Job Information
Colgate-Palmolive Demand Services Procurement Specialist in Warsaw, Poland
No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #166591 - Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
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.
Purpose:
This individual is primarily responsible for negotiating and sourcing indirect products and services
requested by Stakeholders (SHs) and for supporting Category Leaders on various projects. The
individual will also manage the Purchase Order (POs) Validation Process including supplier
creation following the Procurement Operations Center (POC) Manual.
Location: Świdnica or Warsaw
Key Accountabilities:
Procurement and Sourcing Activities:
● Support local spend sourcing for one/multiple subsidiaries
● Implement Services Procurement processes and procedures (Bids, central management
of sub-categories) and ensure compliance in their subsidiary(ies)
● Perform periodic spend analysis and market research for local or EU projects.
● Active communication with business stakeholders and prioritization of their requests so
as to ensure their purchase requirements are met in a timely manner
● Utilize eSourcing tool to execute competitive bid (RFP, RFI, RFQ, or reverse auction,
Ariba); perform airfreight and railfreights bids using Ariba tool
● Set new vendors in Ariba to extend competitiveness of the offers
● Interact with the Procurement professionals throughout CP, and externally, to leverage
best practices and ensure consistent implementation of global strategies
● Organize and facilitate periodic key stakeholder and suppliers meetings to review
status/issues with ongoing spends, strategies and all new requirements
● Develop expertise with key Procurement Systems/Tools: Ariba, Apollo etc
● Perform Due Diligence and IntegraWatch for new vendors
Purchase Order Management:
● Ensure IR prices are update in the system on timely manner (Labor IT, TR) through
AoDocs and Smartsheets
● Truvant new SKU costing support (Pack materials pricing from Supplier)
● Truvant PM offers for new projects
● Hill’s pricing support
● Create and maintain customisation dB
● PM costing file management
● Ensure that suppliers have received POs and resend, if required
● Ensure all purchasing documents and procedures are ready for audit purposes
Customer Assistance Service:
● Resolve user Ariba queries or forward to appropriate person
● Assist in resolving technical and security issues and interface with GIT (second level
support)
● Budgeting process support - spends collections and analyzes for Budget
recommendation to hubs
● Indexation file management
● Ftg projects submission and support
● Support all Procurement involvement required projects for offers collections and
comparisons
● Benchmarking existing portfolio
● Maintain Procurement tools (RFI file, Templates dB, Payment Terms dB, Deforestation
file etc)
● Inform requesters where to find information regarding “How do I?” questions
Apollo Management:
● Manage and support initiations of any new vendor requests or changes to the vendor
master, in Apollo Vendor, for goods and services sourced and resolve user questions
Requirements:
One year experience in a similar position;
Knowledge of the European market;
Fluent / very good English - needed for everyday communication;
Team player;
results oriented;
Good knowledge of MS Office with an emphasis on Excel;
Knowledge of SAP will be an advantage.
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.
Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdaxk_eF4utznQoVHlxmL9jVFJbOkM4Oe5CAdKOg-h9EPdLfg/viewform) should you require accommodation.
#LI-Hybrid