Manager/Sr. Manager, Sourcing

Colgate•Piscataway, NJ

1d•Onsite

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. 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. The Manager/Senior Manager of Procurement, Packaging will: Develop strong material strategies encompassing market dynamics, holistic risk management, capacity planning, segmentation, sustainability, and cost efficiencies Implement outstanding strategies and maintain relationships and alliances with current suppliers so that they are in tune with developments and directions in Colgate business units. Ensures the development of documented understanding of divisional market structure and drivers for materials and identifies opportunities and threats for the future Develops and negotiates contracts for key materials and cost model development partnering with legal team Maintain strong supplier relationships to proactively mitigate possible service and/or quality issues acting as an escalation partner for Procurement Operational team Identifying, developing, and leading strategic business relationships, internally and externally, to ensure the alignment of sourcing strategies, sustainability roadmap & project implementation (including packaging needs at contract manufacturer) to meet business requirements. Collaborate with suppliers, technical and other functional groups as well as CMS, Technology, Marketing and Finance functions to implement Procurement policies, resolve issues, align service and financial compliance including mold/asset management strategies Leads continuous improvement programs with suppliers including savings projects Support the Supplier Relationship Management program by completing a Holistic Risk Assessment and audits on suppliers and support Responsible Sourcing Initiatives Responsible for budget preparation and completion using divisional/global commodity market insights Ensure achievement of the Purchasing Key Performance Indicators (Customer Service, Non-Conformance, UPDT due to material shortage, Funding The Growth, Single Source Management, Supplier Diversity)

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a technical or business field
8+ years of Procurement, Supply Chain, Financial, or Marketing related experience
Experience in running Requests for Information (RFIs) and Request for Proposals (RFPs) with strong data analysis skills
Solid understanding of planning, operation or raw/packaging materials including SAP systems and google suite tools

Nice To Haves

An advanced degree (MBA) or professional certification (CPM, CPIM, or Project Management) is desirable
Production plant operations or planning experience
Experience with developing material strategies & cost models with a deep understanding of commodity impacts
Working well under pressure, managing multiple priorities, dealing with ambiguity, and the willingness and ability to learn
Ability to work with with stakeholders and cross functional team thru relationship building using formal and informal influence with strong project management skills
Problem solving to ensure timely resolution of challenges & data driven decision making

Responsibilities

Develop strong material strategies encompassing market dynamics, holistic risk management, capacity planning, segmentation, sustainability, and cost efficiencies
Implement outstanding strategies and maintain relationships and alliances with current suppliers so that they are in tune with developments and directions in Colgate business units.
Ensures the development of documented understanding of divisional market structure and drivers for materials and identifies opportunities and threats for the future
Develops and negotiates contracts for key materials and cost model development partnering with legal team
Maintain strong supplier relationships to proactively mitigate possible service and/or quality issues acting as an escalation partner for Procurement Operational team
Identifying, developing, and leading strategic business relationships, internally and externally, to ensure the alignment of sourcing strategies, sustainability roadmap & project implementation (including packaging needs at contract manufacturer) to meet business requirements.
Collaborate with suppliers, technical and other functional groups as well as CMS, Technology, Marketing and Finance functions to implement Procurement policies, resolve issues, align service and financial compliance including mold/asset management strategies
Leads continuous improvement programs with suppliers including savings projects
Support the Supplier Relationship Management program by completing a Holistic Risk Assessment and audits on suppliers and support Responsible Sourcing Initiatives
Responsible for budget preparation and completion using divisional/global commodity market insights
Ensure achievement of the Purchasing Key Performance Indicators (Customer Service, Non-Conformance, UPDT due to material shortage, Funding The Growth, Single Source Management, Supplier Diversity)

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