Job Description

Established in 1806 as a small soap and candle business in New York City, Colgate-Palmolive is now a truly global company with products sold in over 200 countries and territories under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Haci Sakir, Suavitel, PCA SKIN, EltaMD, Filorga and Hello as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company that serves hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide with brands and products across four core businesses – Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We are committed to offering products that make lives healthier and more enjoyable, and programs that enrich communities around the world.

Every day millions of people trust our products to care for themselves and the ones they love. Our goal is to use our technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live.

A career at Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.
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Job Title:  Digital Perf Mgr - Search, Shelf & eCom
Travel Required?:  No Travel
Posting Start Date:  7/1/25
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No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #167908 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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.
 

Full time role - 12 month contract (parental leave)

4 days in the office Mon- Thurs + Flex 1 day (Friday)

 

We are looking for a Digital Performance Manager - Search, Shelf & eCom to manage our online product presence and optimize our digital shelf space across various e-commerce platforms. 

 

In this role you will:

  • Drive online revenue growth across major retailers

  • Fully manage all search campaigns to meet their marketing objectives

  • Optimize the digital shelf strategy, coaching a digital shelf merchandiser role reporting into you

  • Foster a performance culture by sharing insights and results, collecting data and testing hypothesis 

 

You will work closely with the Customer Development team, Brand Marketing team, Digital Hub partners, and external customers. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the media/retail media industry and a background in the digital shelf and paid search landscape.

The role also has one direct report - a digital shelf merchandiser. You will oversee the development of the digital shelf to drive brand experience and conversion, and lead reporting to share insights within the wider business.

 

Responsibilities: 

  • Lead the wider digital shelf strategy to drive eCommerce growth and superior brand experience, working with cross functional teams and customers, and developing your team’s expertise and results 

  • Expertise in how search mechanics work across all paid and organic search platforms, with a focus on eCommerce

  • Set overall strategy and lead search campaign execution off-platform (SEO, SEM), and retailer on-platform (e.g., Woolworths, Coles, Chemist Warehouse), managing budgets and bids, optimizing account configuration, keyword targeting and reporting/insights

  • Continuous measuring  & understand results of campaign performance to optimize traffic quality and ROAS, sales and market shares, sharing learnings and optimizing 

  • Understand what quality factors decide brand ranking performance on both paid and organic searches, and then taking action to optimize 

  • Being experimental, testing and learning with new strategies and tools to increasing overall brand visibility and performance

  • Partner with brand teams to help bring “24/7 always on” campaigns and strategies to life

  • Build and elevate the Search, Digital Shelf and eCom capabilities of both on and off-platform within a wider organization via. regular update and best practices sharing with key stakeholders as well as through team trainings

 

Required (Education, Knowledge required, Language skills, etc):

  • Bachelor’s degree 

  • 3+ years work experience with focus in paid search, retail search, eCommerce, digital shelf or similar directly related experience

  • Established and proven search experiences on all search platforms

  • Proficient in the English language

 

Preferred Requirements:

  • Experience working in FMCG/CPG strongly preferred

  • People manger experience

 

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Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our people—developing 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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