Colgate Palmolive

Associate Category Development Manager - Walmart

Colgate Palmolive$105K — $122K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree required
  • 5+ years in consumer packaged goods or relevant sales/data/marketing experience
  • 2+ years of Category Management experience with syndicated services
  • Intermediate proficiency in Nielsen analytics
  • Proficient in JDA Space Planning/Blue Yonder and Google Workspace.

Responsibilities

  • Act as Scintilla Champion integrating modules for omni category growth insights
  • Leverage digital landscapes for actionable insights on in-store and online business
  • Create a unified view of categories using Walmart-specific and syndicated data
  • Translate complex insights into tailored category recommendations for Walmart
  • Serve as a strategic partner and advisor to Walmart's Category and Omni teams
  • Monitor competitive trends and present actionable insights to Walmart buyers
  • Evaluate shelf space dynamics to drive planogram recommendations.

Benefits

  • Performance-based bonus structure
  • Competitive benefits package
  • Opportunity to work in a hybrid model with flexible office days.
Full Job Description
No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #171672 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Associate Category Development Manager - Walmart role will lead the integration of physical and digital category strategies for Walmart by leveraging the Scintilla platform along with available external data (e.g. Numerator, Nielsen, etc.) to provide a unified view of the shopper journey. This role requires an entrepreneurial mindset to proactively dig into data, identify business issues, uncover drivers of change and connect multiple data sources to provide a clear, simple story. This role demands high energy, assertive management skills, an aptitude to resolve complex problems, an understanding of market dynamics and ability to employ good decision making. You also require a solid understanding of Category Management processes and practices to collaborate with customers and internal teams in the areas of effective product assortment, shelf merchandising, as well as promotional recommendations.

** This role is based out of our Toronto office, where you are expected to work 4x/week (Monday - Thursday). **

Responsibilities:

1. Scintilla-Driven Insights & Data Activation
  • Scintilla Champion: Act as the lead for integrating Scintilla's various modules (e.g., Digital Landscapes & Shopper Behavior) and connecting them with other specific Scintilla tools to uncover opportunities that drive overall omni category growth.
  • Digital Shelf Discovery: Leverage a deep understanding of digital landscapes to discover unique insights on the digital shelf and translate them into actionable opportunities for both in-store and online business.
  • Data Integration: Leverage Walmart-specific data (Scintilla) and syndicated data (Nielsen/Numerator) to create a single, actionable view of the category.
  • Strategic Narratives: Translate complex insights into clear category narratives and recommendations regarding assortment, pricing, and promotions tailored to the Walmart ecosystem.


2. Strategic Advisor & Partnership
  • Capability Partner: Act as a trusted advisor to Walmart's Category and Omni teams, working as a strategic partner.
  • As a trusted category advisor, complete WM weekly reports, projects and ad-hoc requests as required by the WM buyer. Complete modular review process leveraging category analysis, shopper insights and available analytic tools.
  • Continuously monitor competitive retailer trends, category changes and provide buyers with value add insights.
  • Deliver best in class presentations that highlight category growth opportunities, risks and potential challenges.
  • Influence Walmart decisions on category roles, space, and modular changes by presenting a total-business view.
  • Evaluate share of shelf & BIC POG principles to uncover opportunities to drive planogram recommendations


Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 5+ years experience in consumer packaged goods or other relevant sales/data/marketing experience
  • 2+ years of Category Management experience, using syndicated service (Nielsen, Retail Link, Scintilla, Numerator, Promo Intel, etc.), intermediate use of Nielsen
  • Proficient in JDA Space Planning/Blue Yonder and planogram development, proficient with Google environment (sheets, slides, doc, etc.)


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Walmart experience in sales or advisor capacity


Compensation
Salary Range $105,300.00 - $122,850.00 CAD per year

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to experience, education, skills and work or office location. In addition to your salary, Colgate-Palmolive Canada Inc. / Hill's Pet Nutrition Canada Inc. offers a performance based bonus and competitive benefits package.

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About Colgate Palmolive

Colgate-Palmolive Company (Colgate) is a consumer products company whose products are marketed in over 200 countries and territories throughout the world. It operates in two segments: Oral, Personal and Home Care and Pet Nutrition. Oral Care business products include Colgate Total, Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief, Colgate Max Fresh, Colgate Optic White, and Colgate Luminous White toothpastes, Colgate 360° manual toothbrushes and Colgate and Colgate Plax mouth rinses. Colgate's Oral Care business also includes dental floss and pharmaceutical products for dentists and oral health professionals. Its Personal Care products also include Palmolive, Softsoap and Sanex brand shower gels, Palmolive, Irish Spring, and Protex bar soaps and Speed Stick, Lady Speed Stick and Sanex deodorants and antiperspirants. It sells liquid hand soap under the Palmolive, Protex and Softsoap brands. Colgate, through its Hill's Pet Nutrition segment (Hill's), manufactures pet nutrition products for dogs and cats.

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Market Cap
$66.6 billion
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Net Income
$2.6 billion
Founded
1806
5 Year Trend
+2.8%
Revenue
$16.4 billion
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