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Job Number #169040 - Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States

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.

An Operations Team Leader serves as the primary support for the implementation, development and coaching of the Operation Technicians and Operation team in an effective, value driven, performance based environment. This position will also have the responsibility for leading the Operation team to adhere to FP&R practices and principles to achieve key performance indicators, daily performance goals, coordinate activity between shifts and departments and keep the plant informed about Operations performance on a regular basis. The Operation Team Leader will coordinate the activity of Operation and Maintenance team members, gather data, identify daily strategies that will maximize quality and productivity; and facilitate troubleshooting production issues.

Core Responsibilities:

+ Directs and coordinates the activities of Operation Technicians engaged in the production to increase innovation, technical expertise, analysis, and problem solving skills

+ Incorporate Factory Performance & Reliability, good manufacturing practices, Visual Workplace, Lean Manufacturing and Reliability engineering in continuous improvement planning and systems.

+ Establish and maintain effective Key Performance Indicator (KPI) measurement for the plant, tracking and reporting tools, and establishes corrective action for continuous improvement.

+ Plans and establishes work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.

+ Confers with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments.

+ Responsible for time management and data entry into eTime for vacation, PTO, floating holiday, Voluntary Time Off, overtime and attendance.

+ Inspects materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions.

+ Conducts or coordinates Technician training in equipment operations, GMPs, Quality, sanitation, maintenance, productivity or work and safety procedures, or assign employee training to experienced workers.

+ Interprets specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies and procedures for workers.

+ Empower teams by way of training, information sharing, coaching, feedback, appraisals and delegation, to ensure the development of people, skills, teams and organizational capabilities.

+ Responsible for temporary employee management including: safety policies, GMPs, equipment training, scheduling, and time card approval process

+ Support implementation of Quality Assurance and Food Safety initiatives

+ Ensure personnel adhere to Hill’s policies, safety standards, and Good Manufacturing Practices, including Quality Assurance and Food Safety

Experience:

+ Bachelor´s degree.

+ 2+ years experience in manufacturing

+ 2+ years experience in performance analysis and reporting including Statistical Process Control

Preferred Qualifications:

+ 2+ years supervisory experience

+ Supervisory experience of production and process equipment, preferably in a processing industry such as food, chemicals or pharmaceuticals

+ Food Related Production Experience

+ Knowledge of SAP systems

Compensation and Benefits

Salary Range $67,600.00 - $93,000.00 USD

Pay is determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles.

Benefits: Salaried employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements. Additional benefits include a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days (hourly employees receive a minimum of 120 hours) and 13 paid holidays (vacation days are prorated based on the employee's hire date within the calendar year). Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws. Detailed information regarding paid sick leave entitlements will be provided to employees upon hiring and may be subject to adjustments based on changes in legislation or company policies.

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 (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdaxk\_eF4utznQoVHlxmL9jVFJbOkM4Oe5CAdKOg-h9EPdLfg/viewform) should you require accommodation.

For additional Colgate terms and conditions, please click here (https://www.colgatepalmolive.com/content/dam/cp-sites/corporate/corporate/en\_us/corp/locale-assets/pdf/colgate-terms-and-conditions-2023.pdf) .

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