Manager-services Procurement Commercial

No Relocation Assistance Offered
156379 - Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
• Who We Are
• Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom's of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill's Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children's oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!
• What you will do
• Lead advertising sourcing activities to support internal and external stakeholders to deliver efficiencies and optimization in the category. The position is responsible for promoting the utilization of procurement methodology through brand, category management and strategic sourcing activities. Primary responsibilities include: supporting Integrated Advertising Communication (IMC) or Marketing project leads in the areas of Advertising production, Agency fee management, working media, Media partnerships. Responsibilities will cover both traditional, digital advertising with a big focus on e-Commerce.
• Engages and collaborates with internal stakeholders i.e. IMC/Marketing leads to understand local Advertising business context and to build the pipeline of projects that have significant savings potential
• Partners with IMC/Marketing leads to develop strategic and operational Advertising sourcing strategies, ensuring collaborative and innovation driven relationships with internal stakeholders, global IP Advertising community, and external suppliers
• Leads and oversees a roll-out IP Advertising strategies for Advertising Production, Agency Fee Management, Working Media, Media
• Partnerships at a local level
• Collaborates
• with internal stakeholders and agency partners to develop the local Advertising value tracking mechanism in order to report FTG savings/added value
• Leads and executes Advertising value/costs audits. Provides recommendations and builds plans for continuing improvement and
• optimization of Advertising plans
• Partners with IMC/Marketing leads to establish agencies' evaluation process with benchmarks for scope of work (SOW) development and tracking, incentive compensations as well as a feedback mechanism for continuous improvement, as well as monthly fee management process
• Develops an implementation strategy to oversee Advertising Production
• Stays abreast of the global, regional and local Commercial/Advertising trends to assist the stakeholders in their existing needs and provide innovative ideas for efficient Commercial/Advertising spends
• Develops procurement project plans to define objectives, resources, timelines, specifications, supplier selection criteria, and champions IP initiatives in the Commercial Area
• Excecutes pre-sourcing, sourcing, and post
• sourcing management of all Commercial Spend including Media, Digital, eCommerce but also below the line activities (POP, Premium etc.,)
• Manages request for information (RFI) and request for proposal (RFP) for the Commercial category, and other procurement tools and process namely
• Participates/Leads (to) the Regional and Global Commercial Circles (Media, Insights, Marketing, POP, etc.,)
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards
• Required Qualifications
• - Master or Bachelor Degree in a technical or business field
• At least 10 years of advertising experience, preferably with an advertising or media agency or as Procurement Media / Commercial / Digital expert
• Knowledge of planning and buying of production and eCommerce and or Digital
• Familiarity with production operations for above and below the line activities
• Strong negotiation skills
• Experience in vendor evaluations and action planning
• Experience in Project Management of complex scopes
• Understanding of Advertising & Marketing agency operations
• Self-starter and team player keen on working in cross-cultural working environment
• Strong Influential and Communication (verbal and writing) skills
• Able to work under ambiguity and pressure
• Leadership and Stakeholder management skills are required
• Good English proficiency (verbal, writing and reading skills)
• Good knowledge in SAP and ARIBA will be an advantage
• Proficient in the Google tools
• Our Commitment to Sustainability
• With the Colgate brand in more homes than any other, we are presented with great opportunities and new challenges as we