Junior Product Manager

Bensons for Beds is looking for a new Junior Product Manager to join our Product and Brand team based in Huntingdon. Working on a Full time basis, your role will to be an integral part of our Owned Brand Development team.

Who do we want?

We want someone with experience of working in a brand led organisation, who has a passion for brands and products and is able to identify trends and opportunities. We also want someone who:

• Understands product development and timelines
• Is confident and competent with the use of Microsoft office products, such as Word, Excel and Outlook, and excellent skills within PowerPoint.
• Is organised and have excellent attention to detail and understand the product process.
• Understands Trend websites and understanding the beginning of products and brands.

So what will you do?

You’ll gain a deep understanding of the market and current product offer, assist with market research/ insights and competitor analysis to rack industry developments. Along with that, you will also:

• Build and maintain all project schedules and individual project management critical plans (NPD log & Gantts)
• Have a strong understanding of all detail, timelines, and requirements for each new project, supporting Head of Owned Brand Innovation /Product manager to deliver NPD projects across all categories.
• Liaise with Technical Product, Commercial & Marketing teams preparing product guides, labels, preparing creative briefs for product images and work with all functions to deliver successful product launches.
• Assist Product manager/marketing to create copy docs, co-ordinating the copy approval process across all functions, managing supporting evidence and amends, ensuring final copy is fully signed off and implemented across the wider business.
• Maintain all copy files and ensure excellent version control; maintain a copy library for each category to ensure all copy information is easy to access in one place.
• To demonstrate persistence to ensure all project team members deliver on their accountabilities.
• Collaborate with Quality & Compliance, purchasing and wider production teams at manufacturing site to support project successfully.
• Support on technical information, ensuring that all copy is correct in terms of any claims made in terms of sustainability, performance, or origin etc. Help to build robust system to support this.
• To take meeting notes, update plans & ensure theses are circulated following each meeting.

What will you get?

Along with a competitive salary of £30,000 per annum (based on Experience), we host a catalogue of benefits! These include:

• *Employee discount scheme for Bensons products
• *Medicash - cashback options for Health and Wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other healthcare services and more)
• Unum Income Protection - for peace of mind if you’re off work long term due to illness
• *Pension scheme – provided by Legal & General
• *Discounted Gym membership
• *Cycle to Work scheme
• Annual leave buy & sell scheme – you can top up your holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you
• *Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
• Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills
• Career progression – access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds