People Business Partner

Colgate • Overland Park, KS

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

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. At Hill’s, our purpose is to transform the lives of millions of pet families through pioneering innovation, science-led nutrition, and the best and brightest people. We foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Human Resources professionals are consistently drawn to Colgate-Palmolive by the exceptional opportunities for career advancement and a strong alignment with our globally recognized, purpose-driven brand and company Values: We are Caring, We are Inclusive, We are Courageous. Within our Global People function, we foster a culture of high trust and autonomy, ensuring you feel empowered to make impactful decisions and directly influence our broader strategic priorities while you build a fulfilling, long-term career. As a People Business Partner for Hill’s US, you will be responsible for supporting the talent agenda for Colgate Palmolive’s largest subsidiary. This role will directly partner with senior leaders to drive business priorities, organizational effectiveness, and the future of the business and workforce. Reporting to the People Business Partner Leader, you will serve as a trusted partner for Hill’s US Commercial focused on influencing growth and team performance. This role has the opportunity to lead organizational design and change management initiatives that will shape the future of our global workforce.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum of 8 years of progressive human resources experience, with a focus on business partnership.
• Proven experience working across a complex, matrixed organization with a clear global perspective.
• Demonstrated ability to build credibility with leaders and influence decisions through data, insights, and sound judgment.
• Technical proficiency in compensation execution, talent management, and HR technology platforms.
• Demonstrated experience leading organizational design and change management initiatives from conception to execution.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to negotiate and influence senior stakeholders and "courage to challenge" leaders when necessary.
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis and must not require the Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini to enhance strategic HR delivery, improve operational efficiency, and drive data-informed solutions.
• Advanced experience and knowledge of Google tools, particularly Google Sheets for complex organization projects and analytics.
• Experience in the CPG or FMCG industry implementing scalable HR processes within a multi-national environment.
• Advanced consultative problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to identifying and solving business challenges.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and leading through change in a fast-moving, matrixed environment.
• Experience in a Center of Excellence (CoE) or Specialist role, providing deep functional expertise to the business. (i.e. Compensation, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Learning, HR Solutions) strongly preferred.
• Advanced degree (MBA/Masters) or professional HR certification (e.g., SHRM-SCP or SPHR).

Responsibilities

• Partner with People Business Partner Directors/Leaders, People Experience, Global People CoE to drive proactive development and engagement including continuously improving moments that matter and global people programs.
• Leverage data analytics and organizational diagnostics to deliver insights-driven solutions and to make informed decisions that drive employee experience, deliver business outcomes, and enable strategic workforce plans.
• Support talent and succession planning initiatives which is inclusive of managing Hill’s LEAD program, identifying capability and talent gaps, and building plans to proactively strengthen talent development ensuring a robust and diverse pipeline of future leaders for current and future long-term priorities.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to business leaders focused on talent and workforce strategies, long-term organizational performance, and scalable transformative enablers.
• Create and deploy people solutions that enable highly impactful and effective team performance.
• Deploy leadership development and capability building initiatives focused on advancing our strong culture and increasing our agility and change readiness for evolving market shifts.
• Drive organizational effectiveness, ensuring People strategies are aligned with evolving business priorities, managing complex organization design projects and large-scale change management implementations.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• basic life insurance
• paid parental leave
• disability coverage
• participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements
• a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days
• 13 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior