Demand Services Procurement Specialist

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number#175656 - Hidalgo Mexico City Mexico

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 valuesCaring Inclusive and Courageouswe foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together lets build a brighter healthier future for all.

Role Summary

The Demand Services Procurement Specialist is responsible for conducting detailed demand spend cost and market analysis and a structured approach to tendering and negotiating with suppliers. You will develop and maintain vendor relationships including tracking and analysis of vendor spend and performance. While keeping an elevated engagement and alignment with our internal stakeholders and external partners to address the top business priorities optimize the supply of goods and services and address cost reduction opportunities for Colgate Hills Pet & Filorgas Companies.

Responsibilities

• Strategy & Sourcing: Develop data-driven sourcing strategies using spend analytics benchmarking and best practices to achieve savings and simplification targets.

• Governance & Compliance: Adhere to Global Procurement governance including CRMC (Contract Risk Management) approvals eSourcing tools and Supplier Code of Conduct compliance.

• Risk Management & Vendor Governance: Support procurement risk assessment mitigation plans vendor creation approvals and ethical supplier management.

• Stakeholder & Category Management: Engage stakeholders to align on priorities and lead contract execution supplier segmentation and category process improvements.

• Process & Tool Standardization: Standardize and maintain e-Sourcing processes templates and Ariba Procurement tools.

• Initiatives & Ad-Hoc Support: Proactively lead key initiatives and provide prompt support for global divisional or ad-hoc business requests.

• Category & Negotiation Support: Support the Manager with Customization and Warehousing categories management and supplier negotiations.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree

• 3 years of experience in Procurement Purchasing or Supply Chain Management

• Experience in the Mexican transportation market (including freight rates and carrier negotiations)

• Intermediate/Advanced English proficiency (spoken and written)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in FMCG/CPG or Pharmaceutical companies

Competencies:

• Strong business analysis skills with proficiency in leveraging business tools and information systems to solve problems make decisions and support recommendations with data

• Negotiation skills characterized by proactive planning anticipation professionalism across all business settings and strong emotional intelligence mannerisms and communication control

• Teamwork and relationship building acting as a collaborative partner when interacting with stakeholders and peers while effectively managing relationships across all organizational levels

• Project management skills and a proven ability to prioritize effectively

• Cross-functional and cross-regional collaboration skills

Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our peopledeveloping strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self is treated with respect and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race colour 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.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.

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