Procurement Lead, Technology Innovation & Integration

Procurement Lead, Technology Innovation & Integration

Established in 1806 as a small soap and candle business in New York City, Colgate-Palmolive is now a truly global company with products sold in over 200 countries and territories under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Haci Sakir, Suavitel, PCA SKIN, EltaMD, Filorga and Hello as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company that serves hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide with brands and products across four core businesses – Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We are committed to offering products that make lives healthier and more enjoyable, and programs that enrich communities around the world. Every day millions of people trust our products to care for themselves and the ones they love.

Our goal is to use our technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live. A career at Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

As our Procurement Innovation & Integration Lead you will be the strategic architect of our North American digital ecosystem. You will command the data strategy, drive AI led transformation, and orchestrate the financial intelligence that powers our North America Procurement Division. This is a high visibility role for a visionary leader who thrives at the intersection of complex data, digital innovation, and business strategy.

Your day to day and the future will involve:

• Design and deploy AI driven solutions that move beyond automation, creating a mature and efficient procurement ecosystem that accelerates our 2030 competitive advantage
• Orchestrate the end to end Integrated Cost Planning workflow, driving profit and loss impact assessments, real time forecasting, and scenario modeling
• Leverage new Version to Version analytics to perform high fidelity variance analysis, automating the bridging of forecasts to baselines and providing clear visibility into Price, Volume, Foreign Exchange, and Commodity drivers
• Set the vision for end to end data governance and master data integrity across Vendor, Material, and Bill of Materials datasets to turn raw data into high impact business intelligence
• Serve as the primary digital ambassador and storyteller for North American Procurement digital evolution, converting complex technical outputs into compelling business narratives that drive cross functional alignment
• Champion the digital change management roadmap, ensuring seamless organization wide adoption of new platforms through effective strategic communication and stakeholder engagement
• Lead cross functional alignment across Finance, Global Supply Chain, and Global Commodities, turning technical insights into business narratives that upskill the organization and institutionalize high performance standards
• Leverage your coding and analytics expertise across Python, R, and SQL to eliminate operational friction and drive process maturity
• Drive regional operational stability by embedding procurement rigor into the supply chain while securing optimal key performance indicator results
• Optimize inventory by balancing customer service with working capital requirements while maintaining strict adherence to Environmental Occupational Health and Safety, Quality, and Regulatory compliance standards
• Oversee critical supplier management, including Supplier Managed Inventory and service agreement execution, to enforce policy, mitigate risk, and guarantee supply assurance across North American operations

Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Data Science, Industrial Engineering, Analytics, Finance, or a related technical field and 4+ years of experience in Procurement, Data Strategy, or Digital Transformation. Experience in project management and execution of digital and AI driven projects within…