Senior Project Manager

Job description

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Region
Job Number #169427 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition.

Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet.

Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals.

Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
 

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer goods company that serves global customers with products in four major categories: oral care, personal care, home care, and pet nutrition.

Along with Colgate toothpaste, the highest penetrated brand in the world, we connect our products to consumers in over 200 countries under internationally recognized brand names such as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Toms of Maine, Hill's pet nutrition, etc.

Like most CPG’s, eCommerce is at the forefront of our companies’ growth agenda and is a key business priority globally.

Role & 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:

• Project Management 

  • Responsible for the end to end project management of all product innovation projects, including project scoping, planning, progress / gate management, stakeholder management, risk management, budget management & etc.
    
    

  • Scoping: Determine and define project scope and objectives.
    
    

  • Project Scheduling and Planning: Develop detailed project plans by outlining milestones, task dependencies, and deliverable deadlines.
    
    Develops plans / timetables for task completion using appropriate project management tools.
    
    Build scenario planning for senior management team decision making

  • Cost Estimation and Monitoring: Collaborate with cross functional teams to track and compare initial cost estimates with final product costs to ensure no significant deviations occur.

  • Stakeholder Management: Co-work with functional lead to manage & engage internal stakeholders(supply chain, R&D,PKG, MKT etc…) for project update , sync & execution

  • Risk Management: Conduct risk assessment and develop contingency plans as necessary.
    
    

• Funnel Management for Gate Keeping:

  • Strategic leadership of innovation funnel for APAC - quantifying number of projects, incremental turnover, multi year tracking, premium index etc.

  • Using project and innovation analytics by collaborating with finance teams to consolidate metrics, reconcile discrepancies, and continuously validate assumptions.
    
    

  • Leverage these financial insights to design and enforce robust gatekeeping processes, ensuring projects are evaluated against strict financial thresholds and strategic benchmarks at every stage.

  • Implement systematic funnel management practices aimed at advancing only those projects that demonstrate sound financial viability and alignment with overall business objectives.

• Process Improvement

  • Continuously look into opportunities to better deliver efficiency of the project management process in APAC.
    
    Establish pain points and areas to improve in the holistic innovation process.

• Others

  • Collaborate with internal and external Innovation partners (Design, Insights,  R&D, brands and agencies) to identify, assess and validate new innovation spaces for Oral Care.
    
    

What you can expect at Colgate-Palmolive:

• 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 to  learnings 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 it’s 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

• Analytic excellence: Quantifying number of projects, incremental turnover, multi year tracking, premium index.
  
  Using project and innovation analytics to take action on new ideas, funnel size, type of projects etc.
  
  

• Proficiency at connecting  dots: people needs, technologies & business opportunities

• Experimental, resilient & agile: good 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

• FMCG / technology / devices / electronics / connected health MNC company back ground is must have 

• Bachelor's degree and above,  previous role was project manager, 3~5 years  work experience in an innovation realization/Project manager role including leading breakthrough innovation & renovation projects is a mush have ,  relevant background Supply Chain or R&D or PKG engineering is a must have, Marketing/Business understanding  is a plus

• Demonstrated creative problem solving skills

• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple innovation projects.
  
  PMP owner is a plus

• Demonstrated experience of driving new thinking or changing thinking of a team or organization 

• Fluent English speaking as the primary working language.
  
  Mandarin speaking is a plus.

• Good understanding for cosmetic product compliance, registration & legal requirement

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Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives  to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging.

We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

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 complete this should you require accommodation.

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Required Skill Profession

Business Operations Specialists