Sr. Manager, SC Data Delivery

Colgate • Piscataway, NJ

29d • 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. We are looking for a technically grounded Data Delivery Lead to drive the execution of data initiatives for our Supply Chain business unit. You will serve as the primary bridge between business stakeholders and our technical engineering teams, leading the delivery of complex data pipelines and analytics solutions. In this role, you are not just a project manager. You are a Technical Lead who understands the code and the business logic. You are able to work with a modern technology stack that includes Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, github, etc.,. You will manage scope, resources, and timelines while actively overseeing development, removing technical blockers, and ensuring our data products deliver real functional value. You will partner closely with the Data Architect—while they design the scalable architecture, you ensure the solution is built correctly, on time, and meets the business need. This position is based out of the Piscataway, NJ location. Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
• Technical Expertise: 8+ years of hands-on experience working with data engineering tools such as Snowflake, dbt, SQL, Airflow, Python, GitHub, Sigma and Domo
• 3+ years leading delivery for Supply Chain operational analytics
• Strong understanding of supply chain processes and KPIs (forecast accuracy, OTIF, inventory turns, lead times, supplier spend efficiency etc)
• Experience integrating data from ERP and supply chain execution systems
• Proficiency in Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, and Pipeline building (to support technical oversight).
• Proven experience in project management and program management, fostering collaboration across cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SAP, Oracle, or leading planning platforms (Kinaxis, o9, Blue Yonder)
• Exposure to advanced analytics / optimization / AI use cases in supply chain
• Master’s Degree.
• Background in consumer packaged goods (CPG) or Supply Chain.
• Experience working in a federated data environment.
• Experience managing the design and delivery of highly technical and complex platforms.

Responsibilities

• Technical Coordination: Coordinate technical resources, assign work to developers, and monitor daily progress. You are the first line of defense for removing technical blockers for the engineering team.
• Code & Quality Reviews: Act as the primary backup for the Data Architect on technical reviews. You are responsible for performing Pull Request (PR) and code reviews to ensure quality and adherence to platform standards.
• Pipeline Delivery: Ensure data pipelines are delivered according to business needs and platform standards. You will oversee the development lifecycle to ensure what is built matches the technical specifications.
• Platform Collaboration: Collaborate with the Data Architect and Platform teams to ensure development activities conform to architectural standards (Snowflake/dbt best practices).
• Execution Oversight: Oversee project timelines, milestones, key risks, and deliverables to ensure successful project completion.
• Multi-Project Leadership: Lead the delivery of multiple ongoing projects, ensuring alignment with program and organizational roadmaps.
• Risk Management: Proactively monitor risks, identify potential issues, and develop mitigation strategies to communicate effectively with project stakeholders.
• Methodology: Apply Agile project management concepts to ensure solutions delivered are aligned with business goals and deliver a good user experience.
• Data Delivery: Own delivery of data initiatives across demand & supply planning, inventory & working capital, procurement & supplier performance, manufacturing & capacity utilization, transportation, logistics, and order fulfillment
• Deliver trusted datasets and analytics for Inventory levels, OTIF, forecast accuracy, lead time, fill rate, and cost-to-serve, supplier spend efficiency, metrics etc.,
• Lead data delivery across core supply chain systems, including but not limited to ERP (SAP S/4HANA, ECC, Oracle), Planning tools (Kinaxis, o9, Blue Yonder, SAP IBP), WMS, TMS, MES, Ariba and supplier systems.
• Point of Contact: Serve as the single point of contact for assigned Supply Chain data initiatives regarding all data engineering and delivery needs.
• Client Relationships: Maintain strong client relationships through regular communication and meetings, ensuring expectations are met or exceeded.
• Translation: Translate business needs into technical requirements and long-term scalable solutions.
• Facilitation: Facilitate communication and collaboration between business teams and data engineers.
• Resource Allocation: Evaluate requirements and allocate resources based on priorities, availability, and expertise.
• Consultant Oversight: Manage Data Engineering Consultants across internal teams, monitoring their performance, utilization, and project progress.
• Conflict Resolution: Mediate any issues or challenges between consultants, technical teams, and project stakeholders.
• Best Practices: Enforce standards, policies, and procedures for data engineering practices to ensure consistency.
• Compliance: Ensure data pipelines and solutions are developed per aligned standards.
• Technical Alignment: Enforce best practices for data ingestion and ensure the team adheres to the standard internal stack.

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.

What This Job Offers

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