Assistant Product Manager

TribeRecruit New Zealand; Auckland; On-site; NZD 65,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

CDB Group is seeking an Assistant Product Manager to support the consumer electronics portfolio, including GoPro, Smart Calendar, and MyFirst. You’ll report to the Business Manager and help run the day-to-day product and commercial engine with strong focus on stock, documentation, and partner programs.

The role is based in NZ, full-time and office-based in Rosedale, with a planned move to a new facility in Whenuapai in early 2027.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in a commercial role such as sales support, junior account management, category/product support, or retail/supplier-side coordination.
• Confidence communicating with stakeholders and supporting meetings, submissions, and program execution.
• Strong Excel skills and comfort working with commercial metrics like sales, margin, pricing, and stock.
• High attention to detail, especially across product documentation, packaging/artwork, and process.
• A teachable, proactive style and a genuine appetite to learn and grow your career.

Responsibilities

• Sales support, coordination, and delivery for the division.
• Forecast stock and manage product documentation and samples/spares.
• Support customer and consumer queries and help execute programs with retail partners.

Skills

Excel

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Proactive learning

Job description

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• CDB Group is an entrepreneurial, innovative business distributing consumer electrical products across NZ and Australia.
• This Assistant Product Manager role supports the consumer electronics portfolio including GoPro, Smart Calendar, and MyFirst (kids tech).
• You’ll report to the Business Manager and together you’ll run the day-to-day product and commercial engine for the division, so it’s a role with real variety and visibility.
• The mix is sales support, coordination, and delivery: stock forecasting, product documentation, managing samples/spares, supporting customer and consumer queries, and helping execute programs with retail partners.
• Full-time, office-based in Rosedale, with the business moving into a new purpose-built Whenuapai facility in early 2027.

What You’ll Bring

• Around 3+ years’ experience in a commercial role such as sales support, junior account management, category/product support, or retail/supplier-side coordination.
• Confidence communicating with stakeholders and supporting meetings, submissions, and program execution.
• Strong Excel skills and comfort working with commercial metrics like sales, margin, pricing, and stock.
• High attention to detail, especially across product documentation, packaging/artwork, and process.
• A teachable, proactive style and a genuine appetite to learn and grow your career.

What’s on Offer

• A high-learning role with broad scope across sales support, product, and execution.
• Exposure to well-known and emerging consumer electronics brands and major NZ retailers.
• A collaborative environment that values initiative and development.
• Variety in your day and a clear pathway toward stepping up over time.

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