Job Summary
Qualifications- Matric
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in product sourcing or development, specifically dealing with international suppliers.
- Demonstrated experience sourcing products from China.
- Proven leadership experience managing or building a team.
- Strong understanding of import processes, costing, and global supply chains.
- Experience in homeware, kitchenware, or related product categories highly advantageous.
- We are seeking an experienced and commercially driven Product Development
- Manager to lead the end - to- end development, sourcing, and delivery of our product ranges.
- This role is responsible for managing the full product lifecycle from international sourcing and supplier negotiation to packaging, quality control, and retail readiness across approximately 2,500 SKUs spanning crockery, cutlery, glassware, barware, bakeware, and kitchenware.
- The successful candidate will oversee both international branded ranges and proprietary house brands (e.g. Regent and Bar Butler), ensuring that all products meet quality, cost, and market requirements.
- The Product Development Manager ensures that product ranges are relevant, commercially viable, and delivered efficiently directly impacting profitability, brand strength, and customer satisfaction.
- Develop, curate, and optimize product ranges aligned with market trends and retailer requirements.
- Identify opportunities for innovation, cost improvement, and category growth.
- Evaluate product & category performance and rationalize ranges based on commercial metrics.
- Source products globally, with a strong focus on suppliers in China and other key manufacturing regions.
- Negotiate pricing, MOQs, production timelines, and quality standards.
- Establish and maintain strong supplier partnerships.
- Ensure product alignment with brand strategies (e.g. Regent, Bar Butler, Consol and international brands represented by the company
- Manage packaging development, artwork coordination, and compliance with retail requirements.
- Maintain consistent brand presentation across all product categories.
- Ensure all product information is accurately captured and maintained.
- Verify product descriptions, specifications, and attributes are correctly recorded.
- Oversee uploading and management of product data and graphics onto relevant systems, platforms and websites.
- Establish and maintain quality assurance processes.
- Coordinate inspections, certifications, and product testing where necessary.
- Investigate and resolve product or supplier quality issues
- Collaborate with sales, logistics, procurement, and warehouse teams.
- Oversee timelines from concept through to import and delivery.
- Ensure accurate product specifications, costing, and documentation
About
Objective Personnel is a professional recruitment partner and placement agency that has been making it’s mark on the industry for over 40 years. The company boasts a highly stream-lined service that offers its clients the freedom to focus on running their businesses while Objective Personnel deals with recruitment. Objective Personnel is well suited to filling any vacancy, from entry level to the CEO, and everything in between. If your business has employment opportunities that need filling, Objective Personnel will help you fill them with competent and qualified screened candidates. Situated near Johannesburg, Objective Personnel focuses on the whole of South Africa.
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