Retail Category Development Manager

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Job description

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 114660 - Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Location: Guildford, UK

Reporting to: Customer Development Team Leader

Why Work For Colgate Palmolive:

The learning & development opportunities: You will refine your commercial mind-set 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: Caring, global teamwork and continuous improvement are integral to how we operate every day

Job Purpose

In today's dynamic retail environment, it is an exciting time to be part of the Customer Development team at Colgate-Palmolive. Our energetic team is dedicated to driving growth for our customers and for our own business in this ever changing Omnichannel marketplace.
As part of the Retail Category Development team, you will be responsible for leading the business relationship across a portfolio of key customers. You will be recognised as the impartial category expert, creating & delivering compelling stories that provide insights into how shopper behaviours are influencing our categories. You will leverage your network of insights and resources to highlight opportunities and deliver initiatives that will drive Omnichannel category & Colgate-Palmolive brand growth.
As a pro-active and highly motivated individual, you will forge meaningful customer relationships based on thought leadership. You will collaborate widely through the use of category intelligence, shopper-centric insights and a sound understanding of the business challenges in order to deliver an outstanding category service.

Main Responsibilities

You are an effective storyteller - you can leverage data & insights and turn them into compelling fact-based stories that will drive discussion & action. You have excellent communication skills and are able to influence internal and external stakeholders.
You can connect the dots - by using multiple data sources, trends, business strategies & a little bit of instinct, you develop category insights and use these insights to identify opportunities & make recommendations that drive growth.
You are naturally curious - you are a self-starter with a natural curiosity, proactively looking for and sharing solutions to unlock unmet opportunities.
You are a juggler - you are tenacious & flexible in your ability to set, juggle and manage multiple priorities in a fast paced, dynamic retail environment. You are composed and remain positive under pressure, focus on your priorities and can organise your own workload.
You are a shopper champion - you put the shopper at the heart of everything you do and maximise category sales potential through a shopper-centric approach.
You are a deliverer of results - your track record demonstrates your ability to deliver category & customer business plans that benefit both Colgate-Palmolive and our customers.
Conduct regular omnichannel category assessments and environmental scans that help Colgate & our customers fully understand the category challenges and opportunities.
Proactively identify commercial opportunities and work with Customer Development & Consumer Experience teams to implement solid 5P recommendations & tactics that drive growth both in brick and mortar stores and online.
Build & develop independent relationships with customers, establishing Colgate-Palmolive as the go to key partner for objective insights, range reviews, category planning and visions.
Work cross functionally to develop and externalise category trade stories for Dental & Washing & Bathing to unlock category growth for Colgate and our retail partners. Provide key input into the direction & implementation of innovation.
Adapt, implement & champion ongoing dialogue & execution of our Category Growth Drivers with customers. Develop customer specific growth plans internally and externally.
Share category expertise across the wider business community to deepen customer & category understanding.

Personal Attributes

Essential:

Full competency in a wide range of data sources (Nielsen & Kantar plus loyalty card data).
Working knowledge of UK retailers
Commercial understanding
4+ years category management experience (or other relevant experience)

Preferred:

Bachelor's degree (desired)
Competent in the use of space planning tools.
Google Suite proficiency
FMCG environment experience

Key Competencies

In priority order:

Consumer/Customer Focus
Analytical thinking & decision making
Results Oriented
Teamwork & Collaboration

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.

Are you interested in working for Colgate-Palmolive? You can apply online and attach all relevant documents such as a cover letter and resume or CV. Applications received by e-mail are not considered in the selection process. Become part of our team. We look forward to your application.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading global consumer products company, tightly focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. Colgate sells its products in over 200 countries and territories around the world under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sorriso, Speed Stick, Lady Speed Stick, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sanex, Elta MD, PCA Skin, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.

For more information about Colgate's global business, visit the Company's web site at . To learn more about Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures® oral health education program, please visit . To learn more about Hill's and the Hill's Food, Shelter & Love program please visit . To learn more about Tom's of Maine please visit .

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.