Job Title:  Sr Business Analyst,Customer Development

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 162194 - Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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!
 

Senior Business Analyst – Customer Development 

Colgate Palmolive seek to employ a senior business analyst for our Customer Development category. In this exciting role you will be tasked with streamlining, and adding value to, business processes, using technical solutions by:

• Working with leading edge SAP & Analytics  technologies to meet business requirements – eg. S/4 HANA, CCM, C4C, BW-IP, G Suite, Snowflake

• Participating or leading complex projects of a cross-functional and global nature

• Acting as a regional or global expert for processes within CD

• Ensuring appropriate business involvement in project teams to create IT solutions that truly meet business needs

• Owning and developing the business relationship with Customer Development stakeholders within the Divisions / Hubs / Subs.

• Applying conceptual knowledge and technology to solve complex business processes and procedural problems.

• Manage and/or perform the design, testing and application of SAP systems in line with agreed timeframes, business requirements and global standards.

• Supporting change management requirements to drive adoption and maximise business utilisation of technology solutions.

• Delivering assignments with full compliance to required project management standards.

• Leading and participating in data migration, consolidation and system upgrade projects 

• A strong understanding of modern analytics needs and the relevant technologies used and the ability to gather requirements from our business counterparts to build what is needed.

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business or Engineering or other related discipline and appropriate SAP qualifications required 

   

  Business & Technical Experience:

• Strong business process knowledge/experience in Sales and Distribution, in particular around customer pricing and trade agreements (preferably within FMCG industry)

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience, including configuration, in SAP modules related to Sales and Distribution processes, Trade Promotion Management and ECC/S4 integration

  • Pricing and Rebates

  • Billing and Invoicing

  • Integrated flows with MM and FICO

• Full SAP implementation lifecycle experience an advantage

• Understanding of Customer Development Business process in the areas of sales, customer planning 

• Experience in Customer Hierarchy design and realignments

• Excellent facilitation, communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong skills in senior stakeholder management 

• Ability to clearly communicate and navigate between business, functional and technical teams 

• Ability to work with remote teams essential, minimum 1 year experience required working on a global project

• A high level of project management experience would be a distinct advantage

• Basic level of ABAP programming an advantage

• Fluency in English is essential

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 work to integrate sustainability into all aspects of our business and create positive social impact. We are determined to position ourselves for further growth as we act on our 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our purpose starts with our people — ensuring our workforce represents the people and communities we serve —and creating an environment where our people feel they belong; where we can be our authentic selves, feel treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, 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 contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.

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