Logistics & Distribution Lead

Established in 1806 as a small soap and candle business in New York City, Colgate-Palmolive is now a truly global company with products sold in over 200 countries and territories under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Haci Sakir, Suavitel, PCA SKIN, EltaMD, Filorga and Hello as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company that serves hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide with brands and products across four core businesses – Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We are committed to offering products that make lives healthier and more enjoyable, and programs that enrich communities around the world.

Every day millions of people trust our products to care for themselves and the ones they love. Our goal is to use our technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live.

A career at Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

Job Title: Logistics & Distribution Lead

Travel Required?: Travel - up to 10% of time

Date: Apr 11, 2025

Hybrid

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number#166441 - Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia

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.

As the Logistics and Distribution Lead, you will be responsible for leading the Colgate Palmolive South ASEAN Hub (Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore and Indonesia) logistics strategy to ensure effective and efficient delivery to our Global and Local retailers and distributors with cross functional collaborations.

What you will do

1. Lead the strategy of factory warehouse operations in finished goods shuttling.
2. Ensure operation procedure compliance to GMP, storage & handling, product conformance and product traceability quality standards and SOX Compliance both in factory warehouse and 3PL.
3. Oversee intercompany export operation by ensuring full recovery of warehouse and logistic spending, full compliance of custom declaration with supporting documentation and SOP in place to drive end to end export logistic planning.
4. Partner with Global Logistic team to finalize global ocean bid and ensure on time implementation with appointed Global freight forwarder.
5. Oversee Indonesia inbound logistic strategy and planning, ensuring full compliance of regulatory registration to support custom declaration.
6. Oversee order to invoice team for order processing, provides direction and support.
7. Oversee Authorized Economic Operator operation to support export custom declaration and import clearance through green lane. Ensure 100% data accuracy in AEO (Authorized Economic Operator) system, ensure full compliance of documentation and on time payment to support custom audit and SST claim back.
8. Oversee co-packing operation internally and externally to deliver promo planning grid inclusive establishing co-packing RFP procedure, initiate production capacity study to improve line utilization for cost optimization, ensure co-packer performance tracking in place and full compliance to quality conformance standard.
9. Full involvement with 3PL (third party logistic) on managing warehousing, freight management and logistics management for inbound & trade distribution, not limited to cost model revision and performance bonus approval as per contract guideline.
10. Owns CS&L department budgeting, which covers NVO, warehousing, logistics, freight and co-packing spending. Ensure full control of spending by delivering the target.
11. Lead and develop logistics (warehouse & freight) strategies for SAH.
12. Lead audits related to internal and external warehouse and co-packing.
13. Lead S4 Hana for warehouse.
14. Drive FTG (Funding The Growth) initiatives to deliver department goals.
15. Drive efficiencies in warehousing and freight (inbound & outbound).
16. Lead and develop the Logistics team via a robust career development plan, capabilities building, ongoing coaching, and annual employee training.
17. Performs other duties as assigned.
18. Complies with all policies and standards.

Required Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree in Business or equivalent from an accredited college or university.
2. Relevant work experience with prior experience in Customer Service, Logistics Operations, Demand/Supply Planning, Purchasing or Global Supply Chain collaboration are desirable.
3. Leadership experience in a Multinational Company (MNC) setup.
4. Excellent communication skills (both internally & externally) and analytical are a must.
5. SAP experience is highly recommended /Utilization of Supply Chain system, data, tools using SAP.

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 complete this request form should you require accommodation.