Procurement Specialist - Packaging

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country

Job Number #169885 - Overland Park, Kansas, United States

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!

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.

Shape the future of our supply chain and make a direct impact on our product quality and cost management! As the Procurement Specialist - Packaging in Overland Park, you will own the supply, cost, quality, and service of our packaging materials. You'll be instrumental in developing sourcing strategies, managing critical tools like SMI and Risk Management, and driving significant savings initiatives across all your materials.

This is your opportunity to leverage your expertise in Procurement or Supply Chain to lead continuous improvement programs with suppliers and influence key business decisions by analyzing large sets of data.

• Accountable for the Purchasing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and working with the entire Category Supply Chain
• Helps support effective negotiations for specific materials purchases
• Partners with suppliers' sales, technical and other functional groups as well as Hill’s Supply Chain, Technology, Marketing and Finance functions to enforce Purchasing policies, resolve issues, align service and financial strategies
• Understands, reviews, analyzes, and maintains large sets of data to help drive business decisions
• Helps develop Sourcing strategies around risk mitigation, single source, sustainability
• Provides input for "Top to Top" meetings and, when necessary,
• Leads continuous improvement programs with suppliers (i.e., Supplier Certification, Continuous Improvement Teams, etc.)
• Leverages SAP in day-to-day function, including entering prices into the system (where responsible) and ongoing contract and vendor maintenance
• Supports efforts in using e-tools (RFP, Ariba, etc.) to help drive Funding the Growth, simplification and standardization programs
• Leads implementation of SMI with appropriate suppliers
• Helps maintain category budget and quarterly updates
• Continues to improve oneself by way of training, information sharing, coaching and feedback, and implementing best practices
• Participates in external industry forums (e.g., Purchasing organizations) and internal Purchasing meetings
• Develops documented understanding of market structure and drivers for his/her materials, with risk management overview, and identifies opportunities and threats for the future
• Interfaces with suppliers to prevent / solve possible service and quality issues
• Develops new suppliers for Packaging Materials

• Bachelor of Business in a technical or business field, or comparable discipline
• A minimum of 3 years in Procurement, Supply Chain, or Packaging Engineering
• Experience managing e-tools (RFP, Ariba, etc.) or similar tools

• An advanced degree (MBA) or professional certification (CPM or CPSM)
• SAP experience or any other ERP
• Knowledge of Google Platforms

Salary Range $83,200.00 - $ 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:
Salaried employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including 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 employees receive a minimum of 120 hours) and 13…