Supply Svcs Procurement Specialist

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #163875 - Anzio, Lazio, Italy

**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.

**Scope of Responsibility**:

- ** Execute the regional strategic sourcing process for Supply Services (MRO, Facilities, Utilities, Capital, etc.) contract negotiations**
- ** Contribute to Update/ Refine the 3 Year Sourcing Strategic Planning Process, including all aspects of the category ie. Supplier Segmentation, Spend Deep Dive Analysis, Internal/External market dynamics etc.**
- ** Obtain periodical category market intelligence insights, and perform annual benchmarking with external companies.**
- ** Participate in Industry events to be aligned with procurement best practices, and bring new ideas to the organization.**
- ** Lead the implementation of SRM program initiatives for strategic global and regional suppliers.**
- ** Expand the pool of suppliers to achieve simplification, and have a good understanding of regional/global supplier capabilities and geographical coverage.**
- ** Partner with key stakeholders on supplier evaluation process, to set up benchmarks for scope of work development and tracking, and feedback for continuous improvement.**
- ** Lead and track the effective division contract execution and management.**
- ** Coordinate procurement risk assessment on the category suppliers and develop risk mitigation plans.**
- ** Follow the Global Procurement governance in all projects, CRMC (Contract Risk Management Committee) approvals, eSourcing tools, Supplier Code of Conduct sign off, etc.)**
- ** Promote Innovation, Pursue Savings goals for the category, and track regional results.**
- ** Be the key linkage with global Procurement leaders for the category, to secure full alignment.**
- ** Keep a strong alignment with Supply Services peers, setting up priorities for the managed spend categories.**
- ** Align with the key stakeholders. Escalate issues/opportunities as needed. Follow Stakeholder engagement best practices to better understand the business needs and align on resources and priorities.**
- ** Identify/Support category process improvements that are required to achieve the Procurement goals.**

**The Individual**
**Education**:
**B.A./B.S. Degree in a technical or business field**

**Experience**:
**3-5 years Purchasing or Supply Chain experience.**

**Direct experience in Utilities and Renewable Energy Procurement in an European country is a plus.**

**Engineering Background would be preferable.**

**Bachelor degree is a minimum requirement.**

**Languages**:
**Fluent in English and Italian is a must.**

**Functional-Technical Competencies**:

- ** Negotiation**
- ** Strategic Sourcing**
- ** Analytical Skill and mathematical knowledge**
- ** Managing Factory’s Supply Services**
- ** Global Supply Chain Strategy and Perspective**
- ** Project Management**
- ** Cross-Organizational Collaboration**
- ** Business-Financial Understanding**

**Personal Leadership Competencies**:

- ** Relationship Building**
- ** Influence and Negotiation**
- ** Managing Ambiguity**
- ** Communication**
- ** Promoting Teamwork**
- ** Working in a virtual environment**
- ** Business/Global Perspective**
- ** Consumer/Customer Focus**

**VISA not sponsored**

**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, 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.

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