Plant Procurement Manager – Global Sourcing & Cost Savings

Colgate-Palmolive; Piscataway Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Profit sharing

Long-term incentives

Vacation days

Holidays

Job summary

Colgate-Palmolive Company seeks a Plant Procurement Manager to lead regional sourcing of raw and packaging materials for its Personal Care manufacturing sites. You will partner with manufacturing, global procurement, and suppliers to secure cost-effective supplies while mitigating risk and ensuring on-time material availability.

The role requires strong negotiation, data analytics, and program management, with SAP proficiency and supplier relationship experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related technical/business field.

Responsibilities

• Execute highly effective negotiations for specific local raw and packaging materials while collaborating with the Global Procurement team to implement category specific strategies at the manufacturing site level
• Manage suppliers, materials, and procurement processes to deliver performance objectives measured by corporate, division, and local critical metrics
• Facilitate collaborative relationships between suppliers, customer service, and quality functions
• Collaborate with Category Manufacturing Services to develop proactive risk management strategies for key materials
• Ensure the timely delivery of new products and packaging layouts according to division grids and material portfolio initiatives
• Ensure the flawless implementation of key performance and compliance initiatives with suppliers
• Lead the implementation of Supplier Managed Inventory programs with targeted vendors
• Provide functional procurement resources and leadership support on task forces, acquisition studies, and major corporate projects
• Manage budget preparation and completion utilizing sophisticated divisional and global commodity market insights
• Optimize raw and packaging material inventories directly against local customer service requirements and working capital targets

Skills

RFIs & RFPs

Data analysis

Procurement strategy

Supplier management

Negotiation

Education

Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management or Engineering

Tools

SAP

Google Workspace

Procurement analytics tools

Job description

Colgate-Palmolive Company seeks a Plant Procurement Manager to lead regional sourcing of raw and packaging materials for its Personal Care manufacturing sites. You will partner with manufacturing, global procurement, and suppliers to secure cost-effective supplies while mitigating risk and ensuring on-time material availability.

The role requires strong negotiation, data analytics, and program management, with SAP proficiency and supplier relationship experience.