Junior OEB Kitchen Product Lead

Kingfisher; Eastleigh; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingfisher, a leader in home improvement, seeks a Junior Product Lead to drive innovation in Own Exclusive Brands (OEB). You will develop a competitive OEB range across sinks, taps, and appliances, led by insights and cross-functional collaboration.

You’ll manage projects from concept to delivery, identify NPD opportunities, and influence commercial performance with banners, data insights, and customer understanding. Hybrid working balances home and office collaboration.

Qualifications

• Commercial and customer insight
• Build OEB strategy
• Plan and execute OEB range
• Industry and product knowledge
• New product development

Responsibilities

• Use insight to create and maintain an exciting Category OEB range
• Understand additions to the Banners ask to maximize OEB range
• Maintain full visibility of Opco’s ranges for insights
• Project manage all selected OEB projects/ranges from concept through to delivery
• Lead a cross functional expert team across OEB range development and validation
• Identify NPD opportunities and provide criteria, sales data, briefs, and validation
• Identify commercial potential by analysing data for trends
• Identify requirements for OEB projects using category direction and insights
• Responsible for sales and margin of OEB products within range
• Review performance and manage remedial actions with Banners to support range performance

Skills

Commercial insight

OEB strategy

OEB range planning

Industry knowledge

New product development

Job description

Kingfisher, a leader in home improvement, seeks a Junior Product Lead to drive innovation in Own Exclusive Brands (OEB). You will develop a competitive OEB range across sinks, taps, and appliances, led by insights and cross-functional collaboration.

You’ll manage projects from concept to delivery, identify NPD opportunities, and influence commercial performance with banners, data insights, and customer understanding. Hybrid working balances home and office collaboration.