Procurement Director, Global Commercial Services

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
Job Number #168855 - 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 role will be ideally based in Piscataway, NJ however, a NYC option will be considered. As the Procurement Director, Commercial Corporate Services, you will be the central architect of our global strategy for sourcing the capabilities that shape how we listen to, understand, and engage with consumers worldwide and provide best in class sourcing decisions across multiple spend categories.  In an era of fragmented landscapes and dynamic digital behaviors, your strategic vision and commercial leadership will ensure Colgate-Palmolive's significant investments in critical spend segments deliver a powerful and sustainable competitive advantage.

This position is a centralizing force for strategic cohesion across our diverse business segments, including Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, and Pet Nutrition. You will champion a single strategic approach, breaking down internal silos to design and implement integrated, cross-divisional sourcing strategies. By harmonizing the needs of our global business units, you will leverage our global scale to maximize value while respecting the local cultural nuances that are critical to winning in every market. You will serve as the global subject matter expert, building the frameworks, partnerships, and technology stacks that empower our brands to thrive.

Core Responsibilities: How You Will Commit to Impact

Your responsibilities will be anchored in our leadership principle to "Commit to Impact," which requires providing clarity, taking ownership, and always doing what's right.

Strategic Sourcing, Leading Teams & Global Negotiation Leadership

• Develop, own, and execute the comprehensive global sourcing strategy for a multi-hundred-million-dollar spend portfolio encompassing, but not limited to all Media channels (traditional, digital, social, programmatic, etc), Marketing Consumer Insights and other strategic spend categories.

• Personally lead and execute high-stakes, multi-faceted negotiations with global Media agencies, data providers, technology platforms, and data/market research firms. Your approach will move beyond price-based discussions to secure complex agreements that drive innovation, transparency, and long-term strategic value.

• Establish and govern a rigorous supplier relationship management (SRM) program, defining clear Key Performance Indicators and performance scorecards to ensure our strategic partners deliver continuous improvement and are held accountable for exceptional results.

• Managing and leading teams.  

Innovation, AI & Technology Integration

• Serve as the procurement organization's foremost thought leader on the future of critical investments, constantly evaluating emerging technologies, disruptive platforms, and innovative partners.

• Design and implement the strategic roadmap for integrating Artificial Intelligence and advanced analytics into the spend managed lifecycle. This includes leveraging the Company’s AI capabilities for predictive spend analysis, intelligent sourcing, automated contract analysis, and enhanced supplier performance evaluation to drive efficiency and deeper insights.

• Champion the adoption and mastery of key procurement tools and digital platforms, ensuring the global team is data-driven, digitally fluent, and empowered to make smarter, faster decisions in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.

Stakeholder Partnership & Cross-Functional Influence

• Cultivate deep, trust-based relationships with senior leaders in Corporate teams such as Global Digital, Data and Analytics, Global Finance, Global Legal, among others.  Ensure procurement strategies are not just aligned with, but are integral to, the achievement of core business objec