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Job Number #171331 - 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.
 

This role is responsible for leveraging consumer research, shopper insights and retail scan data to create powerful category visions and compelling customer narratives for activation across all Retail Environments. With a strong understanding of the macro environment, consumer trends, and internal KPIs, you will identify new pathways to drive category growth and company performance. You will be responsible for steering this strategy by developing the 7P Guidelines by Retail Environment for the non-pricing Ps (i.e. People Journey, Product, Placement, POP, Persuasion) and leading specific initiatives that stimulate joint growth for both our retail partners and the company.

Main Responsibilities:

• Integrated Category Strategy & Vision:

  • Develop, manage, and externally articulate the long-term Category Vision.

  • Lead the identification and execution of "big bets", key category events, and key growth projects and initiatives.

  • Create robust category narratives based on "pockets of growth" analysis (by subcategory, customer, RE, etc.).

  • Own and execute the non-pricing 'Ps' (Product, Place, Promotion) of the 7P strategy across all retail environments.

  • Manage the total business portfolio, including leading product simplification and discontinuation projects ("Project Sunset").

• Strategic Partnership & Execution Support:

  • Partner with Marketing, eComm and Insights teams to translate consumer data and brand plans into effective commercial and customer strategies.

  • Provide category-specific expertise for ’Tier 2’ customers, including category review support (as required) and ‘store of the future’ projects.

  • Develop a centralised category review presentation for adaptation by all CDTs.

• Project Management and Commercial Actions:

  • Maintain a list of category projects-in-play and work with internal partners and stakeholders to prioritise and track progress vs. agreed timelines based on size of prize/strategic significance analysis.

  • Lead or support special projects and team initiatives as needed to align with evolving goals and drive organisational success.

• Operational Excellence & Performance Management:

  • Report back on comprehensive category performance broken down by subcategory, Retail Environment (RE), online vs off-line and customer, as part of the monthly discipline process.

  • Drive performance transparency via scorecard for timely and accurate reporting.

Required Qualifications

• University degree mandatory, Marketing/Commerce preferred

• Relevant experience in Marketing, Sales or other Business functions

• FMCG experience or minimum 5 years in a commercial role preferred (supplier or retailer) 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience in commercial roles - Customer Development or Marketing

• Experience working in consumer product goods preferred

• Google Suite proficiency (i.e, Sheets, Slides, Docs) preferred

• Strong communication skills 

• Strong collaborator

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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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