Group Product Development & Commercialisation Manager

Job No: 114301

Location: Melbourne or Ballarat

Employment Status: Full Time

Closing Date: 25 Sep 2019 AWST

• Newly created opportunity driving product development and implementation for Haymes Paint
• Critical leadership position within the marketing team - career defining role with heaps of variety!
• Attractive salary package, negotiated on experience with super and other benefits!
• Choose your base - Melbourne or Ballarat

About the Organisation

With an extensive history stretching back over 80 years, and four generations of family ownership, Haymes Paint exemplify quality, passion, and commitment. Haymes Paint are constantly innovating to produce the best possible products to suit their customer’s needs.

With a strong belief in their values of individuality, independence, and integrity, you won't find their products, or their people, ever compromising on quality, and always striving to ensure the highest standards are met and surpassed in everything that they do. 

About the Opportunity

The Haymes Paint product line has broadened significantly over the past ten years and has expanded from offering primarily decorative and architectural products, to now incorporating products for every surface coating. In response to this exciting growth, Haymes Paint now has a brand new opportunity for a Group Product Development & Commercialisation Manager to join their friendly team on a full-time basis. The successful candidate will have the option to choose whether they are based in Melbourne or Ballarat, with the expectation that you would regularly visit the other site. 

Reporting to the National Marketing Manager and working closely with the sales, marketing and R&D teams, the Group Product Development & Commercialisation Manager is responsible for the top-level strategic development and implementation of the Haymes Paint product strategy. This position also provides leadership and mentoring to Category and Project Marketing Support Managers and liaises with the Training Manager to develop internal and external training programs.

Some of the more specific responsibilities of the position will include:

• Overseeing product strategy and delivery with the various category and project marketing support managers;
• Coordinating product reviews and rationalisation with sales, operations and R&D;
• Facilitating the product development process;
• In conjunction with Marketing, overseeing marketing support, collateral, promotions and advertising for new and existing product ranges; and
• Overseeing the monitoring of product range trends and price points in the market.

About You

To be considered for this position you will hold significant marketing experience with a strong focus on product and category development. This is not a particularly technical role so industry experience is not essential, however you will need to have the ability and knowledge to work across a broad range of products and differing market segments. 

Tertiary qualifications in marketing or similar will be highly regarded, but are not mandatory providing you have the relevant experience as detailed above. 

Previous experience providing strong leadership to a team and the ability to empower others, will be critical to your success in this role. You will be flexible in your approach, open to collaboration and new ideas, and have good communication skills that will enable you to get buy-in and engagement from all corners of the business, from research and development through to sales. 

Importantly, as a proud family owned and operated business, Haymes Paint is looking for someone whose values strongly align with the organisation and who has an understanding and appreciation of the strengths and fundamentals of family business.

About the Benefits

As a newly created role, this is an exciting opportunity for a true marketing professional, who is looking for a chance to lead a team and make their mark in a growing Australian business. You will enjoy huge variety in your day-to-day work and will relish the challenges and opportunities that come from evolving and growing a newly created position!

The successful candidate will be rewarded with an attractive salary package, negotiated on experience, including super, vehicle, laptop and phone. This is a hugely important and valued role within the organisation and the scope for ongoing career progression is an exciting aspect of this position. 

As a family owned and operated business, Haymes Paint encourages a family-friendly working culture, to ensure you receive a healthy work/life balance. 

This is a unique opportunity to take that next step in your career, and to have your ideas heard and to see them become a reality! Apply Now!