Associate Product Manager

The Role

Fisher & Paykel is one of New Zealand's best-known brands, a global company with a strong heritage.

Our New Zealand origins, curious nature and passion to develop products designed around people are core elements that make us unique.

Driven by our brand values of being trusted, sustainably minded, innovative, generous and curious, we take a collaborative approach and have a culture where ideas are heard, united in our leading goal to be the world's most human-centred, #1 home appliances brand.

We are entering an exciting new phase in the evolution of our luxury brand, expanding our presence in Auckland into a state-of-the-art three-site campus : Global HQ in Penrose, Distribution Centre in East Tamaki and our world-leading Global Experience Centre in Grey Lynn.

Connected across the Auckland isthmus, these bespoke, purpose-built developments will create a centre of excellence in appliance design and innovation in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Job Overview

Based at our current East Tamaki Design Centre, the Global Product Management (GPM) team drives the strategic direction and profitable growth of our various product portfolios.

The Associate Product Manager supports the successful introduction of new products into markets.

This role works across all brand and category projects in a fluid manner, supporting fluctuating workloads and giving you variety and a broad knowledge across all product lines.

You will gain exposure with Chief Engineers, Industrial Designers and our global & regional teams, supporting the business strategy and leading goals for Fisher & Paykel Appliances.

As a product-focused role, you will establish and maintain strong relationships with many areas of the business.

You will manage New Product Requests end-to-end, monitor pre-launch project actions and timelines, raise challenges early and facilitate action where needed.

Over time you will develop a deep understanding of the global competitive landscape for relevant categories and turn data from multiple sources into genuine insights.

Who are you?

We're looking for someone passionate about products and actively uses a continuous improvement lens to identify and engage stakeholders, ensuring successful product launches in markets.

You will support the GPM team with administrative tasks and grow into a role that influences and leads across the business to ensure commercial success of product lines.

You are proactive, demonstrate initiative, are highly organised and may have a drive for career growth.

As your skillset and competency grow, you will gain operational ownership and leadership of specific product projects, sub-categories, and special projects aligned to business goals.

You thrive in a hands-on environment, influence stakeholders across the business and throughout the product life cycle with sound reasoning and a natural collaborative style.

A Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business or Engineering is an advantage, but the right attitude is crucial.

What we offer

You can move into a large, complex global organisation headquartered in NZ.

This role offers diverse, exciting challenges and the chance to continually learn and develop.

Alongside a competitive salary, flexible working, ongoing development, leading Whanau / Family Leave policy and excellent growth opportunities, you'll enjoy generous discounts on Fisher & Paykel and Haier products, life & disability insurance, discounted medical cover, access to our superannuation scheme, subsidised staff café and free car parking when you are on-site.

All this, coupled with great leadership and a world-leading heritage brand consistently ranked as one of New Zealand's most Trusted Brands year after year.

Fisher & Paykel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics protected by law.

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