Automotive Product Manager: Growth & Sourcing Leader

AUS GPC Asia Pacific Australia Pty Ltd; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

GPC Asia Pacific is seeking a commercially minded Product Manager to develop and manage market-leading product ranges across Australia and New Zealand. You'll work closely with suppliers and cross-functional teams to identify growth opportunities, optimise performance, drive sourcing initiatives, and keep our offering competitive and innovative.

You should have proven product management experience, strong analytical capabilities, and the ability to manage lifecycles and supplier relationships to

Qualifications

• Proven Product Management experience
• Strong commercial acumen and category management capability
• Experience sourcing products and managing suppliers
• Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills
• Advanced analytical and data-driven decision-making abilities
• Experience managing product lifecycles and range performance
• Ability to interpret market trends and competitor activity
• Strong problem-solving and strategic thinking skills
• Experience with sales forecasting and business planning
• Program/project management capability
• Quality assurance and product compliance knowledge
• Experience within automotive, industrial or technical products (preferred)
• Tertiary qualification or trade background (preferred)
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage product ranges and lifecycle strategies
• Support category plans and drive profitable growth
• Source and introduce innovative new products and suppliers
• Grow Own Brand product performance and sales
• Analyse market, competitor and pricing trends
• Recommend range optimisation and rationalisation initiatives
• Forecast demand and sales performance for new products
• Maintain product quality, specifications and packaging standards
• Manage catalogue and product data accuracy
• Deliver product training, technical information and sales support
• Monitor market share and category performance metrics

Skills

Product management

Sourcing

Negotiation

Stakeholder mgmt

Analytics

Lifecycle management

Forecasting

Project mgmt

Quality assurance

Automotive/industrial

Education preferred

MS Office

Education

Tertiary qualification or trade background

Job description

GPC Asia Pacific is seeking a commercially minded Product Manager to develop and manage market-leading product ranges across Australia and New Zealand. You'll work closely with suppliers and cross-functional teams to identify growth opportunities, optimise performance, drive sourcing initiatives, and keep our offering competitive and innovative.

You should have proven product management experience, strong analytical capabilities, and the ability to manage lifecycles and supplier relationships to