Identify areas of opportunity for products and programs. You develop customer strategies that incorporate consumer insights. You maintain an awareness of competitive activity. Critical thinking, broad business acumen and ability to effectively deal with ambiguity are important leadership attributes
Influence the agenda through collaboration, negotiation and data-driven thought leadership. You have an understanding of the product development and commercialization process
Seek opportunities to improve and seek creative solutions by adapting and adjusting the strategy with the customer, revisiting objectives and gaining insights from pre and post evaluation and ROI analyses
Understand business trends in each account through fact-based analysis to include brand share, pricing, promotion levels, and trade class development along with understanding the effectiveness of different investment levers across the entire P&L.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree
5+ years of experience in sales, category management role(s) or similar roles
Strong experience working with data and analytical tools
Understanding of P&L management and good negotiation skills
Solid understanding and experience working with syndicated service account, loyalty data (Nielsen, IRI)
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite (i.e, Sheets, Slides, Docs)
Requirements
Experience working in consumer product goods
Previous experience working with ADUSA or in the Grocery retail environment
Bachelor's Degree
5+ years of experience in sales, category management role(s) or similar roles
Strong experience working with data and analytical tools
Understanding of P&L management and good negotiation skills
Solid understanding and experience working with syndicated service account, loyalty data (Nielsen, IRI)
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite (i.e, Sheets, Slides, Docs)
Additional Information
No Relocation Assistance Offered Job Number #174024 - New York, New York, United States 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.
As the Customer Development Manager on the ADUSA team, you will own and be responsible for delivering sales objectives on volume, spending and customer execution via effective customer engagement and internal collaboration. You will formulate and execute our strategic plan, at the corporate and divisional levels, to ensure maximum volume, profitability, and customer service. You will work with the immediate ADUSA team, Grocery team and other cross-functional touchpoints to develop and implement business plans with excellence. By leveraging the customer strategy, you will champion solutions that enable Colgate-Palmolive to drive growth and member engagement at ADUSA. You will demonstrate consumer insights associated with strong Colgate-Palmolive brand equities to drive incremental growth and strengthen the customer investment strategy consistent with Retail Environment strategy, brand strategy and shopper insights.
This is a field-based role located in Boston or New York Metro-areas are encouraged to apply to best support our customer relationships.