Owned Brand Manager — Strategy, NPD & Growth

Bensons for Beds; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary with bonus

Colleague discount

Health and wellbeing support

Pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Learning and development programs

Life assurance

Job summary

Bensons for Beds is seeking an experienced Owned Brand Manager to join our growing commercial team and lead the development, performance and long-term strategy of our owned brands. You’ll drive profitable growth through compelling product ranges, clear brand positioning and excellent cross-functional collaboration across design, supply chain, merchandising, marketing and retail.

You’ll own end-to-end brand roadmaps, translate insights into product specs and pricing, and work with design, product

Qualifications

• Proven experience in brand, product or range management in retail.
• Ability to translate market insights into product specs and price architecture.
• Strong numeracy and commercial analysis skills.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and project management.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end brand roadmap from concept to launch and lifecycle management.
• Develop and maintain brand positioning and value propositions for target customers and channels.
• Translate market insights and data into actionable product specs, features and pricing.
• Collaborate with design and product teams to brief, approve and iterate ranges within cost targets.
• Set order plans, margins and inventory strategies with supply chain and buying.
• Develop seasonal range plans, promotional calendars and NPD pipelines.
• Create launch packs, product copy, imagery and in-store merchandising tools with marketing/visual teams.
• Monitor brand and SKU performance and take corrective action as needed.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and influence senior decision making with clear commercial rationale.
• Champion sustainability and cost-efficiency in product design and sourcing.

Skills

Brand management

Product development

NPD & range management

Commercial analysis

Stakeholder management

Tools

MS Excel

Power BI

Job description

Bensons for Beds is seeking an experienced Owned Brand Manager to join our growing commercial team and lead the development, performance and long-term strategy of our owned brands. You’ll drive profitable growth through compelling product ranges, clear brand positioning and excellent cross-functional collaboration across design, supply chain, merchandising, marketing and retail.

You’ll own end-to-end brand roadmaps, translate insights into product specs and pricing, and work with design, product