Junior Product Lead: Kitchen Furniture & Storage

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.

• 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
• Lead on identifying NPD, input into eligibility criteria, selling data, comms brief and product validation
• Identify commercial potential for the 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
• Share responsibility for the sales and margin performance of the OEB products within the range
• Own ongoing performance review of OEB products and manage remedial actions with Banner’s to support overall range performance

• 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
• 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.

Opportunity to receive up to family level cover with AXA. Join within three months of starting or at annual renewal in April. (This benefit is subject to Benefit In Kind taxation).

Immediate eligibility through auto‑enrolment. Contribute 8% to receive a max 14% from the Company.

25 days per annum plus bank holidays as stated in your contract (pro‑rated for part‑time colleagues).

20% discount at B&Q and Screwfix. Eligible after 3 months service.

Share ownership in a tax‑efficient way. Save between £10 to £150 per month. Join at any time once three months service is reached.

x4 Salary plus benefit equal to value of your Retirement Account (if an active member of KPS‑MP) or x1 Salary if not active member.

Competitive bonus scheme that aligns to work level of role.

Save with the option to buy Kingfisher plc…