Co-Packing Coordinator,CEE

at  ColgatePalmolive

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, let’s build a brighter, healthier future for all.

REQUIREMENTS:

Level of Education:

• degree in Logistics: focus on supply chain management, production logistics, logistics management, processes and projects, analytics

Experience:

• day to day job experience with managing co-packing projects, planning & capacity management, packaging material supply
• in-market experience with a company in FMCG industry
• experience with cross functional teams and day to day interaction with different functions is a plus

Functional Experience and Technical Skills:

• high level of affinity and familiarity with supply chain management processes involving co-packing
• knowledge of SAP, analysis tools, Google workspace environment
• experience with reports and analytics is a plus, strong organizational and planning skills
• excellent working knowledge of English (a must)
• good communicator

JOB PURPOSE:

Coordinate flawless development, implementation and commercialization of specialty packaging and display products in cooperation with external co-packer(s).
To supervise the contract packing process for the CEE region ensuring that activities are completed on schedule and within budget.
Support the company’s strategy for customization initiatives.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead new local co-packing projects from development to execution, control timeline to deliver required availability date.
• Closely work with 3PL in three main areas, namely co-packing processes, planning & capacity management (short/mid/long term) and effective packaging material supply/coverage.
• Raise critical design, cost, quality, handling, and delivery time frame issues with the commercial team and implement potential alternatives.
• Manage packaging material vendor selection and optimize service cost, minimum effective lot sizes and lead-time. Cooperate with vendors and Indirect Procurement.
• Manage activities in SAP/ incl APO functionalities involving the development of technical specification and quality bundle book creation.
• Manage Key Performance Indicators: Fill Rate for co-packing SKUs, cost, inventory coverage.
• Champion and drive co-packing analytics development. Preparation of a co-packing cost report.