Assistant Product Manager
About the Opportunity
What You’ll Bring
What’s on Offer
Next Steps?
To keep things simple, we ask that all applications are submitted through this advert. We’ll review applications as they come in and be in touch.
For any questions give Josh Pidduck a call on +64 22 639 2831 and quote Job ID: 18533 for a confidential chat.
To apply for this vacancy, you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.
At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.
Tribe is a group of specialist teams, each of who truly understand their world, and together they partner to understand yours. Whether you’re looking for your next opportunity or recruiting, we’re all about bringing people together for a shared purpose. Find your people.
- CDB Group is an entrepreneurial, innovative business distributing consumer electrical products across NZ and Australia.
- This Assistant Product Manager role supports the consumer electronics portfolio including GoPro, Smart Calendar, and MyFirst (kids tech).
- You’ll report to the Business Manager and together you’ll run the day-to-day product and commercial engine for the division, so it’s a role with real variety and visibility.
- The mix is sales support, coordination, and delivery: stock forecasting, product documentation, managing samples/spares, supporting customer and consumer queries, and helping execute programs with retail partners.
- Full-time, office-based in Rosedale, with the business moving into a new purpose-built Whenuapai facility in early 2027.
What You’ll Bring
- Around 3+ years’ experience in a commercial role such as sales support, junior account management, category/product support, or retail/supplier-side coordination.
- Confidence communicating with stakeholders and supporting meetings, submissions, and program execution.
- Strong Excel skills and comfort working with commercial metrics like sales, margin, pricing, and stock.
- High attention to detail, especially across product documentation, packaging/artwork, and process.
- A teachable, proactive style and a genuine appetite to learn and grow your career.
What’s on Offer
- A high-learning role with broad scope across sales support, product, and execution.
- Exposure to well-known and emerging consumer electronics brands and major NZ retailers.
- A collaborative environment that values initiative and development.
- Variety in your day and a clear pathway toward stepping up over time.
Next Steps?
To keep things simple, we ask that all applications are submitted through this advert. We’ll review applications as they come in and be in touch.
For any questions give Josh Pidduck a call on +64 22 639 2831 and quote Job ID: 18533 for a confidential chat.
To apply for this vacancy, you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.
At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.
Tribe is a group of specialist teams, each of who truly understand their world, and together they partner to understand yours. Whether you’re looking for your next opportunity or recruiting, we’re all about bringing people together for a shared purpose. Find your people.