Product Lead

Kingfisher; Eastleigh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingfisher is seeking a Range strategy professional to develop affordable, sustainable OEB innovations for Paint & Painting Tools within a fast-moving retail environment.

You will translate customer insights into strategic plans, identify commercial opportunities, and lead New Product Development efforts aligned with business direction while collaborating closely with Banners across the Kingfisher Group.

Qualifications

• Ability to translate insights into a strategic plan.
• Experience using data to identify growth levers.
• Understanding of NPD processes and gate approvals.
• Knowledge of OEB brands and products.

Responsibilities

• Create a closer proximity to customers and deepen understanding of their lives and homes.
• Brief Customer Insight to ensure data needs are clear for the right activity.
• Translate insights into short- and long-term strategic plans with growth levers.
• Identify commercial potential for the OEB range using data and trends.
• Take a lead on New Product Development opportunities aligned with business direction.
• Engage with Banners to present OEB strategy and create supporting materials.
• Define range recommendations to gain buy-in across Banners.
• Maintain visibility of the full Banner range for insights.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Retail industry knowledge

New Product Development

OEB product knowledge

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder management

Project management

Job description

Overview

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 70,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas to life. Guided by our purpose Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone. We believe a better world starts with better homes, and we work every day to make that a reality. Join us and help shape the future of home improvement.

This role sits within the Range team reporting to the Head of Range. To develop affordable and sustainable innovation in OEB (Own Exclusive Brands) for Paint & Painting Tools, to be more agile in new product development and be more impactful on performance.

What’s the job?

• Create a closer proximity to our customers. Building a deeper knowledge and understanding of their lives and homes.
• Provide an effective brief to the Customer Insight team to ensure they are clear on data requirements needed to drive the right activity
• Ability to translate this knowledge into both a short- and long-term strategic plan identifying the key levers that will drive overall growth for your area of accountability
• Identify commercial potential for the OEB range by analysing relevant data, trends & industry insights and utilising to create and maintain a more customer-centric, relevant, and right-sized range.
• Take a lead role on identifying New Product Development opportunities, inputting into eligibility criteria, and using the Business direction.
• Create the environment and space to engage effectively with the Banners to present our OEB strategy and create supporting materials
• Understand the potential additions to the Banners ‘ask’, to take the OEB range to the full potential.
• Build range recommendations that generate buy in and instil confidence across the Banners.
• Have full visibility of the Banners’ full range for insight purposes

What you’ll bring

• Strategic thinking and vision and the ability to translate that into a strategic plan
• Strong analytical skills to draw insight from a variety of commercial and customer data points and identify trends
• Previous industry and product knowledge experience within a retail environment
• Expertise and the practical application of New Product Development processes
• General knowledge of OEB brands and products
• Strong commercial acumen with an ability to analyse and understand financial data and measure business performance.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to work effectively and maintain relationships within a matrix organisation.
• Excellent project management s

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 offsite locations. On average, around 60% of your time will involve in-person collaboration.

We value the perspectives new team members bring and encourage you to apply - even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements.

What We Offer

An inclusive environment where your potential is limited only by your imagination. We encourage new ideas, support experimentation, and strive to create a workplace where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here.

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Scroll down below to find out more about our benefits.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our customers come from all walks of life - and so do we. We’re 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.