Job Title:  Supply Chain & Demand Planning Manager

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 163332 - Milano, Lombardia, Italy

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!
 

The position will report directly to Senior Director, Supply Chain & Procurement based in our European Division in Paris and  dotted line to General Manager Filorga Italy.  

Job Summary

The Supply Chain & Demand Planning Manager leads and performs all supply chain related activities for the Filorga Italy subsidiary, including demand & supply planning, transportation and warehousing, managing one direct report.

This role will require a broad E2E perspective, with the ability to both see the big picture and zoom in to work on detailed analysis & troubleshooting.  

Responsibilities/Accountabilities

• Develop supply plans, collaborating with France supply chain team, and troubleshooting issues

• Manage the 3PL providing transportation and warehousing services. 

• Define mid & long term strategies for planning processes, and implement projects to support.

• Lead demand planning & partner with commercial team on monthly discipline 

• Provide customer focused and cost effective distribution, import and transportation of finished products - liaising with the related local commercial operations.

• Analyze, manage & take cross functional leadership action on inventory levels & SLOB to maintain targeted levels 

• Provide oversight, analysis & reporting for warehousing operations, including inventory reconciliation & physical inventories.

• Work with the 3PL and O2I to ensure orders for customers and replenishment are fulfilled on-time, achieving the targeted performance in terms of quality, quantity and cost.

• Provide direction for issue resolution, both internally with O2I, 3PL and the Customers.

• Collaborate with 3PL, O2I, and Customers to identify and implement supply chain projects to improve the performance of the network and respond to new agreed customer requirements.

• Work with Legal & Regulatory to ensure that all local regulations for warehousing and transportation are met.

• Manage supply chain activities for SKU launches, discontinuations & transitions

• Partner with commercial team on business simplification & segmentation strategies 

• Lead supply chain aspects of systems implementation  

• Develop mid-year and budget logistics cost, and monitor/manage monthly spend.

• Provide input for the budget and performance targets, review the monthly KPI’s to identify areas of improvement & drive implementation & work with the 3PL for identification/implementation of Continuous Improvement projects.

Requirements:

• Bachelor or Master Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business / Logistics or related 

• 8 years minimum of Supply Chain experience

• Language: fluent in italian, excellence knowledge of English

LOCATION: Filorga Italy Milan office

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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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