Sr Director, Catman NA

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
Job Number #166316 - 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.
 

The Experience:

In today’s rapidly evolving retail environment, Category Management has quickly become a top growth priority and at Colgate Palmolive, we are excited by the challenges this dynamic space brings. Our dedicated Catman team is full of passionate individuals and we are seeking a leader with the same energy, diligence and positivity who can help us lead change for our business. We are looking for an inspirational leader and builder who can build the strategy for and deliver results against Colgate’s goals. As the Senior Director Catman Strategy, you will play a critical role in driving the Colgate North America Category Management strategy. Our ideal candidate is an experienced and versatile business leader who has a proven track record of high performance, thinks big, and operates at depth. In addition, this leader has experience managing diverse ecommerce categories and teams in a highly dynamic business environment. With a deep understanding and knowledge of the NA retail environment and brand strategy, you will serve as primary lead for the development of best of class account category plans, best practice applications and tools. The Senior Director is responsible for elevating our overall category expertise to unlock category growth and solutions across all channels and categories.

Provide Strategic Direction 

• Lead the strategic and tactical development of leading edge, best-in-class Category Management processes for the company. Application by class of trade and facilitated intra company knowledge and expertise around category management principles and strategic vision

• Produces thought leadership used in VP level customer meetings, Top to Top, JBP meetings and Company’s events

Problem Solving and Analytics

• Develop holistic category strategies by leveraging the tools, insights, and analytics from internal, industry, and retailer-specific sources

• Retrieve and interpret customer, category and shopper data from multiple sources to develop compelling and executable insights to drive distribution, shelving, and merchandising strategies

• Leverage enterprise-wide problem-solving tools, task management and stakeholders to address business problems

Selling Expertise 

• Provide selling teams with support and guidance by leveraging national category management strategies

• Assist with the execution of selling strategies by providing category or customer-specific insights and recommendations

• Support development of joint business plans with customers by defining opportunities, providing key information, and preparing presentation materials

Lead and accountable for the success of the Category Management (Catman) Organization

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