Job Description

Do you want to come to work with a smile and leave with one as well?  In between those smiles, your day consists of working in a global organization, continually learning and collaborating, having stimulating discussions, and making impactful contributions!

If this is how you see your Career, Colgate is the place to be!

Our dependable household brands, dedicated employees, and sustainability commitments make us a company passionate about building a future to smile about for our employees, consumers, and surrounding communitites.  The pride in our brand fuels a workplace that encourages creatie thinking, champons experimentation, and promotes authenticity which has contributed to our enduring success.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile every single day.

CP Skin Health Group is a place for your career to thrive!  We offer opportunity, challenge, and a great team of driven and dynamic individuals.  Encompassing the innovative skincare brands of PCA Skin, EltaMD, and Filorga, CP Skin Health Group is a fast-paced, agile organization dedicated to providing skin care solutions that are backed by science.  

The CP Skin Health Group is a part of the Colgate-Palmolive family which provides our team with domestic and global career growth opportunities in all departments.  Our rich benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401K, company-paid disability and more.  Plus our employees have access to our amazing skin care products!
 
We are looking for a Category Breakthrough Innovation Lead to join our team and lead our efforts to uncover breakthrough innovation opportunities for the Skin Health Group.  The Category Breakthrough Innovation Lead is responsible for working with our EltaMD, PCA and Filorga brand teams, Insights, R&D teams and commercial partners to identify, validate and launch new products, services and solutions. This individual is people centric and leverages empathy and creativity to envision new solutions to help people achieve their skin health goals.  This is a Hybrid position providing both on-site and remote work.

What You’ll Do:

Generate opportunity spaces by building a deep understanding of category unmet needs and challenges;
Monitor external marketplace (both inside and outside of category) for emerging trends, novel solutions and technologies;
Collaborate with Insights, R&D, brands and external accelerators to identify, assess and validate new to category and new to world skin health innovation;
Work with regional teams to develop go to market models for innovation and develop incubation business plans;
Manage ongoing innovation projects and resources.

What We’re Looking for:

Passionately curious with strong need to find better ways to do things;
Proficiency at connecting the dots: people needs, technologies & business opportunity;
Experimental, resilient & agile;
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 successfully build a network and operate across teams and build and maintain a positive work environment.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business or a related discipline;
Minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience in a marketing innovation role;
Prior working experience in the skincare industry;
Demonstrated creative problem solving skills;
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.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree or MBA
Digital marketing / eCommerce experience

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