Product Manager

• Newly created role with a blank canvas and full leadership backing
• Global building products business
• $140,000 + Super + Bonus

• A role with a blank canvas and full leadership backing
• Blue chip building products business with an outstanding culture and genuine career trajectory
• Up to $140,000 + Super + Bonus, depending on experience

What’s in it for you
This is a rare opportunity to step into a product manager role with some of the foundations in place, along with the scope to maintain and build the category quickly.

• You will report directly to a very experienced and accomplished Manager
• The day to day culture is relaxed and collegial
• Expectations of each team member are high and that is exactly what attracts the kind of person this role is built for!
• You will have access to product and innovation colleagues to collaborate with, and a leadership team that is genuinely invested in your success
• Sales are solid and distributor relationships are loyal
• You are surrounded by a capable and commercially switched on team
• The ability bring your dedicated product focus will transform this category

The company
Our client is an established global building materials business with local manufacturing. The business is profitable, stable and on a clear growth trajectory. Further expansion is likely via organic growth and company acquisition. The culture is people-first; down to earth, collaborative and socially connected, with high performance expectations. People here enjoy what they do, who they work with and, without fail, deliver.


What you’ll do

• Lead the product and category strategy, giving you end-to-end ownership of ranging, positioning and performance
• Drive the NPD and stage gate process, bringing structure, momentum and discipline to a pipeline of innovation projects
• Conduct market analysis and competitive research, allowing you to identify gaps and prioritise the right opportunities
• Pricing and margin management, in collaboration with the pricing team and sales team, ensuring ideal market positioning and profitability
• Involvement in forecasting and SNOP planning for your category, helping the business make smarter inventory decisions
• Partner with the marketing communications team to build brand and promotional activity, treating them as an internal agency and drive a market engagement with distributors, trades, builders and specifiers
• Mentor a graduate team member, helping to build capability within the team as the function grows

Who you are

• A commercially sharp product manager or category manager with experience in building materials, B2B, hardware, industrial or manufacturing businesses
• Confident working cross functionally and influencing sales, R&D, production and operations
• Strong data analysis, with advanced Excel skills and comfort using AI tools to accelerate insights and reporting
• A critical thinker who asks the right questions before jumping to solutions and backs their recommendations with evidence
• Someone who sets high standards for themselves and the people around them, and delivers consistently
• Relevant marketing, business or engineering qualifications

Saunders Lynn and Company is dedicated to servicing the needs of the hardware, architectural and construction industry. All applications are treated in strict confidence. To find out more about this career opportunity, please contact Kerri O’Connor or Jess Ungab on (02) 9002 3009. Please quote the Assignment No.1447929.

Every candidate will receive a response from the team at Saunders Lynn, either by phone or email. We believe every person who applies deserves a response. We are taking a stand against “only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.” We are not lazy.