Supply Svcs Procurement Specialist

Job Number #170783 - Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa

No Relocation Assistance Offered

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.

This individual is responsible for sourcing and negotiating a portfolio of goods and services, to meet the requirements of the Hub business stakeholders, buying equipment, services, spare parts, etc while optimizing cost and processes. The individual will also undertake proactive spend analysis and research to identify potential future tactical buying and strategic sourcing opportunities.

• Performing buying activities (RFP, Analysis, etc.)
• Actively communicating with the business stakeholders to ensure that their purchase requirements are met
• Utilizing Ariba eSourcing application to execute bidding events (RFP, RFI, RFQ, or reverse auction)
• Maintaining an awareness of changing market conditions
• Performing periodic spend analysis to identify opportunities for local and Division projects
• Managing spend assigned spend categories and supporting global projects
• Conducting periodic key stakeholder meetings with business partners to review local spend category strategy and activities
• Leverage supply base opportunities across managed portfolio
• Managing, resolving and communicating on local quality and service issues.
• Prioritizing requests and activities so as to deliver in a timely manner
• Perform all necessary procurement operations activities - order processing, vendor creation and technical issue resolution
• Special projects (as appropriate)
• Achieve Business Simplification

• A minimum of a Bachelor of Arts or Science in Sourcing, Business, Finance, or comparable discipline is required.
• An advanced degree (MBA) or professional certification is desirable.

• This individual should have a proven track record of performance with either three or more years of work experience, preferably in Procurement.
• The right candidate has:
• Basic understanding of procurement, spend category management and project management methodologies, e-procurement processes and negotiation.
• High degree of problem solving skills and the ability to drive change with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. SAP experience is desired.

Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

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 if you require accommodation.

Not Applicable

Full-time

Management and Manufacturing

Manufacturing