Product Assistant - Technical (6 month fixed term contract)

Kingfisher; Hampton; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingfisher is looking for a Product Assistant to join the Range team in a 6-month FTC, based in our Southampton office with a hybrid working model. You will help design and develop ranges, interpret customer insights and centralise data to inform category decisions.

You will work closely with the Product Lead and colleagues across nine operating companies in Europe, balancing priorities, timelines and stakeholder expectations while contributing to process improvements and data quality.

Qualifications

• Ability to interpret customer insights and translate them into range decisions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to liaise with stakeholders across banners.
• Experience in a retailer is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Support design of new and unique Kingfisher product ranges.
• Coordinate, collect, and centralise data for your category to meet timelines.
• Provide guidance to stakeholders to optimise category efficiency and implementation.
• Serve as a key contact for the category across the matrix team and 9 Operating Companies in Europe.
• Collect and analyse customer and product trends to support category decisions.
• Help improve work processes to enhance organisation and ways of working within the category.
• Maintain strong organisation to manage shifting priorities and tight deadlines.

Skills

Data insights interpretation

Stakeholder communication

Category coordination

Tools

MS Office

Outlook

Job description

Overview

We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 70,000 people who bring Kingfisher and our retail brands, including B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt, Castorama and Koçtaş, to life.

Guided by our purpose, Better Homes, Better Lives, For Everyone, we believe a better world starts with better homes. We work every day to make that a reality. Join us and help shape the future of home improvement.

Role purpose

The Range team is set up to design, develop and edit a unique and unified, coordinated range of solutions and products that help millions of people to improve their home inside and out. Our Range teams work to understand our customers and how they live, as well as researching markets, locations and emerging trends. They develop our unique brands, managing everything from strategy to product design and packaging. Our products are high quality, low cost and long-lasting. They are easy to build and install and combine sustainable choices with best economics possible.

A Product Assistant is an integral role within our Range team. It’s a fantastic opportunity for anyooperatingne that’s interested in a career in Product Ranging and Design. You will contribute to the performance of your team by supporting your Product Lead in the day to day management of their ranges. Specifically, you will be responsible for understanding and interpreting customer insight, managing product data information to ensure that key details are up to date, liaising with individuals within our Banners.

* This is a 6mftc based in our Southampton office.

What’s the job?

• Support the design of new and unique Kingfisher product ranges.
• Co‑ordinate, collect, and centralise data and actions for your category, ensuring everything is delivered within required timelines.
• Provide timely guidance and practical solutions to stakeholders to optimise category efficiency and implementation.
• Act as a key point of contact for the category, communicating clearly across the wider matrix team and with colleagues across nine Operating Companies in Europe.
• Collect and analyse customer and product trends, using insights to support category decisions.
• Support improvements to working processes that enhance organisation and ways of working within the category.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage shifting priorities and work to tight deadlines.

What you’ll bring

• Confident using MS Office, Outlook, and internet-based tools.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working within a retailer (desirable but not essential

How we work

We believe in flexibility and balance. Our hybrid model blends home working for focus with time spent connecting and collaborating, whether in our offices or at off-site locations. On average, around 60% of your time will involve in-person collaboration.

This role is based in London Paddington, although other locations may be considered.

We value the perspectives new team members bring.

What we offer

An inclusive environment where your potential is limited only by your imagination. We encourage new ideas, support experimentation and aim to create a workplace where everyone can be their best self.

We also offer a competitive benefits package and opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Diversity and inclusion

Our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We are committed to ensuring all colleagues, future colleagues and applicants are treated equally, regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, ethnicity, culture, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.