Commercial Graduate 2025

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!

The role

Do you want to come to work with a smile and leave with one as well?

Our Commercial Graduate Programme is crafted to develop you as a high performing individual who will compete to become a future Colgate leader, driving sustainable business growth in highly competitive markets and help us to build a future you can smile about. 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 want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile...every single day.

Now there is a fantastic opportunity for two curious and passionate Graduates to join our Northern Europe Hub Team. Could this be you?

A glimpse of what you’ll experience during your first two years

Over the duration of the programme, you will rotate through various functions within the business, with rotations within our Customer Development and Consumer Experience Team. You will work with our Professional Oral Care, e-Commerce, Finance and Supply Chain teams in the rotation. You will also have the ability to collaborate with some of our largest customers in the UK such as Sainsbury’s, Tesco & Asda.

Consumer experience

• Supporting the management of launches and relaunches of our Experientials products end to end. Including packaging, digital commerce, website, social assets, home tester club etc
• Partnering with our digital transformation team to deliver outstanding whitening and equity campaigns across CRM, search, digital media, PR and influencers as well as testing new media like pinterest, tiktok, google tools etc
• Supporting our HUB markets across UK, Ireland & Nordic markets across 5Ps
• Working with our social enterprise partner ‘Change Please’ across the management, PR and social of Committing To Change initiative (providing dental services to people experiencing homelessness)
• Day to day management activities raising product orders, purchase orders plus tracking and management of advertising and promotional spend

Customer development

• Working as part of a dynamic customer development team working across the UK’s number 1 retailer
• Responsibility for investment invoicing and financial analysis
• Externally building collaborative commercial relationships and networks with our retailers, driving engagement and optimising business plans and opportunities
• Internally collaborating cross functionally with the Brand Managers, Category Management and Shopper teams to develop the most customer-centric category growth plans and deliver outstanding store execution
• Encourage and own the relationship with our external field sales team to ensure promo compliance and on shelf availability

Who you are

• In your final year/recently completed degree with a 2:1 or above
• The right to live and work in the UK for the entirety of the graduate programme
• Enjoys working in a fast paced environment
• Proactive individual who can handle multi-tasking, with outstanding planning and priority setting
• Passionate about brands, retail, shoppers and the consumer

What we offer

• Competitive pension scheme
• Access to learning opportunities
• Employee assistance programme
• Pet-friendly workplace
• Paid volunteer days

Application process

• Application Screening and Virtual Interview
• Recruitment Day to connect with the leaders in the business
• Offers extended

Our commitments

Our Commitment to Sustainability

With the Colgate brand in more homes than any other, we are presented with great opportunities and new challenges as we work to integrate sustainability into all aspects of our business and create positive social impact. We are determined to position ourselves for further growth as we act on our 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Achieving our purpose starts with our people — ensuring our workforce represents the people and communities we serve —and creating an environment where our people feel they belong; where we can be our authentic selves, feel treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way.

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. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.