Supply Services Procurement Trainee

No Relocation Assistance Offered Job Number #** - 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.
Who We Are Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets, and our planet.
Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under globally recognized brands.
We are celebrated for our leadership in sustainability, community wellbeing, and our unwavering commitment to living our core values.
Global People professionals are consistently drawn to Colgate-Palmolive by the exceptional opportunities for career advancement and a strong alignment with our purpose-driven company Values: We are Caring, We are Inclusive, We are Courageous .
Within our Global People function, we foster a culture of high trust and autonomy, ensuring you feel empowered to make impactful decisions and directly influence our broader strategic priorities while building a fulfilling, long-term career.
Title: Supply Services Procurement Trainee Location: Anzio (RM) Italy Role Summary Responsible for conducting detailed spend, cost and market analysis and a structured approach to tendering and negotiating with suppliers.
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.
Responsibilities: Follow the Global Procurement governance in all projects, CRMC (Contract Risk Management Committee) approvals, eSourcing tools, Supplier Code of Conduct sign off, etc.
Keep close contact with Europe stakeholders through frequent or as requested project status updates.
Engage senior leaders in the Procurement and/or Europe organ ization when there is a need to escalate any issues.
Develop and implement any related process improvement in the category.
Participate in Industry events to bring new ideas to the organization.
Follow Stakeholder engagement best practices to better understand the business needs and align on resources and priorities (Mainly the engineering team).
Seek support from the local and Divisional IP organization, and escalate issues as appropriate.
Manage ethical and professional relationships with vendors.
Support global and regional initiatives identified in the annual goal alignment.
Support procurement risk assessment and risk mitigation plans.
Quickly support spot requests from the Divisional or Global organizations.
Keep a proactive and dynamic attitude.
Take leadership on key initiatives.
Support the development and implementation of sourcing strategies to achieve or exceed the savings and simplification goals.
Support the annual benchmarking exercise with similar companies to Colgate and internally with other Divisions.
Do a deep dive in the European market.
Apply spend analytics best practices, and do frequent deep dives in the assigned categories.
Update annual Supplier Segmentation in the category.
Lead and track the effective contract execution and management in the assigned categories.
Lead and standardize e-Sourcing processes, create appropriate templates to facilitate this process.
Lead Tactical and Strategic sourcing initiatives as required Support all IP transformational initiatives as required; automation, e-invoicing, p-cards, improvement supplier payment, etc.
Maintenance of Procurement tools for spend analytics, contracting, e.sourcing...
Support vendor creation process and approvals in MDM.
Lead and/or participate in supplier audits Ensure the Funding the Growth savings accomplishment needed by the company.
Collaborate closely with stakeholder teams to leverage technical skills and incorporate them into the negotiations as needed Manage Renewable Energy program SKILLS EXPECTED Analytical: Using business and sourcing tools and corporate and locally verified sources for problem solving and decision making.
Using data to support recommendations.
Negotiation: Planning and anticipation, demonstrates professionalism in all business settings and shows a