Job Title:  Professional Insights Manager

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 156565 - Therwil, Switzerland, Switzerland

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!
 

Main purpose and Role 

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Insights Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will possess strong strategic thinking skills, a deep understanding of the professional dental environment (ideal), and the ability to connect disparate information to find innovative research solutions among professionals. This role demands flexibility, excellent business acumen, and the ability to work efficiently in a flexible environment. Key responsibilities include conducting research among dentists, interpreting data to provide actionable insights, and supporting the development of product innovation and communication for Dental Professionals.

The Professional Insights Manager will have primary accountability for:

• Development of insights to drive health care professional program across Colgate Europe through deep audience understanding 

• Build strong capabilities in health care professional research and linking to measurement and analytics of health care professional activities

• Leveraging health care professional insights in business decision-making and strategy development to achieve business goals of growth and profit

The Professional Insights Manager will work closely with the EU OC Senior Manager Growth Insights to deliver these objectives

Key responsibilities: 

• Build holistic understanding of health care professionals and influencers for Oral care including audience identification and consistent approach to advocacy/ experience journeys

• Understand under-unmet health care professional-patient needs today as well as trends and foresight relevant for the audience and guide business growth opportunities that emerge

• Inform and guide creation of content for health care professionals as part of integrated brand experience as well as relevant media choice-channels

• Understand CP equity among relevant audience both as “brand” and “customer”

• Build measurement framework for health care professional activities to understand performance and guide investment choices

• Collaborate cross-functionally to support business initiatives while connecting also the consumer insights for specific initiatives (to be defined)

• Communicate findings effectively to stakeholders

• Travel to key markets in Europe to participate in research and/or collaborate with local teams

Critical Experience:

• At least 5 years' experience in Insights and Analytics gained either client side or agency side including international roles

• Fluent English,  German (an advantage)

• Experience in Consumer Health, Pharma or “Professional-centric” FMCG insights and analytics roles would be beneficial

• An understanding of key insights methodologies (Quant-Qual, Journeys, Digital) is required. Some exposure to Measurement (Pharmacy Tracking) and Analytics methodologies (econometrics...) would also be beneficial

• Demonstrated ability to build successful and effective partnerships, and influence stakeholders and decision making at different levels of a matrix organization

• Capability to work flexibly and adapt to changing environments

Skills/competencies:

• Demonstrated ability of business value creation through application of Insights and Analytics

• Demonstrated ability to tell insightful stories and identify opportunities for growth through synthesis of multiple data points and insight

• Genuinely curious and self-motivated; ready to solve stakeholder problems through creative research and analysis

• Cross functional collaborator, able to build strong relationships

• Outstanding communication skills and presence, both in large meetings and day-to-day consults with internal stakeholders and senior executives 

• Highly organized in a highly complex environment

• Ability to work with people across functions and organizational levels, and also remotely

The Person:

• Caring, inclusive and courageous

• A self-starter - action and results oriented 

• Will exhibit excellent judgment and have relentlessly high standards

Why Join? 

Often referred to as “the biggest small company or smallest big company”, this anecdote gives an insight into Colgate Palmolive’s collaborative and supportive culture which is reflected in its outstanding record for talent retention.   The timing to join Colgate is particularly exciting as it is at a critical point in its transformation of merging the analytics and insights functions. There is scope for inventiveness and a real chance to stand for what one believes in - as well as exceptional long term career opportunities at a regional and global level. The location of Colgate’s HQ in Basel, Switzerland offers a healthy, outdoor lifestyle with easy access to the rest of central Europe

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 Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.

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