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Job Number #175010 - Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specialising in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!
Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
Location: Woking, UK
Regional Scope: EMEA
Reporting to: Global Director - Analytics
Salary range pa: £59400 - £66000
"At Hill’s we have a purpose to transform the lives of millions of pet families through pioneering innovation, science-led nutrition, and the best and brightest people. If you’re interested in work that matters, fueled by passion for pets, we invite you to apply. Founded more than 75 years ago with an unwavering commitment to pet nutrition, Hill’s mission is to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets. Our decades of science and research guide us in creating nutrition that’s a step ahead so pets and pet parents can enjoy every day together. As the US #1 Veterinarian recommended pet food brand, knowledge is our first ingredient with 220+ veterinarians, PhD nutritionists and food scientists working to develop breakthrough innovations in pet health."
Purpose
You will play a critical role in bridging the gap between business questions & connected analytic solutions - delivering speed to insight & driving business growth. Both Commercial & Technical, this role is expected to understand the needs of the business teams and together with expert knowledge of our data & techstack, translate the business requirements into technical blueprints - working with our GIT partners to design & develop end to end (data to user) analytic solutions that are both scalable & futureproofed to support ongoing AI transformation. You will be responsible for designing & execution through to enablement which means they will need strong & flexible communication skills -> flexing between business language & technical briefs… able to simplify the complex for commercial teams & senior leadership whilst able to converse in technical detail with developers. This role is both strategic & hands on development . You would design & deliver scaled & automated Commercial Analytics across the regio and this starts with a clear vision for the best in class output so this person will be a proven expert in front end solution/BI development & able to develop POCs to stress test data required together with the end user benefit/UX. Initial focus area of this role will be to automate the analytics supporting our monthly discipline process & business critical RGM tools so experience in activating Supply chain, Sales & Pricing data is strongly preferred.
What you will do:
Stakeholder Collaboration: Build close partnerships with Commercial teams & GIT teams in order to understand with commercial curiosity the business needs & effectively translate/mobilise them into actionable technical requirements.
Global Partnership: Build strong relationships with the wider Hills/Global Analytics teams in order to leverage best practices & where relevant create solutions that are scalable for Global Hills
Technical Strategy & Design: Partner with our GIT team to design scalable end-to-end blueprints for data ingestion, transformation, and visualization.
Tool Selection: Represent business needs in tool selection, (e.g., Snowflake, Domo, SIgma, Google Suite ) enabling us to leverage the full capabilities of our techstake for optimal user experience.
Data Visualisation: Inform a Regional Platform Strategy to drive best in class delivery of UX & speed2insight
Change Management: Plan for & facilitate change management through transitions from legacy to new solutions by proactively recognising user concerns & helping to mitigate
Enablement: Deliver tools, training, materials to local teams that will drive effective adoption of solutions & upskill teams in analytics skills & self service.
Governance & Scalability: Ensure all data solutions are secure, compliant, and scalable.
Prototyping: Utilise strong developing skills to deliver agile & effective proofs-of-concept (POCs) to validate architectural approaches.
Who you are
Skills
Advanced Expertise in BI tools (e.g., Domo, Sigma, Looker).
Cloud Expertise: Strong proficiency in cloud data platforms (Snowflake) .
Expertise in SQL, ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehousing,
Architectural Knowledge: Proficiency in designing for performance, scalability, and security.
Software Development Knowledge: Understanding of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), Agile methodologies, and DevOps practices.
Competencies
Communication: Excellent verbal and written skills to translate complex technical concepts into simple language for non-technical stakeholders.
Analytical Thinking & Curiosity: Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills to assess business needs and design scalable, optimized, and secure solutions.
Commercial Awareness: Ability to align technical decisions with business strategy
Leadership: Ability to lead technical teams, guide developers, and collaborate with enterprise architects.
Transformation Mindset: Ability to build a progressive roadmap that pioneers transformation whilst recognising & supporting change management steps needed on the journey to adoption
Qualifications
5–10 years of hands-on experience in delivering Analytics solutions, with ideally at least 3–5 years delivering commercially focused analytics serving a wide range of use cases
Experience working with & blending a variety of data types - Sales, Financial, Supply Chain
Proven track record of designing and implementing complex end-to-end analytic outputs.
Experience in driving change Management & Solution Adoption
Experience in data analytics technology landscapes and big data solutions
A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering, or a related field
AI/ML Familiarity:Understanding of how to integrate AI/ML models into data architectures.
Platform-specific data certifications (e.g., GCP, Snowflake).
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, 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 complete this request form should you require accommodation.
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