Working Student / Assistant Sales & Trade Marketing (f/m/d)

Colgate-Palmolive Company; Basel; Hybrid; CHF 17,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Colgate-Palmolive Company in Therwil (Basel area) seeks a Sales & Trade Marketing Assistant for up to 24 months to accompany Master’s studies. You will support Key Account Management and Trade/Retail Marketing across brands and customers, gaining hands-on experience in promotions and listings.

The role offers a 50% Pensum (20.5 hours/week) with flexibility to split on-site days and remote home office, enabling strong team interaction while balancing exams.

Qualifications

• Enrolled Master’s student in Business Administration, Economics, Sales, Marketing or a related field.
• Fluent in German and proficient in English.
• Strong MS Office / Google Suite skills; able to work analytically and in a team.
• Hands-on, proactive, well organized, reliable and communicative.
• Affinity to AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Support Key Account Managers in day-to-day operations and promotions for retail accounts in Switzerland.
• Assist in promotional planning, copacking tracking, evaluating and tracking promotions and activations.
• Create product sell-sheets, master data files, and presentation materials for listings.
• Conduct store checks, monitor competitor activity, and gather shopper insights.
• Draft account presentations and performance reviews.
• Support shopper marketing campaigns, POS activations and localization of campaigns across partners.
• Manage the digital shelf on owned pages and retailer e-commerce platforms.
• Coordinate local retail media campaigns from briefing to delivery.

Skills

German language

English language

MS Office / Google Suite

Analytical thinking

Team player

Affinity to AI tools

Project coordination

Education

Master’s student in Business Administration / Economics / Sales / Marketing

Job description

No Relocation Assistance Offered

Job Number #176753 - Therwil, Switzerland, Switzerland

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.

As Sales & Trade Marketing Assistant you enter a role of up to 24 months in parallel to your Master’s studies, offering experience in operational workstreams and driving commercial ownership rather than short-term internship tasks. You will support both colleagues from Key Account Management and Trade / Retail Marketing across different customers and brands. This is the ideal start for you to become part of our team, get to love our brands, understand the daily operations of sales and marketing roles and show your commercial understanding in specific projects.

Our office is just a short tram ride away from the center of Basel, and we offer flexible working hours and flexibility to split them between on-site days for maximum interaction with the team and remote home office options.

Working Hours: 50% Pensum (20.5 hours/week) - with flexibility to balance around exam periods

Target Group: Enrolled Master’s students

Key Responsibilities:

• Key Account Management Support: Assist Key Account Managers in day-to-day operations and promotional management for retail accounts in Switzerland.
• Promotional Planning Support: Assist in planning, steering copacking process, evaluating, and tracking promotions and customer-specific activations.
• Listing & Listing Preparation: Support the team during annual listing negotiations and assortment changes by creating product sell-sheets, master data files, presentation materials and data updates with customers.
• Category & Competitor Tracking: Conduct store checks, monitor competitor activities at the omni-point of sale, and gather shopper insight data.
• Customer Presentation Creation: Draft account-specific presentations, pitch decks, and performance reviews.
• POS & Trade Activation: Support the implementation and coordination of shopper marketing campaigns, POS activations, and secondary displays across retail partners.
• Digital shelf: Manage our digital shelf across owned webpages and retailer e-commerce platforms.
• Retail Media: Managing end-to-end execution and localization of local retail media campaigns (agency briefing, coordination of asset production, ensuring on-time delivery).

Requirements:

• Enrolled student in Master’s program Business Administration, Economics, Sales, Marketing, or a related field
• Strong interest in FMCG, Retail, Sales, Marketing
• Fluent in German and proficient in English
• Strong MS Office / Google Suite skills (especially spreadsheets, presentations)
• Hands-on, proactive, well organized, reliable and communicative team player with a structured & analytical approach to problem-solving
• Affinity to AI tool

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.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.