Senior associate scientist

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country 160217 : Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 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 About Us Would you like to be part of a team that is building a future to smile about? What about having the opportunity to collaborate with teams across the world, full of stimulating discussions, and making impactful contributions? If this is how you see your career, Colgate is the place to be Our diligent household brands, dedicated employees, and sustainability commitments make us passionate about building a future to smile about for our employees, consumers, and surrounding communities. We, at Colgate, take immense pride in our brand which fuels our workplace to encourage innovative thinking, champion experimentation, promote authenticity and thus add 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 We have an amazing and exciting opportunity within our Implementation and Support team. This position is primarily responsible for identifying new product development opportunities by better understanding consumer, customer and business trends (unmet needs) and translates those opportunities into prototypes (MVP) and gain support of internal stakeholders (marketing, supply chain and GTCs) and bring the idea to life in form of a marketable product. This position works closely with the team lead to implement projects (existing ideas or briefs from marketing/CICs) to achieve desired business results. This position must evaluate existing formulations and come up with innovative ideas to simplify the formula / process which can result in potential savings (FTG) for the organization. This role requires the incumbent to partner with multiple collaborators both within and outside the GTC and achieve win:win partnerships at all times. In addition the incumbent must attain excellence in operations (compliance to safety, quality and regulatory guidelines, smooth pilot plant operations etc.)while working on new product development initiatives. You will get to : : Independently lead pilot plant operations and ensure 100 compliance to all safety, quality and regulatory requirements for the assigned product / brand. : Leverage Science and data analytics to identify potential problems or opportunities and create appropriate action plan in consultation with manager to address the same : Provide excellent support for all on:going and new product development projects and initiatives such as margin improvement programs to improve bottom line. : Apply statistical approaches to experimental design to enhance learning with the least amount of time and with minimum resources : Be 100 compliant to all Product Safety, Quality, and Regulatory requirements to operate with cost:effectiveness and speed throughout the product life cycle. : Gain expertise in respective product category fundamentals and develop capability to independently implement projects from conceptualization to implementation o