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 Manufactur