Assistant Manager

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country

Job Number # Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing 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.

Brief introduction - Role Summary/Purpose:

Creating, developing, and owning the customer relationship for a key branch location, you will be a crucial link between the Branch and Head Office Supply Chain. You will influence service levels to customers in a cost-effective manner while helping to drive new initiatives and projects that boost performance. This is an exciting opportunity to ensure that warehouses and transporters adhere to Colgate's laid down practices and to lead the implementation of new concepts. You will provide key analysis and reporting, highlighting exceptions and areas of concern to deliver on performance goals.

Responsibilities:

• Help achieve key performance indicators for customer service, such as case fill and on-time delivery percentages.
• Manage stock by monitoring inventory levels, slow-moving or non-moving items, and stock aging.
• Ensure compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs), financial processes, and statutory regulations like GST, PFA, and FDA within warehouses.
• Oversee secondary transportation, including route planning, and work to reduce transit times and freight costs.
• Lead new initiatives, such as the implementation of Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) for the branch, and adopt new practices to improve supply chain performance.
• Develop collaborative partnerships with both internal colleagues and external suppliers, warehouses, and transporters

Required Qualifications:

• Sound understanding of supply chain processes
• Experience in managing logistics, warehousing, and secondary transportation.
• Proven ability to drive new initiatives and projects.
• Experience in a role that requires good communication skills
• Data-driven decision-making
• Strong collaboration and partnership skills, both internally and externally

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) industry preferred

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

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.

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