About the Company:
Our client is a leading player in the building sector, experiencing strong growth and exciting opportunities. Based in Penrose, with the flexibility of one day working from home, they offer a dynamic and collaborative team culture. This is a business where marketing is truly valued, and you'll be working alongside a talented, high-energy team passionate about making a difference.
About the Role:
We’re looking for a strategic and commercially savvy category marketer to take on this senior-level, data-led B2B marketing role. Reporting to the National Marketing Manager, you’ll own and lead the category strategy for a critical product portfolio. With a strong focus on category excellence, this role is responsible for delivering consistent growth above market year on year.
With plenty of support and cross-functional collaboration, you’ll ensure the strategic marketing plan aligns with broader business objectives. This role is all about driving data-driven category management and product commercialisation, working closely with sales, commercial, and manufacturing teams to bring ideas to life.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Developing and executing a five-year category strategy.
- Driving data-led decision-making to influence category growth.
- Collaborating cross-functionally with sales, commercial, and manufacturing teams.
- Owning the end-to-end marketing process, from insights to execution.
- Identifying new opportunities for product development and commercialisation.
- Managing go-to-market plans, pricing strategies, and channel placement.
- Supporting merchandising, sampling, and product education initiatives.
- Ensuring category and product performance targets are met.
- Staying ahead of market trends, customer needs, and regulatory changes.
About You:
We’re looking for a commercially driven, data-led marketing professional with strong influencing skills. You might already be a Senior/Category Marketing Manager, Senior/Product Marketing Manager, or a Senior/ Brand Manager looking for your next challenge.
What You Bring:
- B2B marketing experience within the building sector is essential.
- Alternatively, you may come from FMCG or retail, with a proven track record of managing end-to-end product development and some exposure to the building/construction industry.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration experience, with the ability to engage and influence key stakeholders to drive outcomes.
- A strategic mindset paired with a hands-on approach to execution.
- We are looking for a self-motivated high performer here, you are proactive, able to work autonomously as well as a team.
- Strong analytical skills and commercial acumen.
- You will have proven experience championing a category, engaging cross functional teams. Influencing the strategic marketing direction of a category (on scale) through data led insights, leading the full end to end category product development
This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a key strategic role, driving growth in a business that values innovation and collaboration. If you’re ready to take on a role where you can truly make an impact, be sure to apply.
Apply Now!
To find out more, please get in touch with Suzie Gates on 0221599311 for a confidential chat.
To apply for this vacancy you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.
At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.
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