Operations Team Leader

Requisition
176416
-Posted
09/30/2026

- Supply Chain/Manufacturing

- United States

- Ohio

- Cambridge

- Colgate-Palmolive

- Travel - up to 10% of time

- On-site

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
Job Number#176416 - Cambridge, Ohio, United States

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing 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.

Join a manufacturing powerhouse as a critical leader for our Operations Technicians as we usher in a new era of robotic process automation and consumer goods production.

In this role, you will be the frontline driver of technical performance, team engagement, and engineering execution. You will lead, coach, and develop an exceptional team of technicians while spearheading key operational programs including Autonomous Maintenance and Operational Excellence to maximize Overall Equipment Effectiveness and optimize yield. This is a role for a hands on, technically minded leader who thrives at the intersection of people leadership, data driven performance, and advanced automation assets.

Direct and coordinate the daily activities of Operations Technicians. Establish strategic work schedules, shift coordination, and production sequences to ensure all output goals are met safely and efficiently.

Lead the floor level Autonomous Maintenance (AM) program. Drive step progress, manage technical action plans, and ensure diagnostic tools are utilized correctly to eliminate technical losses and keep machinery running at peak efficiency.

Drive a continuous improvement mindset across your shift. Track, analyze, and report on Key Performance Indicators including inventory loss or gain and yield variances to implement corrective, data driven process improvements.

Ensure strict adherence to Environmental Health and Safety standards, Quality Assurance, and Good Manufacturing Practices. Lead incident investigations, support Corrective and Preventive Action plans, and maintain audit readiness.

Build a highly self sufficient crew. Coordinate technical training, map out defined career pathways for your technicians, and provide real time coaching and feedback while proactively resolving labor concerns.

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (including Mechanical, Industrial, Machine, or a closely related technical field).

3+ years of direct, supervisory and management experience inside a manufacturing plant environment.

Proven ability to manage complex production activities, resource allocation, and schedule management under tight operational timelines.

Ability to work in a physical manufacturing environment (including bending, climbing, kneeling, and lifting up to fifty pounds), wear all required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and work irregular shifts (including nights, weekends, and on call rotation as required) to support a continuous twenty four hour operation.

Strong proficiency in Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP) enterprise…