Senior Product & Category Strategy Lead

Gwa Group; Sydney; Sur place; AUD 140 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

GWA Group is seeking a Senior Category Manager - Product to own the strategy, growth and future direction of a product category. You’ll work with Australian-based R&D, sourcing and product experts to develop and deliver profitable growth across a rolling 3–5 year roadmap.

Based in North Sydney or Prestons, you will balance product specs, compliance, quality and supply while partnering with Sales, R&D, Sourcing, Supply, Finance and Operations.

Qualifications

• Strong category, product or portfolio management experience.
• Proven ownership of category or portfolio performance.
• Expertise in pricing, margins and business cases.
• Experience leading and managing product development and launches.
• A background in manufacturing, building products, plumbing, electrical, hardware, industrial or consumer durables.
• Genuine product enthusiasm and technical aptitude, connecting design, manufacture and use with customer value and business results.
• Strong commercial judgement, analytical skills and stakeholder management.
• Experience navigating large organisations, governance and competing priorities, influencing decisions without direct authority.

Responsabilités

• Own category strategy, revenue, margin and profitable growth.
• Set pricing, mix and range priorities to improve returns and competitiveness.
• Lead product development from opportunity and technical brief to launch and adoption.
• Build investment cases with clear customer value, funding needs and returns.
• Direct lifecycle priorities across launches, enhancements and range rationalisation.
• Turn customer, competitor and market insight into growth opportunities.
• Align cross functional teams, remove barriers and hold delivery on track.

Connaissances

Category management

Product management

Pricing & margins

Product development

Manufacturing background

Technical aptitude

Commercial judgement

Stakeholder management

Cross-org collaboration

Description du poste

GWA Group is seeking a Senior Category Manager - Product to own the strategy, growth and future direction of a product category. You’ll work with Australian-based R&D, sourcing and product experts to develop and deliver profitable growth across a rolling 3–5 year roadmap.

Based in North Sydney or Prestons, you will balance product specs, compliance, quality and supply while partnering with Sales, R&D, Sourcing, Supply, Finance and Operations.