Data Operations Specialist

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #168092 - Piscataway, New Jersey, United States

Who We Are

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.

Title: Data Operations Specialist, COP

Colgate-Palmolive invites you to apply for an Data Operations Specialist position based in our Piscataway, NJ location (Park Ave, NY is ok as well - remote option to be evaluated case by case)

As a Data Operations Specialist at Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals, you will play a pivotal role in strengthening the connection between our Commercial Operations, Analytics & IT organizations. This position emphasizes ensuring the quality, accuracy, and usability of data that supports critical business decisions and reporting. You will serve as a conduit between business stakeholders and technical experts, making an impact through robust data governance, validation practices, and process improvement.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Champion Data Quality:

  • Act as the point person for data integrity—validating accuracy and completeness across key business data sources (including SAP and cloud platforms). Investigate and resolve data quality issues, and drive continuous improvements.

• Bridge Business and Technical Teams:

  • Collaborate closely with business leaders, analytics teams, and IT partners to gather requirements, translate business needs into clear data specifications, and ensure solutions meet operational objectives.

  • Collaborate with our IT organization to work within Google Cloud Platform/Snowflake to build automated data pipelines (e.g. using AirFlow, dBT) to ingest and transform data to make it ready for analytics and/or visualization.

• Support Data Process Governance:

  • Develop, maintain, and enhance data validation processes, documentation, and definitions (e.g., KPIs, data lineage) to promote consistent and trustworthy analytics.

• Facilitate Communication and Alignment:

  • Lead discussions, document business-critical data definitions, and promote transparent communication among a diverse set of stakeholders.

• Enable Enhanced Insights:

  • Ensure that commercial analytics, reporting, and business intelligence teams have access to accurate, validated data for high-impact insights and strategic initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or Computer Science

• 4+ years of Data/Analytics Engineering experience

• High level of proficiency with SQL

• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines or a strong familiarity of the process

• Strong familiarity with cloud computing platforms (e.g. Snowflake, GCP)

• Strong oral and written English skills

• Familiarity with data analytics workflows, objectives, tech stacks, common terminology
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Consumer Goods Proven Experience is preferred

• Business Analytics Experience is a huge plus

• Experience supporting cross-functional SAP S4 HANA ERP projects

• Familiarity with ETL/ELT pipeline tools (Github, Airflow, HVR, etc.)

• Experience developing business process or data governance documentation

• Exposure to data visualization platforms (DOMO and/or Sigma is preferred)

• Commercial operations, sales analytics, or business partner-facing data roles

We are a results oriented company with a caring culture and work life balance. Apply with us! Come and join our outstanding team!

Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $106,000.00 - $139,000.00 USD

Pay is determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles.

Benefits: Salaried employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements. Additional benefits include a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days (hourly employees receive a minimum of 120 hours) and 13 paid holidays (vacation days are prorated based on the employee's hire date within the calendar year). Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws. Detailed information regarding paid sick leave entitlements will be provided to employees upon hiring and may be subject to adjustments based on changes in legislation or company policies.

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, 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 complete this request form should you require accommodation.

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