Job Title:  Category Management Specialist Walmart Mexico

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #164834 - Del.Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico

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.
 

About The Role

Have you imagined leading the #1 category in a company? As Category Management Specialist for Walmart in Mexico you will build an indispensable category management offering in assigned categories and with assigned accounts based on Best Practices methodology, helping retailers get our products into the store, off the shelf, and into the home of our consumers more efficiently and profitably, to increase their return on investment! You will establish a shown customer relationship based on building thought leadership. As the guide of the category, you'll scorecard and supervise the execution of 5Ps to ensure success in all that you do. Applying category analysis, shopper insights and other available analytic tools you will apply your expertise to drive solutions for Colgate and our customers!

What You Will Do

• Complete Best Practice templates for each stage of process for assigned categories using Nielsen and Consumer Insight studies to understand channel, segment and size trends, consumer needs and purchase decision process

• Analyze partner account data and compare with market

• Coordinate regular meetings between multi-functional category teams, ensuring meeting infrastructure meets all team needs at minimal cost 

• Lead category partnership process to ensure delivery of high quality, timely analysis and become an indispensable part of the account´s business

• Help evaluate and monitor all tests before, during and after implementation and against control stores in order to build understanding of the impact of different tactics at the point of sale and improve CP´s overall understanding of category demand drivers

• Merchandising/Shelf Management 

• Finalize generic category planograms based on strategies and tactics developed in Best Practices process 

• Support Field Sales, Consumer Marketing and Channel requests for merchandising support to help us “win at the shelf”

What You Need (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Industrial Engineering or related

• At least 3 years in sales roles as Catman Assistant, POS Specialist, ISM Specialist, RM Specialist, or CD Account Manager
• Experience in category management with Walmart
• Experience working with a syndicated service (Nielsen, IRI) account, planograms: Blue Yonder
• Financial understanding and numeracy
• Experience working in consumer product goods

• Advanced English Level

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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