Associate Product Manager

Fisher & Paykel Appliances; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Fisher & Paykel Appliances in Sydney is seeking an analytical Associate Product Manager to join our Australian Product Management team in Macquarie Park. You will help manage product portfolios, analyze performance and coordinate new product introductions across Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain.

Ideal candidates bring experience in similar roles, strong financial acumen, advanced Excel and good PowerPoint skills, plus a marketing or business degree.

Qualifications

• Experience in an Assistant Product Manager, Assistant Brand Manager or similar role.
• Strong financial acumen with ability to interpret P&L performance.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, data modelling); intermediate PowerPoint.
• Solid understanding of brand strategy, range, pricing and promotions across retail and trade channels.

Responsibilities

• Portfolio management: support ongoing product portfolios with market insights, pricing analysis and product performance updates.
• Commercial performance: understand category financials, identify opportunities and support actions.
• Market & competitor insights: analyse competitive landscape, product positioning, pricing and opportunities.
• New product introductions: coordinate and manage launches with Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain and align with global timelines.
• Stakeholder collaboration: build relationships across Australian business and global product teams.
• Product management support: assist day-to-day activities, maintain product data, support reporting and compliance.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Financial analysis

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Project coordination

Education

Marketing/Business degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Fisher & Paykel is one of Australasia's best-known brands, a global company with a strong heritage and ambitious plans. Our New Zealand origins, curious nature and passion to develop luxury products designed around people are core elements that make us unique.

Driven by our brand values of being trusted, sustainably minded, innovative, generous and curious, as a team we take a collaborative approach where all ideas are heard and are united in our leading goal to be the world's most human-centred, #1 premium appliance brand.

We are looking for an analytical, commercially minded and curious Associate Product Manager to join our Australian Product Management team, based in Macquarie Park, Sydney.

This is an exciting opportunity for an emerging product, brand or category management professional looking to take the next step in their career, working across a diverse portfolio of premium appliance brands and playing an important role in bringing new products to market.

Working closely with the Senior Product Manager and wider business, you will help manage category portfolios, understand market and competitor activity, analyse commercial performance and coordinate new product introductions. You'll work collaboratively across Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance and our global product teams to ensure our products are positioned for success in the Australian market.

You'll play an important role in supporting the performance and development of our product categories, combining market insight, commercial analysis and strong project coordination.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll play an important role in supporting the performance and development of our product categories, combining market insight, commercial analysis and strong project coordination.

Key areas of responsibility will include:

• Portfolio Management: Support the ongoing management of product portfolios, providing market insights, pricing analysis, category reviews and product performance updates to inform business decisions.
• Commercial Performance: Develop a strong understanding of category financial performance, identifying opportunities, monitoring results and supporting appropriate actions.
• Market & Competitor Insights: Build a comprehensive understanding of the competitive landscape, analysing market activity, product positioning, pricing and emerging opportunities across retail and commercial channels.
• New Product Introduction: Coordinate and project manage new product introductions, working across Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain to ensure successful launches and alignment with global timelines.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Build strong relationships across the Australian business and global product teams, ensuring market insights and requirements are effectively communicated.
• Product Management Support: Assist with the day-to-day execution of product management activities, maintaining accurate product information and supporting the wider team with reporting, product samples and compliance requirements.

What You'll Bring

We're interested in someone who combines commercial curiosity, analytical capability and a genuine interest in products, brands and the consumer appliance market.

Ideally, you'll bring:

• Experience in an Assistant Product Manager, Assistant Brand Manager or similar marketing or commercial role, with a desire to develop your career in Product Management.
• Strong financial acumen and the ability to interpret commercial and financial information, including P&L performance.
• Highly analytical, with the confidence to turn data into clear commercial recommendations. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (e.g. pivot tables, lookups and data modelling) are essential. Intermediate PowerPoint skills are also important.
• A strong commercial and sales focus, with an understanding of brand strategy, range and product selection, pricing and promotions and how products are sold through retail and trade channels, including working closely with sales teams and key accounts.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage and influence a diverse range of stakeholders.
• A proactive, organised approach to managing multiple priorities and delivering projects.
• A relevant tertiary qualification in Marketing, Business or a related discipline.

How You'll Work

You'll be someone who gets into the detail, uses facts and insights to make informed decisions, and thinks beyond individual tasks to understand what creates value for the wider business.

You take ownership, act with pace, challenge constructively and enjoy working collaboratively to turn ideas and opportunities into action.

Why Join Fisher & Paykel?

This is an opportunity to build your product management career within a globally recognised appliance business, working alongside experienced product leaders and contributing to the development and success of some of the world's most recognised appliance brands.

Ready to take the next step?

Whether you're an Assistant Product, Brand or Category Manager and whatever industry you're in, if you're commercially minded, analytically strong and ready to take the next step in your Product Management career, we'd love to hear from you.

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Fisher & Paykel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.