Customer Development Manager National Metcash

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number#174104 - Sydney New South Wales Australia

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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 valuesCaring Inclusive and Courageouswe foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together lets build a brighter healthier future for all.

Reporting to the Customer Development Team Leader the Customer Development Manager National Metcash is responsible for the achievement of a broad range of commercial objectives across all categories within the national Metcash business. You will lead the delivery of the National Business Plan and key growth strategies as well as maximising support for new line launches and return on promotional investment.

Critical to this exciting role is an ability to work within a cross functional team in a fast paced environment with numerous internal and external stakeholders. The ability to simultaneously manage a large number of projects is integral to success in this role. Working closely with the entire Independents CDT field sales team and Retail Marketing team you will be responsible for bringing our strategies and plans to market and optimising on an ongoing basis to ensure they remain effective.

Another crucial element of your success in this role is your ability to coach develop and empower your direct reports two Customer Development Executives to excel in their roles confidently engage and win with their customers and develop the key skills required to progress within the organisation.

Responsibilities:

• Building and managing successful relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally

• Development of promotional strategy and action plans to maximise growth including post-event analysis and recommendations

• Monitoring sales and distribution performance particularly for new products and taking timely action to drive continuous improvement

• Implementing and maintaining Category Management initiatives within the independent trade developed in partnership with the Category & Shopper Development Manager

• Partner with state field operations teams to ensure all strategies plans and programs are implemented with excellence at field level

• Managing coaching and developing two direct reports- Health & Beauty and Home Customer Development Executives

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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.

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