Job Description

Established in 1806 as a small soap and candle business in New York City, Colgate-Palmolive is now a truly global company with products sold in over 200 countries and territories under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Haci Sakir, Suavitel, PCA SKIN, EltaMD, Filorga and Hello as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company that serves hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide with brands and products across four core businesses – Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We are committed to offering products that make lives healthier and more enjoyable, and programs that enrich communities around the world.

Every day millions of people trust our products to care for themselves and the ones they love. Our goal is to use our technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live.

A career at Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.
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Job Title:  Sr. Manager, PD&I Engineering
Travel Required?:  Travel - 50% of time
Posting Start Date:  3/6/26
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No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #171894 - San Jose Iturbide, Guanajuato, Mexico

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.
 

Job SummaryLiquids PC/HC PD&I Manager is responsible for leading the overall success of New Formulations technology transfer to the plants, best practices and Engineering standards adoption, ensuring strong program governance, while driving continuous improvement and innovation efforts in manufacturing processes within these categories. Delivering operational excellence, bringing sustainable, customer-centric innovations while keeping strong fundamentals at the core.

The role requires broad technical knowledge of the categories operations, and the ability to understand standards implementation. In addition, strong leadership, communication, and teamwork skills are necessary for collaborating across categories, regions, and sites with Directors of Manufacturing, Technical Directors, and E2E Leadership Team (LT), CMS team, and Global Technology team.

 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

  • Cross-functional Collaboration and Project Management: Collaborate extensively with marketing, Supply Chain, R&D, I&S, CoMans and Divisional teams to develop and deliver new product grids on time and with top-notch quality standards, ensuring strategic alignment across departments.

  • Technical Support and Scalability: Provide technical support for new formula implementations, ensuring scalability and supporting divisions on strategic process optimizations such as AML, Quality, EHS, Capacity increase, and FTG.

  • Pursue Technology Center Pilot Plant capabilities enhancements that allow global process scalability

  • Standards Development and Governance: Lead the development of standards for equipment, installations, and process controls (e.g., TIL, Equipment Specs, SOPs), and provide governance against established standards to ensure consistency and reliability.

  • Early Project Involvement: Engage actively in CEB projects related to making processes from the early stages, fostering early identification of potential issues and opportunities for innovation.

  • Technology Assessment: Evaluate and assess new technologies to optimize the use of utilities, throughput, digital tools, as well as EHS and Quality, to drive continuous improvement and innovation.

  • Skill Enhancement Strategies: Lead initiatives to enhance technical skills on the shop floor, providing training and mentorship to support innovation and operational excellence

  • Lead Technical Knowledge global sharing forums

  • Contribute to the PC/HC Future Plant Design task force, driving projects to enhance plant design and operations.

 

Required:

  • BS degree in Chemical Engineering, Technology, Science  or related field
  • Minimum of ten (10) years of experience and knowledge of Manufacturing Processes, Quality and Engineering
  • Proficient in Quality System & Sustainability Program.
  • Advanced English

 

Preferred:

  • Experience as Operations, Process or Engineering Manager
  • Experience on EHS and FP&R
  • Experience in Data Analytics


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 request form should you require accommodation.

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