Coatings Category Manager: Growth, Launch & Strategy (NZ)

DuluxGroup Ltd.; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance

Total permanent disability insurance

Health Insurance

Discounts on DuluxGroup products

Job summary

DuluxGroup Ltd. is seeking a commercially minded Category Manager to lead our New Zealand Commercial portfolio, including Protective Coatings, Textures and Specialised Construction Products.

You will influence portfolio strategy and identify growth opportunities across New Zealand, working with local and Australian stakeholders. You'll partner with sales, technical, and operations teams to deliver strong business outcomes, develop business cases, manage lifecycle and drive profitability while

Qualifications

• Experience in category, product or commercial marketing management.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability.
• Experience developing business cases and growth initiatives.
• Experience in product lifecycle management and new product development.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow a diverse commercial product portfolio.
• Identify market opportunities and assess their potential for New Zealand.
• Develop business cases and support new product development and launches.
• Lead portfolio reviews, lifecycle management and profitability initiatives.
• Partner with sales, technical, commercial and operational stakeholders.
• Drive product performance through data-led commercial decision making.
• Collaborate with Australian category and marketing teams.
• Support the development of customer-facing technical and product information.

Skills

Category management

Product management

Commercial marketing

Stakeholder management

Analytical capability

Growth initiatives

Product lifecycle management

New product development

Education

Tertiary qualification in Marketing, Commerce or related discipline

Job description

DuluxGroup Ltd. is seeking a commercially minded Category Manager to lead our New Zealand Commercial portfolio, including Protective Coatings, Textures and Specialised Construction Products.

You will influence portfolio strategy and identify growth opportunities across New Zealand, working with local and Australian stakeholders. You'll partner with sales, technical, and operations teams to deliver strong business outcomes, develop business cases, manage lifecycle and drive profitability while