Job Title:  Strategic Category Development Manager

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #163739 - Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specialising 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
Reporting to: Senior Strategic Category Development Lead

Why Work For Colgate Palmolive: 
The learning & development opportunities: You will refine your commercial mindset and continue to learn new skills working closely with a cross-functional team giving you exposure to all local market departments.
The challenge & variety: You will operate in a fast paced operational environment, directly impacting the day-to-day performance of the business, with personal accountability for your business.
The global experience: You will have the opportunity to work with global brands, participate in global strategies with potential to develop your career internationally.
The Colgate Values: We are Caring, We are Inclusive, and We are Courageous are integral to how we operate every day

Job purpose

This role will build & deliver compelling stories for Customers that provide insight into how shopper behaviours are influencing our categories.  You will be recognised as the impartial category authority, a growth consultant for our Buyers; responsible for highlighting opportunities, developing and delivering initiatives that will drive category & brand growth & differentiate Colgate-Palmolive from its competition. You will influence upstream the Revenue Growth Management (RGM) initiatives and growth narratives that we demonstrate with the UK and Irish trade.

You will elevate our Category Management service to that of a strategic, visionary category consultant, aligned with & demonstrating our RGM initiatives, and driving engagement at multiple levels of our retail partners, on a multi-year horizon. You will set us apart from our competitors by offering an outstanding service and demonstrating the leadership to grow our categories.  You will collaborate widely through the use of category intelligence, shopper-centric insights and a sound understanding of the our key challenges in order to deliver an outstanding category service.

What you will do

• Ensure outstanding category development principles are delivered day in, day out.
• Conduct regular category environmental assessments that help us & our customers fully understand the category challenges and improve opportunities.
• Share category expertise across the wider business community to deepen customer & category understanding. Proactively identify commercial opportunities. Work with Customer Development & Marketing Teams to implement proven 5P recommendations & tactics that drive growth.
• Build & develop independent relationships with customers, establishing Colgate-Palmolive as the go to key partner for objective category & shopper insights.
• Work cross functionally to develop and externalise category trade stories for Oral Care & Personal Care to unlock category growth for Colgate-Palmolive and our partners.
• Provide key input into the direction & implementation of NPD.
• Adapt, implement & champion ongoing dialogue & execution of our Category Growth Drivers with customers. Develop customer specific growth plans (internally and externally).
• Proactively sell-in Colgate Palmolive’s Category Management expertise with the aim of establishing Colgate Palmolive as the first point of contact for Category Planning & shopper insight and improving sales growth for the category.

Who Are You

• Educated to degree level
• At least 5 years' expertise in Category Management roles Ideally cross-functional experience, in Customer Development / Marketing
• Deep understanding of key Category Management methodologies and approaches and a clear knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of various techniques.
• Ability to face the customer, establish relationships and partnerships
• Confidence & the self-start to lead, mentor and work effectively in a cross functional team
• Experience working with customer Shopper Behavior Data, Household Panel data and Syndicated EPOS data

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, colour, 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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