Associate Product Manager

Fisher & Paykel Australia Pty Ltd; Sydney; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fisher & Paykel is seeking an Associate Product Manager for the Australian Product Management team in Sydney. You will work with Senior PMs and cross-functional teams to manage category portfolios, analyze market and competitor activity, and coordinate new product introductions.

The role focuses on commercial performance, data-driven decision making, and collaboration across Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain and global product teams to ensure successful launches in the Australian market.

Qualifications

• Experience in product management or marketing/commercial roles.
• Strong financial acumen and ability to interpret financial data, including P&L performance.
• Highly analytical with ability to translate data into actionable recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Portfolio management: oversee product portfolios and provide market insights and performance updates.
• Analyze market activity and pricing to support business decisions.
• Coordinate and manage new product introductions across Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain.
• Build relationships with Australian and global product teams to communicate requirements.

Skills

Analytical

Commercial acumen

Excel

PowerPoint

Financial analysis

P&L

Education

Tertiary qualification in Marketing/Business or related discipline

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The Role 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.

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.

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.

Fisher & Paykel has been designing products since 1934 and has grown into a global company with products sold in more than 50 countries around the world.

The best innovators don't just understand technology, they understand people. We design technology that enriches and improves people's lives. By challenging conventional appliance design these world-first technologies have changed the way we live forever.

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