Assistant Manager : Indirect Procurement

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
Job Number164762 : Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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
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Job Summary:
TheIP Marketing and Customer Development Category AssistantManageris responsible for assisting with sourcing activities which support internal and external collaborator while delivering efficiencies and optimization in thevarious Commercial Categories (Media, Marketing and Customer Development). The position is responsible for promoting the utilization of procurement methodology through brand, category management and strategic sourcing activities. Primary responsibilities include: supporting collaborators in Marketing and Customer Development namely in the areas of Outdoor, Non:Working Media, Public Relations, Research, Tech and Innovation, Digital, Events and Activations, POP/POS, Merchandisers and areas ofHR and Professional Services for Colgate:Palmolive. The candidate will ensure that a sound sourcing process is implemented in compliance with the Global Procurement guidelines.
1. Job objective:
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Develop Sub:Category Sourcing Strategies, and lead execution in the region.
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Enhance the Commercial spend category, by focusing on exceeding the Innovation, Efficiency and FTG goals; while optimally communicating with Collaborators.
2.:Core responsibilities of this position include:
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Leading the development of Sourcing strategies for the mentioned categories and sub:categories for CP India.
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Identify and develop major Funding the Growth initiatives, gain alignment and delivers financial result to the bottom line
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Collaborate with internal collaborators and agency partners to develop the important metrics in order to give to the business
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Ensure regular updates of results, savings and specific projects throughout monthly reports and the utilization of the eSavings database
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Leading the engagement of the internal collaborators i.e. Marketing and Customer Development Managers to understand local business requirements and needs to build the pipeline of projects that have that highest savings potential
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Leading all Request for Information (RFI) and request for proposal (RFP) for the mentioned categories and sub:categories, and other procurement e:tools and processes such as Ariba
3.Key Responsibilities
Strategic Planning
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Lead the strategic sourcing process for the mentioned Marketing, Customer Development, HR or equivalent experience and Professional Categories and Sub:Categories and contract negotiations in CP India
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Update/Refine the Annual Sourcing Strategic Planning Process, including all aspects of the category ie. Supplier Segmentation, Spend Deep Dive Analysis, Internal/External market dynamics etc.
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Acquire periodical category market intelligence insights, and perform annual benchmarking with external companies.
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Participate in Industry events to stay current related to procurement standard processes, and bring new insights to the organization.
Vendor Management
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Lead the implementation of SRM program initiatives for strategic vendors.
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Expand the pool of vendors to achieve simplification, and have a good understanding of regional/global vendor capabilities and geographical coverage.
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Track supplier performance
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Lead and track vendor simplification
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Working closely with the vend
Job Type: Permanent