Job Title:  Catman Expert Country

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 162864 - San Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador

Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!
 

About The Role 

The primary goal of this position is to develop and implement regional Retail Category Development strategies that enhance the value of categories where Colgate-Palmolive (CP) is involved. This will be achieved by focusing on the needs of clients, consumers, and shoppers.

Main Responsibilities: 

• Collaborates with clients to create and implement category strategies, defining short, medium, and long-term objectives for the categories and Retail Environments in which Colgate participates.
• Lead category growth through productivity analysis with clients across different Retail Environments/categories.
• Supervise and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented strategies (planograms and initiatives) to ensure they meet set objectives.
• Conduct periodic performance reviews of categories with various clients, providing recommendations based on the 5Ps.
• Align local strategies and tactics to develop planograms that match the agreed-upon growth strategies with clients.
• Prepare and share relevant category communications (Catmans News, Scorecards) to strengthen client relationships at all levels.
• Regularly review category performance at the retail environment level, in coordination with Retail Environment Managers & Marketing, to identify opportunities for CP in the categories.
• Develops and share compelling selling stories regarding growth opportunities for Colgate and the category in line with CATMAN commercial principles.
• Communicates progress on project implementation, planimetry, and category performance aligned with Catman commercial principles (ICPE Catman).
• Engages in collaborative work with the instore team to implement plans with excellence in store. Support JBP (Joint Business Planning) and Top-to-Top meetings with key clients by presenting proposals and project results. Allocate at least 10% of working time to visiting points of sale to verify implementations and identify improvement opportunities.

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or related field.
• At least +2 years of experience in Category Management/Commercial areas
• Intermediate English Level (At least 85%) 
• Proficiency in Microsoft and Google Suite 
• Proficiency in Spaceplanning or Spaceman and Tableau
• Competency in photo editing software.
• Strong skills in Sales, Client Relationships, and Marketing.

Preferable Qualifications: 

• MBA is highly desirable.

Our Commitment to Sustainability
With the Colgate brand in more homes than any other, we are presented with great opportunities and new challenges as we work to integrate sustainability into all aspects of our business and create positive social impact. We are determined to position ourselves for further growth as we act on our 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy.

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 contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.

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