Recruiter :
Kerri O'Connor
- Retail hardware - trade and DIY markets
- Manage one category and drive promotional opportunities
- $120k + Super (negotiable on experience)
- Hardware market
- Ranging, launch new products, deliver on promotional opportunities
- $120k + Super (negotiable on experience)
What is in it for you?
Our client has a reputation for being a thoroughly enjoyable place to work and providing opportunities to grow and develop a broad commercial marketing skill set. Your Manager sets you to work on your product portfolio and expands your experience by providing opportunities to work on large projects that further expand your skills and experience.
You'll work in a modern office where you can park on site or catch public transport (there are good public transport links). The work from home policy states 2 designated days a week at home.
Your Employer
This company has a strong reputation as a great place to work. There are many long term employees and a culture of friendly and professional banter. The company continues to innovate and develop new products to meet market trends, so much so that a high proportion of their sales comes from products developed in the last three years.
Product Managers in this business are looking for opportunities and gaps in the market, putting a business case together, getting approval and then executing. This product marketing team moves at pace, so don't expect miles of red tape, instead you get agreement and go execute while building the next business case for the next opportunity you will deliver on.
Your responsibilities…
- Liaise across all functions in the company to drive your opportunities
- Sales and market analysis and good use of MS Excel
- Project management for new products and product improvements (full lifecycle management)
- Taking products from concept to launch (full go-to-market planning)
- Working closely with suppliers and internally for new products, ranging, packaging, prototypes, testing and specs
- Promotional activities such as seasonal pallets, new product tests
- Pricing and margin management
- Forecasting
- Working closely with the sales team for channel management
- Presentations to customers
- Field activity - You are expected to see customers and walk into stores to understand what is happening at "the last three feet" of a sale
Who are you?
- Marketing qualifications are ideal, but not essential
- At least two years of relevant product marketing experience
- Strong project management skills
- Outstanding number crunching skills using MS Excel
- Supreme organisation and influencing skills,
- Ability to prioritise; juggle projects to completion and work at a fast pace
- Proactiveness and regularly researching new product opportunities
- Exposure to retail distribution via mass merchants; grocery, department stores, hardware and specialty retail is ideal
