Sr. Manager, Supply Services Procurement

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country

Job Number #169517 - 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.

The Senior Manager, Supply Services Procurement, North America will develop and implement best in class Regional Strategic Sourcing Plan, Lead strategic contract negotiations and handle key internal and external partnerships to support the North America Supply Services Categories. This includes Capital, Facilities Services, Real Estate, Maintenance, Repair & Operations (MRO) and Construction Services. This role directly manages substantial spend in Colgate North America, Hill's and Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals.

The Senior Procurement Manager will be responsible for leading a team of 3 procurement managers/specialists providing guidance and support to ensure that procurement activities are carried out efficiently and effectively. This may involve setting performance targets, providing training and development opportunities, and conducting performance evaluations.

What You Will Do:

Strategy

• Develop regional category management strategy and execution plan, including all aspects of value, innovation, sustainability, resilience, cost optimization, automation and speed.
• Define total value metrics and tracking methodology for key supplier relationships.
• Develop cost models and drive fact based cost forecasts and budget guidance for supply spend.
• Update annual Category/Supplier Segmentation for Capital, Facilities Services, Real Estate, construction and MRO, and develop supplier engagement models accordingly
• Negotiate strategic supplier contracts and support and supervise regional Savings and Growth initiatives.
• Achieve or exceed the annual savings goals.
• Identify and assess category risks, develop/execute risk mitigation plans.
• Keep track of key areas of opportunity, maintain a holistic view of the business, and bring solutions to the supply network.
• Ensuring compliance with procurement policies and procedures

Relationship and Engagement

• Lead the North America Services Procurement Supply network to implement category governance, strategic supplier relations and facilitate sharing of Best Practices.
• Develop and implement positive relationships with category partners to elevate the procurement role on delivering against business priorities.
• Elevate partnerships with key suppliers to drive innovation, resilience, total value via customer of choice approach.
• Lead Strategic supplier Top to top engagements and drive the Supplier Relationship Management program with identified supplier partners

Innovation and Continuous Improvement:

• Drive innovation, automation and efficiency across led spend through participation in Industry events, engagement in benchmarking exercises, and bringing category trends,
• Develop and implement any related process improvement in the category.
• Contribute to the company’s renewable energy and sustainability initiatives and goals.

Digital, Data and Analytics

• Perform thorough spend analysis, and apply spend analytics best practices for Supply in North America
• Actively support the Global Procurement Digital Transformation.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Procurement, Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related field.
• At least 8 years of Manufacturing/Engineering/ Procurement experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong Project Management Skills, with good communication and priority setting.
• Strong Business Analysis, leveraging business tools and information systems when solving problems and making decisions and using data to support recommendations.
• Strong Leadership skills and relationship building at all levels of the organization.
• Negotiation skills, including planning and anticipation, demonstrating professionalism in all business settings with the ability to control emotions, mannerisms, and communication style.
• Ability to work cross functional and cross regional with Procurement experience.

Compensation And Benefits

Salary Range $135,000.00 - $168,000.00 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.

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