Manager - Procurement

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Job Number #177105 - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specialising 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.

Role Overview

The role is responsible for creating and driving strategic sourcing for all the Packaging materials (mainly but not limited to Tubes & Laminates,paper board Cartons/backer cards), and owns the enterprise-wide procurement strategy of Packaging direct spend categories. The role collaborates with multiple Business Units to secure optimal purchasing opportunities. As a strategic business partner, interfacing with Packaging teams and Manufacturing teams, this position is also responsible for driving continuous improvement of procurement processes throughout Colgate India and its subsidiaries, and provides expertise to business leaders in planning and implementing supply chain strategies to achieve business goals and objectives. This position is also the Procurement representative for our Oral care plant in Bangladesh.

Key Responsibilities:

• Procurement planning

  • Study trends in Direct Procurement for new products or modifications to existing products and Marketing for category business projection. Examine critical commodity prices such as resins, paperboards, and anticipate movements in the mid to long-term, and the consequent impact on the company's cost structure .Lead and drive the Cost planning cycle in the Global Procurement Integrated cost planning(ICP) tool.

  • Map existing supplier base and analyze the number of new vendors required to be able to generate cost leverages and limit the company's exposure to supply fluctuations

  • Prepare procurement strategy for the mid to long-term, under the guidance of division category Supply Chain team and India leadership

• Monitoring and Review

  • Oversee the e-auction process, monitor the achievement of benchmark prices, and conduct negotiations on a one-on-one basis if the e-auction process is not successful

  • Review compliance to the established approval matrix

  • Track cost of materials ensure achievement of savings targets

  • Develop and execute a risk mitigation strategy

• Evaluation of Suppliers

  • Conduct periodic assessments such as Enhanced Supplier Management, and Social Responsibility and Security Assessment for existing suppliers.

  • Identify potential suppliers and evaluate them on technical, financial, supplier market benchmarks, Colgate global quality, and reliability parameters

  • Review the terms and conditions before signing the contract with suppliers, including for global contracts, to ensure that company interests have been protected adequately

• Process improvement and Change management

  • Identify efficiency projects under the Fund to Growth initiative such as buying optimization, import substitution, etc. Guide teams towards implementation by setting up a plan and conducting periodic reviews

  • Lead the change management process and ensure company readiness to accept and adopt the changes to way of doing business which arise due to the above steps

  • Work on sustainability initiatives in packaging along with suppliers actively support the organization for all major plastic and paper sustainability initiatives

Required Qualifications:

• MBA in Operations

• 8-10 years of supply chain experience

• Ability for Cross Cultural collaboration and Influence

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferably worked in Cross Country Sourcing in FMCG companies

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