No Relocation Assistance Offered

‎144713 - Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Do you want to come to work with a smile and leave with one as well? In
between those smiles, your day consists of working in a global organization,
continually learning and collaborating, having stimulating discussions, and
making impactful contributions!

If this is how you see your career, Colgate is the place to be!

Our dependable household brands, dedicated employees, and sustainability
commitments make us a company passionate about building a future to smile
about for our employees, consumers, and surrounding communities. The pride in
our brand fuels a workplace that encourages creative thinking, champions
experimentation, and promotes authenticity which has contributed to our
enduring success.

If you would like to work for a company that lives by their values, then give
your career a reason to smile...every single day.

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY:
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Lead negotiations with key accounts: Annual contracts, marketing budgets,
transversal projects
* Build and strengthen the partnership with key accounts through anticipating their needs and providing attractive, value adding service through activations or trade marketing activities
* Be responsible for the P&L of the key accounts to ensure that the sales, distribution and merchandising opportunities are maximized and the year's targets are being achieved
* Optimize POS execution: Category management planograms, Permanent & promotional visibility
* Team management.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP -
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Cascade Channel Strategy developed by GM in the selected Accounts on both
qualitative (5P's) & Quantitative (Sales per Account, per Store, per Category
and per SKU)
* Building and managing relationships with key players (Junior Buyers & Store Manager) at the regional and/or store level.
* Conducting negotiations as necessary (planograms, displays, promotion execution etc) at regional office and/or store level.
* Coordinating special events (store-level sell-in and communication, materials management in-store etc.) in co-operation with the RM Team and GM.
* Maximizing P&L Account, by analyzing, identifying opportunities & action plan.
* Prepare Business Reviews (twice a year), with GM to meet customers and share mutual growth opportunities.

IN - STORE MANAGEMENT -
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Regularly visiting stores in order to identify areas of improvement
* Coaching & giving direction to in-store staff (merchandisers) and ensuring that they are trained and updated on new products, promotions and merchandising objectives. Identifying training needs and developing training plans with the GM.
* Working with RM to develop tools, merchandising materials and in-store programs for effective shelf management to induce shoppers to purchase Colgate products at shelf.
* Supervising & Analyzing the consistent and accurate collection of data to allow monitoring of 5P performance vs target
* Clearly communicating in-store objectives and monitoring execution of 5P targets, product availability, assortment by store format, shelf pricing (regular and promoted) promotion implementation vs plan, share of shelf and planograms, POP placement vs plan.
* Resolving operational issues at regional offices or in-store

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS -
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A Bachelor's degree
* Minimum ‎7 of experience in HSM/Pharma-DS environment in Saudi Market
* Experience in developing Business of Selected Customers
* Good English & Arabic
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.
Are you interested in working for Colgate-Palmolive? You can apply online and
attach all relevant documents such as a cover letter and resume or CV.
Applications received by e-mail are not considered in the selection process.
Become part of our team. We look forward to your application.
Colgate-Palmolive is a leading global consumer products company, tightly
focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. Colgate
sells its products in over ‎200 countries and territories around the world
under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive,
elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sorriso, Speed Stick, Lady Speed Stick, Softsoap, Irish
Spring, Protex, Sanex, Elta MD, PCA Skin, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and
Suavitel, as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.
For more information about Colgate's global business, visit the Company's web
site at http://www.colgatepalmolive.com. To learn more about Colgate Bright
Smiles, Bright Futures® oral health education program, please visit
http://www.colgatebsbf.com. To learn more about Hill's and the Hill's Food,
Shelter & Love program please visit http://www.hillspet.com. To learn more
about Tom's of Maine please visit http://www.tomsofmaine.com.
Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for
persons with disabilities. Please contact [email protected]
with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.