Senior Manager, Global Capital Procurement

No Relocation Assistance Offered

Job Number #165404 - 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 Capital Procurement will develop best in class global strategic sourcing plans, lead strategic contract negotiations and handle key internal and external partnerships to support the following categories: Capital, Real Estate, Construction Services and Maintenance, Repair & Operations (MROs), and Facilities Services.

Responsibilities:

Strategy

• Support multi year category strategy and execution plan, including all aspects of total 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 key 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 key global Savings and Growth initiatives.
• Achieve or exceed the annual savings goals.
• Support Divisional teams, elevating any challenges with global suppliers.
• Identify and assess category risks, develop/execute risk mitigation plans.
  
  

Relationships and Engagement

• Lead the Global Services Procurement Supply network to implement category governance, strategic supplier relations and best practices sharing.
• 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 the categories under responsibility.
• Be a data champion and apply analytics to drive strategy and decision making
• Actively support the Global Procurement Digital Transformation.
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• At least 8 years of Procurement experience managing manufacturing, engineering or supply categories
• At least 4 years of experience managing supplier relationships, executing and managing supplier programs and negotiating contracts with one or more of the following:
• Capital equipment (CEB/CAPEX) or Original Equipment manufacturers (OEM) and plant automation suppliers
• Facilities management or integrated facilities management (IFM) suppliers
• Plant construction projects
• Leasing contracts of machinery, equipment (e.g. forklifts) or real estate/land.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Procurement, Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related field
• Experience in CPG industry
• Global experience
• People Management experience
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

Salary Range $115,200.00 - $171,150.00 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 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Achieving our purpose starts with our people — ensuring our workforce represents the people and communities we serve —and creating an environment where our people feel they belong; where we can be our authentic selves, feel treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way.

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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