Director, Sustainable Sourcing & Supplier Diversity

Director, Sustainable Sourcing & Supplier Inclusion

Job Title:

Director, Sustainable Sourcing & Supplier Inclusion

Location:

Piscataway, New Jersey, United States

Travel required:

up to 10% of time

The Director, Sustainable Sourcing and Supplier Inclusion will define the strategy and long‑term action plans for sustainable sourcing of materials and services that meet Colgate’s 2030 objectives. The role will also create and drive the corporate strategy for supplier inclusion, direct compliance in ingredients transparency, sustainability, responsible sourcing, and procurement practices, and design training programs for the Global Procurement team, key internal partners, and suppliers.

• Define and lead the Sustainable Sourcing Strategy to implement actions critical to delivering our 11 stated ambitions related to Forest Positive, Net Zero Carbon, Human Rights, Plastics Circularity, Water Security, and Regulations.
• Create and drive forward the corporate strategy and approach to supplier inclusion.
• Build consensus and alignment with key stakeholders in procurement, technology and supply chain to align execution behind sustainable sourcing investments and priorities.
• Develop best practices for learning and training on procurement compliance actions, including ingredient transparency, procurement policy, supplier audits, ESG, strategic partnership contracting, and sustainability reporting.
• Integrate compliance program actions to the CBS organizations to codify data and reporting processes essential to long‑term visibility of sustainability progress and to new external reporting requirements.
• Provide thought leadership, strategic direction and timely execution on global sourcing transformation needed in raw and packaging materials to meet sustainability goals.
• Build relationships with key suppliers for the execution of strategy, including assurance, price, innovation and sustainability.
• Develop a team of sustainability and supplier inclusion specialists, capable of working across categories and divisions, who can influence decision making and swift actions.
• Analyze and develop a deep understanding of the future supply markets of recyclable, sustainable materials, including external economic factors that influence those markets and cost correlations.
• Provide regular updates to key senior leadership team members upon request.
• Represent Colgate‑Palmolive at relevant industry meetings and events.

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, finance, supply chain or a related field.
• Minimum 15 years of leadership experience in materials or commodity procurement, materials risk management, or strategic sourcing for a global portfolio.
• Fluency in creating actionable sustainability, innovation and partnership strategies.
• Firm understanding of change management required to transition from materials sourcing strategies to materials transformation execution for a multi‑country organization.
• Experience engaging and contracting with external strategic partners.
• Experience on large‑scale change management projects.

• Master’s degree.
• Experience in procurement/sourcing in global organizations or consulting experience in this field.

Salary Range: $ – $ USD. Pay is determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit‑sharing, and long‑term incentives for executive‑level roles.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements. Additional benefits include a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days (hourly…