Category Development Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 13, 2026.
No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #176915 - Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specialising 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.
Category Development Manager - Sweden
Subsidiary: Sweden
Location: Danderyd, Stockholm
Reporting to: General Manager, Sweden/Norway
Salary Range : 553500 - 615000
Maternity Leave Cover from March 22, 2027 to April 2028
In today’s dynamic retail environment, it is an exciting time to be part of the commercial team at Colgate-Palmolive. As part of the Retail Marketing team, you will create & deliver compelling stories for customers that provide insight into how shopper behaviours are influencing our categories. You will be recognised as the impartial category expert, a “growth consultant” for our customers, responsible for highlighting opportunities, developing and delivering initiatives that will drive category & brand growth & differentiate Colgate-Palmolive from its competition.
You will be an important link between our Retail Marketing and CDM (KAM) teams, working with the local Swedish team as well as category experts in other markets to learn and share opportunities.
What the job is about
- You have an analytical mindset and can connect the dots. By using multiple data sources, trends, business strategies & a little bit of instinct, you develop category recommendations that drive growth for us and the customers.
- You are an effective storyteller - you can interpret data & insights, and effectively turn them into fact-based stories that will drive discussion & action. You can effectively deliver these stores both internally and externally.
- 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 build & develop independent relationships with customers, establishing Colgate-Palmolive as the go to key partner for objective category & shopper insights.
- Youanalyse planograms and assortment by sales banner and provide recommendations in each of the range reviews to customers.
- You are the local RGM (revenue growth management) champion, driving all RGM levers to find profitable growth.
- You are responsible for updating and improving the monthly standard reports (Nielsen) to facilitate easy access and understanding of category dynamics for the Swedish team.
- You are responsible for the promo evaluation process, where we analyse and learn from our past promotions to finetune and optimise future promo investments.
- You are responsible for developing cross-category in-store promotions for the winter and summer sales cycles, in collaboration with the retail marketing managers.
What you need to have to succeed
- A strong competency in Nielsen (NiQ), our primart analytical data tool, and in Excel / Google sheets
- A basic knowledge of Swedish FMCG retailers
- A strong commercial understanding
- Experience from customer or category management, ideally from the FMCG industry
- Academic degree
- Proficiency in writing and speaking Swedish & English
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our people-developing 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, colour, 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.
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