Junior Trade & Product Manager

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Contract: Permanent

This role is a multi-functional role, with an emphasis on cross functional collaboration & project management. You will be responsible for bringing to life our phenomenal parent care brand with our consumers & shoppers in key retailers. From POS to product, this role is varied in responsibilities, and no 2 days will be the same!

What you will be doing:

Trade Marketing:

• Aligning with the local & global brand guidelines, you will be responsible for developing a local trade marketing strategy to deliver the brand, business and channel strategy objectives

• You will be responsible for implementing & measuring the success of trade marketing activities aligned to the local channel strategy. This includes (but not limited to) homesite POS, off locations for promotional activities etc.

• Working with local agencies & suppliers you will be the point of contact to enable these activities to be created and executed

• Working with the commercial team you will coordinate the execution of the above activities and develop analysis to understand impact

• Implement tools that will support the understanding of both impact & compliance within our retailers

• Responsible for the execution and project management of local baby shows (between 3-5) across AU and NZ.

• You will manage the budget to ensure all executions are aligned with targets

Product Management

• You’re the local product expert

• Working cross functionally you will be the regional conduit between the global product teams & local marketing, category, logistic, operations & commercial teams to deliver the correct portfolio within the organization, executing with excellence

• Supported by the Category managers & GM you will implement a local portfolio & pricing strategy which supports the overall business, brand & retailer objectives.

• Working with the global product management team (UK based) you will be the key conduit to enabling their understanding of local requirements (whether NPD, operational requirements etc) setting the local team up for success when it comes to everything product related.

• Working with global product managers, local category managers, brand & commercial team, create sell in presentations for key retailer meetings

• Working with the GM & Finance function you will implement a local pricing strategy for the business

• You will locally project manage the requirements for products to be bought to market (supported by local operations & logistics + commercial teams, plus global product management function)

• Supported by the local category managers, you will analyse the success of NPD performance for the brand, making recommendations for future launches

Other Responsibilities

• Execution of local internal communications (supported by global internal comms team).

What skills and experiences you’ll need to ace this job:

• Previous experience working within a consumer products/FMCG category in product management or trade marketing roles.

• All over the details, from timelines to brand guidelines, this role requires immense attention to detail

• Proven track record in project management – working both cross functionally within local & global teams, managing multiple projects at 1 time. This role will be one of the most cross functional within the business.

• A data driven decision-maker

• Strong communicator with experience working across multiple functions / diverse set of stakeholders

• Strong organizational skills

• Problem solver and quick thinker who is self motivated taking pride in getting the job done

If this role sounds interesting, then we'd love to hear from you. Please apply online or any questions can be directed to Luke at [email protected] or James at [email protected]