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Colgate-Palmolive Planning Team Leader in Emporia, Kansas
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# 160341 - Emporia, Kansas, United States
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!
The Planning TL oversees scheduling and material management activities within the organization to develop production plans and timelines. Determines production requirements based on plant capacity and production specifications. Follows the 100% system driven planning principles and ensures effectiveness by applying the Production Planning FP&R standard.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Owns the Production Planning FP&R standard and leads the scheduling and planning team to develop production plans and timelines. Develops plans based on plant capacity and develops strategies to leverage capacity constraints and opportunities.
Segmentation; appropriately balances cycle time intervals with capability and optimized asset utilization
Packaging; ensures packaging materials and BOMs are setup and change is appropriately managed
Processing; schedules appropriate cycle time and average run size and works to ensure minimum order quantities by formula are well-established
Receiving; ensure appropriate procedures are in place for accurate receiving and traceability of ingredient usage. Supports quality compliance for ingredient-related processes
Contribute to absolute material loss reduction through adherence to EU model
Develops long term and short term plans for plant volume based on current forecasts weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly.
Ensures receiving and conversion processes are aligned to deliver improving variable costs
Drives inventory management by managing ingredient capacities and safety stocks where needed with the raw/pack playbook
Works with product supply group to drive schedule adherence through production planning playbook
Delivers best-in-class service level in collaboration with supply/demand network planning and comply with GetFit targets
Accountable for meeting or exceeding safety and quality standards according to published Hill’s policies at the plant
Basic qualifications include:
BS in technical field or Supply Chain Management
Experience leading Operations teams
SAP proficiency
Preferred qualifications include:
Food Related Production Experience
Minimum of 2 years work experience with development of asset utilization models or capacity utilization models
Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $70,400 - $111,000 USD
Pay is based on multiple non-discriminatory, individualized factors including but not limited to experience, job-related knowledge and education, skills and office/market location. In addition to base salary, salaried employees are eligible for annual discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing and, for Executive-level (salary grade 16 and above) roles only, long-term incentives in the form of Restricted Stock Units and/or Stock Options.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable benefits plans then in effect, all salaried employees are also eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes:
Insurance: Employees (and their eligible dependents) are eligible to participate in Company-sponsored Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Disability insurance plans.
Retirement Plans: Employees are eligible to enroll in Colgate's 401(k) plan, which provides for company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements
Vacation/PTO: Employees receive a minimum of 15 days of vacation/PTO leave annually
Paid Holidays: Employees receive a minimum of 13 paid/floating holidays annually
Paid Sick Leave: Based on location and consistent with applicable state and local law, employees receive a minimum of 40 hours of paid sick leave on January 1st of each year
Paid Parental Leave: Eligible employees may take up to eight weeks of paid parental leave and 12 weeks of unpaid leave (varies for employees with fewer than 12 months of service and is subject to hours worked requirements)
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.
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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