via Icims
$50K - 70K a year
Lead and manage the development and delivery of Own Exclusive Brand product ranges through cross-functional collaboration and data-driven insights.
Requires commercial and customer insight, new product development experience, ability to lead cross-functional teams, and a customer-focused, agile mindset.
Overview We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in. At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation. This role will be based in our Southampton office. We are open to flexible and agile working with the opportunity to blend working remotely and from the office each week. Talk to us about how we can best support you! As a Junior Product Lead you will help to develop innovation in OEB (Own Exclusive Brand) to be more agile in new product development and be more impactful on performance. What's the job? Use insight to create and maintain an exciting and competitive Category OEB range Understand the potential additions to the banners 'ask', to take the OEB range to the full potential Have full visibility of Banners full ranges for insight purposes Project manage all selected OEB projects/ranges from concept through to delivery Lead a cross functional expert team (designers, engineers, quality, brand, packaging etc.) across OEB Range development and validation Leads on Identifying NPD, input into eligibility criteria, Selling data, Comms brief and Product Validation Identify commercial potential for my OEB range by analysing relevant data for trends and insights Identify requirements for OEB product development projects by using the Business Category direction and all the customer insights gained. Shared Responsible for the sales and margin performance of the OEB products within range Own ongoing performance review of OEB products and manage remedial actions with Banner’s to support overall range performance What you'll bring Commercial and customer insight Build OEB strategy Plan and execute OEB range Industry and product knowledge New product development Be Customer Focused – constantly improving our customers’ experience I listen to my customers I use available data to help make decisions Be Human – acting with humanity and care I do the right thing I am respectful Be Curious – thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious I build and share new ideas I try new things and share my learnings Be Agile – working with trust, pace and agility I have courage to be creative Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20 Be Inclusive – acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together I embrace allyship I have self-awareness and a desire to learn Be Accountable – championing the plan to deliver results and growth I own my actions I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements. #LI-BN1
This job posting was last updated on 12/9/2025