Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country Job Number167811 : Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 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, lets build a brighter, healthier future for all. Job Summary The core of this job is to lead India Services Procurement, with a strong focus on business services (commercial + professional). This role will engage with functional leaders and key vendors to set and execute a strategic sourcing strategy and vendor mgmt. Approach to support the business and procurement objectives. The Sr. Manager, Services Procurement role is responsible to drive seamless implementation of end:to:end sourcing under the global procurement guidelines for all Services in market, and to adapt Global/Regional strategies to the India hub by connecting with both Division and Global Services Procurement Teams. In addition, this role is likely to be accountable to manage one spend category for overall APAC or one major regional procurement initiative, and will manage one or more local procurement team members. Focus Spend Categories Commercial: Services related to selling our products to consumers, which includes: stylemargin:bottom:0.0in;margin:top:0.0px: : Paid media : TV, OLV, influencers, media partnerships, etc. : Agency fees : strategic agencies for media, creative, influencers, etc., as well as executional support for creative asset adaptations, extensions, etc. : Production : creation of marketing assets like commercials, key visuals, etc. : Innovation / Design : new product research and packaging design projects : Insights / Market Research : local consumer research studies, as well as local SOWs for major syndicated research firms : eCommerce : retail media and eComm enablement partners : Marketing : broad category capturing other types of spend not captured in above categories Professional Services: Services related to supporting our employees, which includes: stylemargin:bottom:0.0in;margin:top:0.0px: : Real estate : office lease, serviced apartments, etc. : Employee benefits : primarily insurance, relocation, etc : Travel, Meetings, Events, and Fleet : preferred hotels, off:site summits/events, and lease agreements for company cars : Temp labor : IT : computers, network, telecom, etc. : Legal and consulting : fees for external counsel to inform business decisions : Others : training, recruiting, etc. For each of these categories, this role would be expected to: stylemargin:bottom:0.0in;margin:top:0.0px: : Analyze the current spend to identify key vendors, category trends, spend patterns, etc. : Develop a local sourcing strategy to meet the local business needs, which could often involve adapting an existing global/regional strategy for a key category/vendor : Implement sourcing strategy, including engaging vendors, conducting RFPs/RFQs, negotiations, contracting (with Legal support), etc. : Monitor performance of key vendors against contract/agreed KPIs, implement mitigation actions as needed, and gather feedback on vendor performance to update sourcing approach Main Responsibilities: Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Mgmt. stylemargin:bottom:0.0in;margin:top:0.0px: : Develops and implements positive relationships with category partners to elevate the procurement role on delivering against business priorities. : Developing and executing a procurement strate