Own Brand

5 months ago

Macquarie Park, Australia Blackwoods Full time

**Work options**: Hybrid
- Fantastic salary package with benefits, incentives, discounts, shares & more
- Enjoy work life balance and hybrid flexibility in this permanent full time role
- Join an iconic Wesfarmers business, leaders in Industrial & Safety supplies

**YOUR OPPORTUNITY**

We seek a highly motivated and dynamic individual to become our new **Own Brand & Product Development Manager**.

In this hands-on role, you will be responsible for managing the entire lifecycle of our Own Brand products, including devising growth plans for sales teams and external customers, achieving new product development, sourcing and resourcing objectives, conducting market research, and setting the long-term vision and strategy, as a part of our category teams.

You’ll work closely with immediate and cross-functional teams in Australia and China, and we’re looking for a problem solver who is attentive to detail, a great communicator, and has the drive and capability to hit the ground running

What your new role entails:
Oversee and manage the Sourcing/Resourcing/New Product Development pipeline and collaborate with all stakeholders, including quality assurance and ethical sourcing.

Analyse Own Brand product categories for profit enhancement opportunities and range expansion.

Work collaboratively with the Global Sourcing Team located in China to source quality products that match our customers' needs.

Determine product price positionings for the Own Brand range to achieve optimal total profit and market competitiveness.

Drive Own Brand growth and strategy with analytics and support the business with insights.

Showcase Own Brands product range across the customer base, providing fit-for-purpose recommendations to increase brand awareness and penetration.

What you’ll need to succeed:

- A minimum of 5 to 10 years’ experience in Product Development and range management, including stock management.
- Experience working with an off-shore Global Sourcing Team and a sound knowledge of their operations.
- Experience in manufacturing is essential, with experience in personal protective equipment (PPE) being highly regarded.
- Experience working across product quality assurance and ethical sourcing is essential.
- Strong project management and execution skills, attention to detail, and ability to work to deadlines (repositioned from the last point to higher up the list).
- Demonstrated research skills in consumer goods and ability to interpret Australian standards
- High-level communication skills with strong stakeholder engagement, negotiating and influencing skills.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to innovate to improve profitability.
- Strong Excel skills and ability to work across multiple business systems.

**CULTURE & BENEFITS**

To ensure our employees feel valued, supported, and celebrated, we provide a range of employee benefits, including:

- Attractive permanent salary package and incentives
- Flexible and hybrid working, with access to our ‘All Can Flex’ program
- Ability to purchase up to 4 weeks of additional annual leave
- Attractive Wesfarmers share plans every year
- Highly successful Refer-A-Friend program - to earn up to $2,000 for each referral
- Generous paid parental leave policy
- Regular team events, celebrations and BBQs
- Team member discount card to use at Kmart, Bunnings, Target & Officeworks
- Further Wesfarmers discounted offers from over 300 corporate partners
- Free onsite free parking and more

**OUR STORY**

Blackwoods is Australia’s leading supplier of industrial and safety supplies. For over 140 years, we have supported businesses big and small with our range of over 300,000 products from the world’s best brands. From the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the railway and your local mechanic, we supply what our customers need when they need it, along with unparalleled expertise and service from our passionate team.

With a national footprint of over 50 branches and 6 Distribution Centres, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We celebrate diversity and encourage everyone to be themselves, make meaningful connections with their colleagues and customers, and have a fulfilling career. Being a part of the Wesfarmers group also means we have endless opportunities to make a difference, so join us, and let’s help more people build a better Australia.

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