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A part of Colgate-Palmolive since 1976, Hill's Pet Nutrition offers the highest-quality pet nutrition available through product lines Prescription Diet® and Science Diet®. Veterinarians worldwide recommend and feed their own pets Hill's products more than any other brand of pet food.

Available in approximately 80 countries around the world, our extensive line of products includes more than 60 Prescription Diet brand pet foods and more than 50 Science Diet brand pet foods.

We believe all animals should be loved and cared for during their lifetimes. That is why we are proud our pet foods can make a difference in your pet's life.

A career at Hill’s Pet Nutrition or 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.

Job Title:  Category & Digital Insights Mgr

Travel Required?:  Travel - 25% of time
Date:  Oct 29, 2024
Hybrid

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #163686 - Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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.

 

Location: Woking, UK
Salary Grade: 13-14
Reporting to: National Sales Manager
 

 

Job Purpose
This is a pivotal role providing you with experience working in a fast-paced, industry leading pet-food manufacturer. In this exciting and multidimensional role, requiring an omnichannel demeanour,  you will be a key player driving the Digital Shelf Optimisation (DSO) objectives, in tandem with being Hill’s ‘category’ expert. You will also have the opportunity to take your expertise externally, collaborating with our customers to push the boundaries of our digital transformation, making you critical to our success in this journey both internally and externally.
This role reports into the National Sales Senior Manager - Pet and eCommerce


What you will do:

  • Digital Shelf Assessment / Monitoring (50%)
  • Carry out a foundational assessment in eCom using Hill’s Online Acceleration model
  • Establish core reporting ways-of-working using key tools (Profitero, SW, Fox intel and DOMO)  
  • Supervise 6Ps +A performance and strategic gaps vs overall brand strategies
  • Build out an understanding of our local Customer algorithms, offer solutions to improve Hill’s performance within these.
  • Find gaps & Opportunities to optimise digital shelf. 
  • Be one of the key collaborators in managing the quarterly OAC/UK commercial subject area (from a UK perspective).
  • Pet & eCom Channel Category & Insights Support (30%)
  • In partnership with the data & analytics team, build and maintain the right internal dashboards / reporting tools, to help ‘democratise data’ and deliver significant, actionable insights to the leadership team, CD and marketing; with a particular focus on Pets at Home (PAH) and the various data sources available through our partnership.
  • Act as our Category Management expert, to input into bi-monthly reviews of Pets at Home (PAH) / Pet Channel performance and feedback internally on category level R&O.
  • Collaborate with PAH to feed into Range Review with recommendations as appropriate 
  • Partner with PAH to build out our shopper insight & understanding, using their insights dashboards and ad-hoc projects. Establish relationships with key collaborators across their business to continue to build on Hill’s credibility as a key category partner within advanced nutrition.
  • Lead the retailer insights / category agenda within the bi-monthly field (COGIM) for Hill’s UK and senior team.
  • Customer Relationship Enhancement (20%)
  • Tailoring new product sell-in presentations to the strategies and performance of the customer(s) from a DSO perspective.
  • Support Customer Development in selling plans to eCommerce retailers
  • Co-leading with the Commercial team the organisation of digital commerce workshops with UK Customers (including UK Digital / OAC Digital Specilalists) 
  • Supports Commercial Team in developing customised shopper programs & initiatives.
  • Take a lead as one of the key contacts for our customer’s ‘brand ambassadors’. Brief into these collaborators key findings and recommended actions, tracking & measuring success, in order to improve our Digital Shelf in an efficient and agile way.

 

Who you are:

  • You have excellent communication to lead and manage ad hoc projects across the team
  • Attend customer meetings as and when required 
  • Working cross functionally i.e. within CD, Marketing & the Hill’s OAC and promoting teamwork
  • Be the UK team point of contact with 3rd party agencies where appropriate / required.
  • Analytical/Decision Making
  • Self-awareness & Personal Impact
  • You have strong organisational skills
  • Outstanding analytical skills; Proficient in Excel & PowerPoint  (Pivot Tables, VLookups etc.,)
  • In-depth Experience of DSO tools (Profitero, Brandquad or similar)
  • Experience in ‘category’ analytics, retailer KPIs, objectives & engaging x-functional retailer teams.

 
Travel Requirements
May be required to visit customers 

 


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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