Marketing Specialist - Innovation Execution Excellence

Surrey, UK (On-site)

£46K/yr – £50K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 6 hrs ago

Job Summary

You will own end-to-end orchestration for innovation and renovation projects, guiding cross-functional teams through the Gateway Process from product lock to shelf and shaping SKU architecture and multi-market commercialization.

  • Lead cross-functional alignment between the Hub, Supply Chain, R&D, and Legal to translate commercial needs into actionable plans.
  • Oversee packaging, artwork, and GTM toolkit delivery to ensure timely availability for sales teams.
  • Drive strict adherence to timelines and critical paths while managing portfolio simplification and profitability.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Launch Orchestration (The "Project Lead")
  • End-to-End Project Management: Serve as the central project manager for all innovation and renovation projects. Own the timeline from "Product Lock" to "On-Shelf," ensuring no slippage in critical path milestones.
  • Cross-Functional Alignment: Act as the primary connector between the Hub and the Division/Global Supply Chain, R&D, and Legal teams, translating commercial needs into operational actions.
  • Process Guardianship: Act as the expert on the "Gateway Process" (the stage-gate innovation process), ensuring all stakeholders adhere to the discipline required for a successful launch.
  • Creative Asset & Packaging Delivery
  • Artwork (AW) Execution: Manage the end-to-end packaging and artwork workflows, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing translations, and securing timely release of assets to trade partners.
  • GTM Toolkit Execution: Ensure the "Tools" (trade presenters, samples, e-content assets) are physically produced and available for the sales teams.
  • Technical Commercialization Mastery
  • The "SKU Architect": Own the technical backbone of the brand. You are responsible for SKU creation, country pairings (determining which markets get which packs), and volume consolidation.
  • Complexity Management: Manage the simplification agenda by identifying low-performing SKUs for delisting and ensuring the portfolio remains efficient and profitable.

Requirements

  • Operational Discipline: Execution Excellence mindset with an obsession for timelines, critical paths, and details.
  • Agility & Project Leadership: Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously (e.g., major NPD launches alongside packaging renovations) and lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.
  • Commercial Architecture Mastery: Deep, practical expertise in SKU logic, technical commercialization, and understanding exactly how a product physically reaches the market in multi-market clusters.
  • Collaborative Influence: Proven ability to drive progress across key support teams (Supply Chain, Regulatory, Legal) through influence rather than direct reporting authority.
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Make More Smiles. We are Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. For over 200 years, we've poured our care into creating a future where everyone has more reasons to smile. CP People develop, produce, distribute and sell essential health & hygiene products and pet nutrition offerings through brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, Tom’s of Maine, hello, Sorriso, Speed Stick, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sanex, Filorga, eltaMD, PCA Skin, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Science Diet and Hill’s Prescription Diet.The Company is recognized for its leadership and innovation inpromoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including its achievements in decreasingplastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources andimproving children’s oral health through the Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures program,which has reached approximately 1.8 billion children and their families since 1991.

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30K employees (3,461 in marketing)
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Salaries

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£46K/yr – £50K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3,191 (11% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
4.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Funding

Total Funding
$15.2M
Last Raise
$15.2M
Non Equity Assistance, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2023
    Non Equity Assistance
  • Oct 2022
    Post IPO Equity
  • Mar 2021
    Post IPO Equity • $15.2M

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