Category Manager, Walmart

Colgate-Palmolive; Rogers (AR); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company matching

Discretionary bonuses

Profit-sharing

Long-term incentives

Job summary

Colgate-Palmolive is seeking a Category Manager for Walmart in Rogers, AR. This hybrid role (Monday–Thursday in office) focuses on category leadership, shopper insights, and data-driven recommendations to drive growth across oral care, personal care, home care, skin care, and pet nutrition.

Responsibilities include pricing analyses, seasonal programs, new product introductions, and evaluating promotional effectiveness, leveraging 5Ps insights for Colgate and customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 3+ years in consumer product sales or category management.
• 2+ years analyzing syndicated data (Nielsen, IRI).
• Experience working with retailer POS data required.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and represent shopper needs in strategic and tactical decisions.
• Use shopper insights to develop actionable recommendations for category and Colgate solutions.
• Integrate multiple data sources to formulate customer-specific recommendations.
• Communicate complex data and insights through compelling narratives to influence stakeholders.
• Act as trusted consultant to customer and collaborate with internal teams and broker partners.
• Maintain curiosity and identify opportunities for improvement using data-driven insights.

Skills

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Google Sheets

Data analysis

Nielsen/IRI data

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

POS data

Job description

No Relocation Assistance Offered

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.

As the Category Manager for Walmart, you will create and share compelling stories with customers that provide insight into how shopper behaviors are influencing our categories. You will serve as the category expert by delivering insight‑based engaging presentations and highlighting opportunities, establishing solid customer relationships, and scoring and monitoring the effectiveness of the 5Ps to ensure success. Your work will include new product introductions, pricing analyses, seasonal reviews and programs, promotional planning and evaluation, consumer usage analyses, and understanding the impact of assortment changes on category and brand growth. Utilizing category analysis, shopper insights, and other analytic tools, you will apply your expertise to drive solutions for Colgate and our customers.

This is a hybrid role based out of Rogers, AR (Monday‑Thursday in office).

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and represent shopper needs in all strategic and tactical decision‑making.
• Utilize customer‑specific shopper behavior data and insights to develop and deliver actionable recommendations that drive category and Colgate solutions.
• Integrate and analyze multiple data sources, including shopper data, proprietary insights, and Point‑of‑Sale (POS) data, to formulate robust, customer‑specific recommendations.
• Effectively communicate complex data, insights, and shopper behavior findings through compelling, fact‑based narratives to influence customer and internal stakeholders.
• Act as a trusted consultant to the customer, building strong, collaborative partnerships founded on mutual trust and integrity. Collaborate effectively with internal teams and external broker partners to execute strategies and achieve shared business objectives.
• Maintain a high level of curiosity to proactively seek out and identify opportunities for improvement, analyze results to determine the root cause of performance, and guide the team with data‑driven insights.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 3+ years of consumer product sales or category management experience, or other relevant sales/marketing experience
• 2+ years of experience analyzing syndicated data (Nielsen, IRI)
• Experience working with retailer POS data required
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Google Sheets & Slides is required
• Availability to travel 25% of the time

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with customer Shopper Behavior Data (Scintilla, Dunhumby, ExtraCare, 1010, etc.)
• Experience working with Household Panel data (Numerator, Nielsen Panel, etc.)
• JDA or other space planning experience
• Experience working in consumer product goods

Compensation and Benefits

Salary Range $97,000.00 - $137,000.00 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. Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws.

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, 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.