Customer Development Manager Costco

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number#173058 - Seattle Washington 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 valuesCaring Inclusive and Courageouswe foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together lets build a brighter healthier future for all.

As the Customer Development Manager on the Costco team you will have ownership and responsibility to deliver 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 the divisional levels to ensure maximum volume profitability and customer service. You will work with the immediate Costco team Club team and other cross-functional touchpoints in order 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 Costco. You will demonstrate consumer insights associated with strong Colgate-Palmolive brand equities to drive incremental growth and strengthen the customer investment strategy that is consistent with Retail Environment strategy brand strategy and shopper insights.

This is a field based role located in the Seattle Metropolitan region.

Responsibilities:

• 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
• Establish partnerships with multiple parties including internal cross-functional teams divisional buyers and the customer merchandising team. These relationships thrive on mutual trust and integrity to achieve results and execute against strategy and goals. You also enjoy working in a matrix environment
• 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:

• Bachelors 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)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in consumer product goods
• Previous experience working with Costco or in the Club retail environment

Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $109600.00 - $137000.00 USD

Pay is determined based on experience qualifications and location. Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses profit-sharing and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles.

Benefits: Salaried employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental vision basic life insurance paid parental leave disability coverage and participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements. Additional benefits include a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days (hourly employees receive a minimum of 120 hours) and 13 paid holidays (vacation days are prorated based on the employees hire date within the calendar year). Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws. Detailed information regarding paid sick leave entitlements will be provided to employees upon hiring and may be subject to adjustments based on changes in legislation or company policies.

Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our peopledeveloping 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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