Plant Strategy & Digital Transformation Lead

Colgate-Palmolive; Cambridge (OH); On-site; USD 124,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Colgate-Palmolive Cambridge, OH; Strategy & Digital Manager leading the plant's five-year operating model and Industry 4.0 transformation. You'll align capacity, sourcing and growth initiatives, bridging long-term planning with a digitally enabled shop floor.

As central strategist, you’ll leverage analytics and digital tools to optimize production, reduce waste, and develop future-ready capabilities across the workforce, driving sustainable improvements and financial targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or analytical discipline.
• 8+ years in manufacturing, production, or operations.
• Strong analytical skills and working knowledge of databases and spreadsheets.
• Experience in Manufacturing Operations, Logistics, Planning, Quality, Safety, or Finance.
• Experience with SQL/Python for data manipulation and analytics.
• Experience with ML models and/or cloud architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead the five-year plant strategy process and capacity planning.
• Coordinate capacity planning and roadmaps with strategic sourcing and cost savings.
• Maintain factory capacity-utilization models after monthly forecasts.
• Collect plant volume data for Budget and Latest Estimate reviews.
• Develop strategies for product and material portfolio simplification.
• Lead the Funding The Growth program to achieve savings.

Skills

Analytical skills

Databases & spreadsheets

SQL / Python for data analytics

Agile / Scrum

Industry 4.0 / digital transformation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a technical or analytical discipline

Job description

Colgate-Palmolive Cambridge, OH; Strategy & Digital Manager leading the plant's five-year operating model and Industry 4.0 transformation. You'll align capacity, sourcing and growth initiatives, bridging long-term planning with a digitally enabled shop floor.

As central strategist, you’ll leverage analytics and digital tools to optimize production, reduce waste, and develop future-ready capabilities across the workforce, driving sustainable improvements and financial targets.