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Manager / Sr. Manager, Services Sourcing

Manager / Sr. Manager, Services Sourcing

Colgate-Palmolive CompanyMumbai, Maharashtra, India
6 days ago
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Manager / Sr. Manager, Services Sourcing

Location : Mumbai - , Salary : Competitive Type : Permanent Main Industry : Other Industries & Skills :  Manufacturing Advertiser : Job ID : 132051910 Company :  Colgate-Palmolive Company Posted On : 02 July 2025 Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country

Job Number #167811 - 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.

Job Summary

The core of this job is to lead India Services Procurement, with a strong focus on business services (commercial + professional). This role will engage with functional leaders and key vendors to set and execute a strategic sourcing strategy and vendor mgmt. Approach to support the business and procurement objectives. The Sr. Manager, Services Procurement role is responsible to drive seamless implementation of end-to-end sourcing under the global procurement guidelines for all Services in market, and to adapt Global / Regional strategies to the India hub by connecting with both Division & Global Services Procurement Teams. In addition, this role is likely to be accountable to manage one spend category for overall APAC or one major regional procurement initiative, and will manage one or more local procurement team members.

Focus Spend Categories

Commercial :

Services related to selling our products to consumers, which includes :

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  • Paid media - TV, OLV, influencers, media partnerships, etc.
  • Agency fees - strategic agencies for media, creative, influencers, etc., as well as executional support for creative asset adaptations, extensions, etc.
  • Production - creation of marketing assets like commercials, key visuals, etc.
  • Innovation / Design - new product research and packaging design projects
  • Insights / Market Research - local consumer research studies, as well as local SOWs for major syndicated research firms
  • eCommerce - retail media and eComm enablement partners
  • Marketing - broad category capturing other types of spend not captured in above categories

Professional Services :

Services related to supporting our employees, which includes :

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  • Real estate - office lease, serviced apartments, etc.
  • Employee benefits - primarily insurance, relocation, etc
  • Travel, Meetings, Events, & Fleet - preferred hotels, off-site summits / events, and lease agreements for company cars
  • Temp labor
  • IT - computers, network, telecom, etc.
  • Legal & consulting - fees for external counsel to inform business decisions
  • Others - training, recruiting, etc.
  • For each of these categories, this role would be expected to :

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  • Analyze the current spend to identify key vendors, category trends, spend patterns, etc.
  • Develop a local sourcing strategy to meet the local business needs, which could often involve adapting an existing global / regional strategy for a key category / vendor
  • Implement sourcing strategy, including engaging vendors, conducting RFPs / RFQs, negotiations, contracting (with Legal support), etc.
  • Monitor performance of key vendors against contract / agreed KPIs, implement mitigation actions as needed, and gather feedback on vendor performance to update sourcing approach
  • Main Responsibilities :

    Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Mgmt.

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  • Develops and implements positive relationships with category partners to elevate the procurement role on delivering against business priorities.
  • Developing and executing a procurement strategy that supports local commercial plans while delivering Procurement key targets (Growth, Financials, Resilience)
  • In-depth understanding of business priorities and regular interaction and alignment with the Mgmt Team.
  • Providing regular updates to the Management Team on status vs. annual objectives, major projects, key issues, etc.
  • Vendor Mgmt. and Procurement Process Implementation

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  • Elevates partnerships with key suppliers to drive innovation, resilience, total value via customer of choice approach.
  • Leads Strategic supplier Top to top engagements and drives the Supplier Relationship Management program with identified supplier partners.
  • Establishes solid negotiation strategies for key commercial and professional spend categories, identifies and develops major cost reduction initiatives, gains local and regional / divisional alignment and delivers financial results.
  • Leads request for information (RFI) and request for proposal (RFP) for key projects through the procurement tools and processes
  • Ensuring that all Services Procurement mandates are respected (Services Procurement involvement with all spends, supplier creation, PO compliance, etc.)
  • Ensuring service and quality objectives are maintained and continuously improved, and all issues are resolved quickly.
  • Implementing metrics, tools, and new processes to optimize sourcing, supplier innovation and business simplification (ie. Relationship Mgmt Programs, KPI’s, Redesigning processes for simplification, etc.)
  • Developing and implementing comprehensive change management plans to ensure organizational readiness for the implementation of improved sourcing processes and strategies.
  • Development and negotiation of contract agreements with suppliers, in partnership with the Legal Department.
  • Global / Regional Procurement Coordination

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  • Working collaboratively with division and global spend Category Leaders, stakeholders and suppliers to ensure centrally led sourcing projects meet local business requirements and are executed efficiently.
  • Leading a spend category or regional procurement initiative for APAC, analyzing spend, setting priorities & KPIs, and partnering with local Hubs to implement strategy
  • Maintaining, with help of category leaders, a knowledge of best practices, processes, and technology trends and sharing this knowledge with Hub stakeholders.
  • Digital, Data and Analytics

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  • Ability to define the questions which need to be answered using data and insights.
  • Perform thorough spend analysis, and apply spend analytics best practices.
  • Actively support the Global Procurement Digital Transformation.
  • Procurement Team Mgmt.

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  • Managing and develop local Services Procurement team members (3) by setting priorities, proactive coaching, and partnering on a development plan.
  • Supporting hiring, training, and creating a succession plan for other procurement personnel as may be required
  • Required Qualifications :

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  • Bachelor's degree in any relevant field
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in Procurement or in a related business-field (e.g., Media, Marketing, etc)
  • Minimum 6 years of experience in Services Procurement, ideally in an FMCG environment
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Experience in vendor evaluations and action planning
  • Proven success as a collaborative team leader
  • Experience collaborating across multiple geographic locations / cultures and coordinating multiple parties to deliver a project
  • Self-starter and team player keen on working in cross-cultural working environment
  • Very Strong Influential and Communication (verbal and writing) skills
  • Results oriented
  • Business experience in marketing, media or ecommerce would be an added advantage
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    Our Commitment to Inclusion

    Our journey begins with our people—developing 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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