Sr. Business Specialist

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
Job Number #174045 - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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.

Brief introduction - Role Summary/Purpose :

 

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for SAP EWM/LE-WM landscapes, including decentral vs. embedded deployment decisions and interface architecture (qRFC, CIF)

• Apply deep conceptual and hands-on knowledge of warehouse management, Material Flow System (MFS),ASAR, slotting, labor management, and yard management to solve highly complex business and technical problems

• Manage and govern the design, build, and testing of warehouse business applications and architecture across multiple business units and warehouses, in line with global standards

• Review and govern configuration/development delivered by L1-L2 consultants; enforce standards, naming conventions, and best practices

• Maintain production systems reliability through governance, authorization design, and audit/safeguard frameworks for critical master and configuration data

• Review program code and configuration delivered across the team and provide corrective and design guidance

 

 

Required Qualifications :

• Engineering graduate, BSc or equivalent experience. Computer Science, BSc IT, MBA

• Minimum 4 Years of Experience with eWM S4 Hana 

• Basic knowledge of SAP ABAP and debugging is preferred

• Strong oral & written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Hold Certifications in EWM / WM Module

• Possess strong analytical abilities and a proven track record of performance in IT Role developing, configuring and implementing

• Strong leadership skills & Analytical skills 

• SAP & other system : Deep knowledge of SAP applications on a technical level

 

Responsibilities :

• Should be able to work independently in the required area.

• Should have knowledge of the Integration with Other SAP Modules.

• Should have experience in managing the Queues.

• Experience in developing Functional specifications for using objects like user exits, BADIs, enhancements.

• Strong oral & written communication skills.

• Wave template configuration, PPF (Post Processing Framework) action profile design, and MFS telegram configuration (/SCWM/MFS_*)

• Experience designing EWM authorization concepts (warehouse- and activity-based) and BAdI-based safeguards/audit logging for master and configuration data

• Architecture-level knowledge of S/4HANA, SAP PI/PO/Integration Suite, and EDI/IDoc frameworks

• Demonstrated technical leadership, client-facing communication, and proposal/estimation experience

• Strong analytical and root-cause-analysis capability across both functional and technical layers

• Should have basic knowledge of Debug Skill.

• Ability to identify, analyse, and resolve problems logically.

• Ability to troubleshoot and identify root cause.

• Should be flexible and adaptable to new technologies.

• Hands-on experience in Warehouse Management, Embedded Extended warehouse management, Decentralized Extended Warehouse management and logistics and its Integration with other Production Planning, Quality Management, batch management & material management.

• Knowledge/ Hands on experience of SAP Logistics execution (outbound, inbound delivery, shipment cycles) in batch managed scenarios.

• Knowledge of SAP applications like EDI interfaces -messages in procurement & logistics area, ABAP debugging.

• Good SAP technical architecture knowledge of connected systems including S/4HANA, Web methods or SAP PI etc.

• Knowledge on new dimensional technologies like Machine Learning, RPA, Data Science.

• Exposure to Transportation Management (TM) integration with EWM

• SAP certification in EWM

• Experience in slotting/rearrangement rule design and resource/queue management for labor optimization

• Maintain production systems reliability through correct utilization of GIT standard support and governance processes.

• Experience integrating emerging technology — RPA, ML/AI-based exception handling, and LLM-driven support tools — into EWM support models.

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.

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