Category Manager 165584

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number#165584 Surrey England United Kingdom

Who We Are

ColgatePalmolive 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 ColgatePalmolive 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.

Location: Woking UK
Reporting to: Head of Category

Why Work For Colgate Palmolive:

• The learning & development opportunities: You will refine your commercial mindset and continue to learn new skills working closely with a crossfunctional team giving you exposure to all local market departments.
• The challenge & variety: You will operate in a fast paced operational environment directly impacting the daytoday performance of the business with personal accountability for your business.
• The global experience: You will have the opportunity to work with global brands participate in global strategies with potential to develop your career internationally.
• The Colgate Values: Caring Inclusive and Courageous are integral to how we operate every day

Job Purpose

Join the dynamic and innovative Customer Development team at ColgatePalmolive and play a pivotal role in todays evolving retail landscape. Youll craft and deliver compelling narratives that offer deep insights into shopper behaviors positioning you as the impartial category guide and growth consultant for our Buyers. You will find opportunities and orchestrate initiatives to drive category and brand growth distinguishing ColgatePalmolive from its competitors.
As an influential member of the broader Market Strategy & Planning team youll craft Revenue Growth Management and growth strategies that resonate with UK and Irish trade. Empower your career path by building meaningful customer relationships based on thought leadership analytics and outstanding customer service. Collaborate extensively by using category intelligence and shoppercentric insights to provide outstanding category services in the everchanging market

What you will do

• Identify & develop (shopper insight led) category & brand growth plans and customer propositions that grow our customers business and increase ColgatePalmolive market share.
• Build & develop independent relationships with customers establishing ColgatePalmolive as the go to key partner for objective category & shopper insights.
• Proactively identify commercial opportunities. Work with Customer Development & Marketing Teams to implement solid 5P recommendations & tactics that drive growth.
• Develop a consistent category management approach leading and utilising the tools crafted to enable ColgatePalmolive to provide outstanding approach to key touch points with customers (Range review planograms etc.
• Work cross functionally to develop and externalise category strategies for Dental & Washing & bathing to unlock category growth for ColgatePalmolive and our retail partners. Provide key input into the direction & implementation of NPD.
• Share category expertise across the wider business community to deepen customer & category understanding.
• Adapt implement & champion ongoing dialogue & of our Category Growth Drivers with customers. Develop customer specific growth plans (internally and externally).
• Ensure outstanding category development principles are delivered day in day out.

Who you are

• A storyteller you can interpret data & insights and optimally turn them into factbased stories that will drive discussion & action. You can optimally deliver these stores both internally and externally.
• You can connect the dots by using multiple data sources trends business strategies & a little bit of instinct you develop category insights and use these insights to identify unmet opportunities & make recommendations for growth
• You are a shopper champion you put the shopper at the heart of everything you do and improve category sales potential through a shoppercentric approach.
• Your track record demonstrates ability to deliver category & customer business plans that benefit both our business and customers.
• Bachelors degree
• Full proficiency in a wide range of data sources (Nielsen & Kantar plus loyalty card data).
• Solid understanding of UK retailers and strong commercial understanding
• 4 years category or customer management experience (or other relevant experience)
• Proficient in space planning tools
  

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.

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