Product Lead - Building & Joinery

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Eastleigh
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Kingfisher
Kingfisher

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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. Guided by our purpose Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone. We believe a better world starts with better homes, and we work every day to make that a reality. Join us and help shape the future of home improvement.

In this role, you will shape and deliver a unique, competitive product offer that genuinely improves life at home for our customers. You will lead cross‑functional experts to create solutions that support Kingfisher’s purpose: Better Homes, Better Lives, For Everyone . By understanding real customer needs and market opportunities, you will bring commercially successful products from concept to store.

What’s the job?

  • Lead a cross‑functional team - including design, engineering, buying, quality, brand and packaging - to develop outstanding product ranges.
  • Build a competitive and customer‑focused offer aligned with Kingfisher’s business strategy and commercial goals.
  • Identify new product development opportunities using customer insights, market analysis and category direction.
  • Guide internal and external designers through clear briefs to create strong product concepts.
  • Manage the full product development and commercialisation process, taking approved concepts through to store launch.
  • Stay closely connected with related categories to meet customers’ broader home improvement needs.
  • Ability to build collaborative relationships and work effectively across design, engineering, buying and commercial teams.Take accountability for sales and margin performance across the category


What you’ll bring
  • Strong experience in offer analysis, including understanding customer needs, market trends and competitor activity
  • Proven project management capability, overseeing complex product development cycles.
  • Commercial acumen with the ability to identify category opportunities and make informed, customer‑driven decisions.
  • Ability to build collaborative relationships and work collaborative relationships and work effectively across design, engineering, buying and commercial teams.
  • Experience leading change, navigating ambiguity and delivering clear outcomes at pace.

What We Offer An inclusive environment where your potential is limited only by your imagination. We encourage new ideas, support experimentation, and strive to create a workplace where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here.

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Scroll down below to find out more about our benefits.

Diversity & Inclusion Our customers come from all walks of life - and so do we. We’re committed to ensuring all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants are treated equally, regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, ethnicity, culture, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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