Material Planning Coordinator

No Relocation Assistance Offered

Job Number # Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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.

Scope of Responsibility:

• The Materials Planning Coordinator is responsible for ensuring material availability to support production plans and product launches, with strong analytical capability and cross-functional interaction. Responsible also for ensuring data accuracy and consistency in production planning processes This role also involves people leadership, focusing on team development, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead the materials planning team, fostering technical and behavioral development, providing continuous feedback and development support
• Promote a culture of collaboration, engagement and continuous learning
• Support the implementation and evolution of digital tools and automation for planning processes
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and analytics to enhance visibility and control over planning operations
• Ensure the accuracy and consistency of production planning data supporting 100% System Driven Planning and proper governance of planning-related information
• Maintain alignment with global planning guidelines and support the implementation of best practices
• Coordinate quarterly master data updates such as Safety Stock, MOQ, Lot Size and PDT to maximize efficiencies and minimize inventory cost while increasing service level
• Define inventory models, targets, and optimization opportunities.

• Analyze production planning KPIs, inventory levels, and capacity constraints to support data-driven decision-making

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Supply Network Planning, Demand Planning, Manufacturing, Procurement, Netops, Logistics and External Partners) to optimize planning processes and execute supply network strategies

• Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying inefficiencies and proposing process optimizations
• Manage Slob, write-off and scrap projections driving preventive actions
• Ensure accuracy in inventory projections and reconciliation

Essential skills, knowledge, and experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Engineering, Business or related field
• At least 5 years prior experience in Planning or Supply Chain roles
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work with data, analytics and AI
• Advanced English proficiency
• Microsoft Office, SAP, Google Collaboration Tools, DOMO and other digital tool

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, colour, 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.