Job Title:  Customer Development Manager

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #165994 - Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

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 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.
 

Customer Development Manager Drug & E-com

Do you want to be part of a team that is building a future to smile about? What about having the opportunity to connect with others across the world, full of stimulating discussions, and making impactful contributions? If this is how you see your career, Colgate-Palmolive is the place to be! 

We’re looking for a Customer Development Manager within our successful subsidiary located in Amsterdam (Weesp), the Netherlands. Reporting to the  Customer Development Team Leader, the focus of the Customer Development Manager is to build strong partnerships with the retailers to ensure a mutually profitable business. Your mission? To drive market share, boost sales, and enhance margins across your accounts. 

What you'll do

Every day is unique, bringing new challenges and achievements collaborating with top retailers such as Etos, DA, Picnic, and Plein: 

External

• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the customer strategy, their shopper and how Colgate-Palmolive can optimize their brands and strategy within this environment

• Demonstrate commercial drive to identify issues and opportunities for resolution/optimization and target achievement.

• Day to day contact with your customers

• Yearly negotiation

Internal

• Develop tailored commercial plans & implement them via a Joint Business Planning

• Work closely and creatively with a cross-functional commercial team (e.g. finance, consumer engagement, category management and logistics) to identify, develop and implement the appropriate business solutions required to drive the business forward. 

• Lead a team of 1 or 2 direct reports (t.b.d.)

WHOA, this is totally me 

• +5 years experience in account management within a FMCG company

• A proactive optimist fluent in Dutch and English

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree holder with insights into the FMCG industry and Dutch retail

• Passionate about brands and shopper behavior, with a hands-on, adaptive approach

• Team player (easily develops relationship with customers and colleagues in other functions) with a winner mentality focused on delivering results

• Strong analytical skills, accurate, curious and pragmatic

What we offer you

• A unique opportunity to be part of a bold, optimistic and young successful team

• Flexibility; we have a hybrid working model providing the empowerment to take ownership of your work-life balance. There is the opportunity to work remote and in the summer months the flexibility to enjoy the weekend earlier on Friday afternoons.

• An attractive salary package with bonus, a car (allowance) and 13th month

• Professional advantages of a multicultural environment that supports your development and recognizes your achievements

• A Sustainable Bicycle plan

• On an annual basis you are granted 29 holidays 

• From the end of May till the end of September we have “Summer Hours”  where we provide the flexibility to enjoy the weekend earlier on Friday afternoon

If you’ve read this far, we bet it’s because you’re serious about joining a group of passionate people so just hit the “apply” button, submit your application and give your career a reason to smile about! 

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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