated risks
- Creative thinker problem solver
- Comfortable with ambiguity and working in a self-directed environment
- Demonstrated ability to influence others for maximum effectiveness
- Proven ability to collaborate, demonstrate project management skills and be able to interact effectively with various stakeholders, across cross-functional teams while building maintaining a positive work environment
- Genuinely interested in devices, technology and innovation opportunities in these spaces

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree and above, having background in Marketing/Business is a plus
- 5+ years of work experience as a project manager with a strong background in Supply Chain.
- Work experience in FMCG in similar roles is a plus
- Demonstrated creative problem solving skills in previous roles
- Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple innovation projects
- Demonstrated experience of driving new thinking or changing thinking of a team or organization
- Demonstrated ability to influence multiple senior stakeholders in previous roles

Experience Level

Mid Level Disclaimer : This job posting & Location has been aggregated from external source. Role details, content, and availability are subject to change. Applicants are advised to confirm the latest information directly on the company website before applying.

📌 Innovation Project Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Colgate-Palmolive
📍 Mumbai