Manage the Freestanding Cooking, Built-In Cooking and Dishwasher categories; new product strategy & development, supplier relationships, new product launches and portfolio management across AU & NZ

Global major appliance company and premium brand within the Haier Group, the world’s largest appliance manufacturer. Fisher & Paykel operates in 50 countries, employing over 3000 people and manufacturing in Thailand, Mexico, China and Italy. Developed business cases, clearly defining the strategy and sales impact, through to executing the project and managing launches of new product ranges across international offices and markets. Successfully delivered data and insight driven premium ranges, that addressed a gap in the market while aligning to the business goals and brand direction.Whilst initially focused more broadly across the dishwashing and cooking categories, this lead to a secondment leading outdoor cooking & dishwashing and ultimately leading the freestanding cooker category.Daily cross functional collaboration with product development, marketing, digital, finance and global in-market teams. Provided daily support to the global product management team, for ongoing portfolio management and liaised with global marketing on all digital and product content requirements.

The DCC is the local government authority for Dunedin in New Zealand, elected to represent its 130,000 residents. 
Developed companywide system for capturing employee’s role specific qualification/training requirements. 
Supported recruitment initiatives from advertising through to interviewing and completing formal offers. 
Daily proactive consultative engagements with HR Advisors and internal stakeholders on projects, building a high-performance workplace.

OceanaGold operates mines in the three largest goldfields in New Zealand including the Macraes operation in Otago.Developed a health and safety initiative piloted in Frasers Underground Mine for the Senior Leadership Team, to improve key Health and Safety metrics and overall culture.Facilitated weekly operational project group meeting and collaborated with external marketing/design company for creation of required assets.