Associate Category Manager, Walmart
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No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number#171672 - Toronto Ontario Canada
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 valuesCaring Inclusive and Courageouswe foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together lets build a brighter healthier future for all.
The Associate Category Manager and Category Advisor for Walmart will identify opportunities to deliver category and customer growth through fact-based recommendation. The Associate Category Manager/Category Advisor will assess trends analyze PL data shopper data and syndicated/point of sale data to identify key customer opportunities for growth. This role demands high energy and agility assertive management skills an aptitude to resolve complex problems understanding of market dynamics and employment of good decision making skills.
This is a hybrid position and will work from the Toronto office 4x week.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as category advisor to Walmart completing Walmart weekly reports projects and ad-hoc requests as required by the Walmart buyer. Complete modular review process leveraging category analysis shopper insights and available analytic tools
- As category expert deliver best in class presentations that highlight category growth opportunities risks and potential challenges
- Develop compelling customer presentations for new innovation key business issues planogram and shelf recommendations
- Build and maintain strong multi-level relationships internally and externally based on mutual trust and integrity
- Align & synchronize Colgate brand strategies/priorities with customer strategies to create win-win outcomes. Execute new product initiatives in line with joint business plans
- Support category management growth through shelf management technologies POS and Nielsen applications with emphasis on fact based selling
- Demonstrate expertise in category management and efficient assortment decisions while influencing to help drive category growth
- Use shelf management software and category expertise to recommend optimal shelf placement for new and existing products with the objective of expanding and securing distribution/placement
- Evaluate share of shelf and uncover opportunities to drive planogram recommendations internally/externally
- Evaluate effectiveness of Colgate and competitive promotions through post promo-analysis. Make clear recommendations internally & externally
- Be proficient in interpreting shopper and consumer research to drive category solutions development with customers (i.e. Numerator)
- Use an entrepreneurial insight led approach to proactively identify business issues dig into data to uncover drivers of change connect multiple data sources into a simple persuasive story
- Actively participate in team building and best practice sharing to increase overall team effectiveness
- Work with all functional areas of the customer development team to develop and execute the business
- Monitor and scorecard execution of 7P activities against established objectives and guidelines
Reqired qualifications
- Bachelors degree
- 5 years experience in consumer packaged goods or other relevant sales/data/marketing experience
- 2 years of Category Management experience using syndicated service (Nielsen IRI Retail Link Scintilla Numerator promo Intel etc.)
- Proficient in JDA Space Planning/Blue Yonder and planogram development
- Proficient with Google Suite
Preferred qualifications
- Walmart customer experience
- Category advisorship experience
Compensation
Salary Range $105300.00 - $122850.00 CAD per year
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to experience education skills and work or office addition to your salary Colgate-Palmolive Canada Inc. / Hills Pet Nutrition Canada Inc. offers a performance based bonus and competitive benefits package.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our peopledeveloping 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 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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Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Abinitio
- Aerospace Engineering
- Corporate Relationship
- Business Administration
- Financial Reporting
- Avionics
About Company
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