Associate Category Manager, Walmart

Established in 1806 as a small soap and candle business in New York City, Colgate-Palmolive is now a truly global company with products sold in over 200 countries and territories under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Haci Sakir, Suavitel, PCA SKIN, EltaMD, Filorga and Hello as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company that serves hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide with brands and products across four core businesses – Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We are committed to offering products that make lives healthier and more enjoyable, and programs that enrich communities around the world.

Every day millions of people trust our products to care for themselves and the ones they love. Our goal is to use our technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live.

A career at Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

Job Title:

Associate Category Manager, Walmart

Travel Required?:
Travel - up to 10% of time

Posting

Start Date:

2/17/26

Hybrid

No Relocation Assistance Offered

Job Number#171672 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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 Associate Category Manager and Category Advisor for Walmart will identify opportunities to deliver category and customer growth through fact-based recommendation. The Associate Category Manager/Category Advisor will assess trends, analyze PL data, shopper data and syndicated/point of sale data to identify key customer opportunities for growth. This role demands high energy and agility, assertive management skills, an aptitude to resolve complex problems, understanding of market dynamics and employment of good decision making skills.

This is a hybrid position and will work from the Toronto office 4x week.

• Serve as category advisor to Walmart, completing Walmart weekly reports, projects and ad-hoc requests as required by the Walmart buyer. Complete modular review process leveraging category analysis, shopper insights and available analytic tools
• As category expert, deliver best in class presentations that highlight category growth opportunities, risks and potential challenges
• Develop compelling customer presentations for new innovation, key business issues, planogram and shelf recommendations
• Build and maintain strong, multi-level relationships internally and externally based on mutual trust and integrity
• Align & synchronize Colgate brand strategies/priorities with customer strategies to create win-win outcomes. Execute new product initiatives in line with joint business plans
• Support category management growth through shelf management technologies, POS and Nielsen applications, with emphasis on fact based selling
• Demonstrate expertise in category management and efficient assortment decisions while influencing to help drive category growth
• Use shelf management software and category expertise to recommend optimal shelf placement for new and existing products, with the objective of expanding and securing distribution/placement
• Evaluate share of shelf and uncover opportunities to drive planogram recommendations internally/externally
• Evaluate effectiveness of Colgate and competitive promotions through post promo-analysis. Make clear recommendations…