Zuru

Global Product Executive, FMCG

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Auckland, NZL

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Junior

Software • Automation

The Role

This role involves managing global product strategy for baby brands, overseeing product development, regulatory compliance, and collaborating with stakeholders across all functions to ensure timely delivery of market-ready products.

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About ZURU

ZURU is on a mission to disrupt industries and challenge the status quo through innovation and automation. Our brands reflect this vision: ZURU Toys re-imagines play, ZURU Tech leads the next building revolution, and ZURU Edge creates modern FMCG brands for today’s consumers.

Founded in 2003 by EY Entrepreneur of the Year brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray, ZURU has grown to over 5,000 team members across 30+ international locations.

As one of the world’s largest toy companies, our award-winning brands include Bunch O Balloons, Mini Brands, XSHOT, Rainbocorns, and Smashers. Our FMCG portfolio features MONDAY Haircare, Rascals, NOOD, BONKERS, Gumi Yum Surprise, and more.

For more information, visit www.zuru.com.

YOUR ROLE

You will collaborate with all global stakeholders to drive and implement the global product strategy across all baby brands, product types, and markets. The breadth and responsibility of this role is incredibly unique, you will learn all necessary steps to take a product from an idea to an international success. If you're interested in product development, data analysis, manufacturing, and supply chain, and want to help drive product success in one of the fastest-growing FMCG companies in the world, this role is perfect for you.

Despite the scope of responsibility, this role is also well suited to ambitious fresh graduates. At ZURU, we value people who show initiative, curiosity, and a drive to learn quickly. If you’re someone who takes ownership, overprepares to win, and is eager to make a real impact early in your career, you’ll thrive in this environment.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

You will own the end-to-end journey of bringing products to life — from the first spark of an idea through to a finished product on shelves across the globe. As the baby team expands into new markets, retailers, and product categories, you will be the critical link that translates commercial needs into tangible, compliant, and market-ready products — delivered on time, every time.

You will build direct relationships with stakeholders across every function and every continent, becoming the go-to person for product knowledge, timelines, and execution. The decisions you make and the standards you set will directly shape the direction of our brands and the impact they have

CORE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Project and Timeline Management

End-to-end project management for all allocated markets' product-related projects, including new products, customisations, and continuous improvements, as well as ad hoc projects such as retailer displays.
Timeline management — proactively obtain all information needed and drive each development milestone to deliver market-leading products on time.

Product Development and Innovation

Drive insights-led product creation, coordinating both lab and field testing of our products.
Create and manage design briefs for world-class product packaging.
Identify gaps in the market and help ideate product opportunities and improvements.
Educate and upskill wider teams within the baby business on our products and technologies.

Regulatory and Compliance

Collaborate with legal, regulatory teams, and merchandisers to ensure our products and packaging meet all necessary requirements of the customer, market, and appropriate jurisdiction.
Develop new product claims, ensuring legally approved substantiation exists for every claim in each market.

Stakeholder Collaboration and Operations

Collaborate closely with the teams in China to drive manufacturing efficiencies and cost savings across the supply chain, improving speed to market.
Assist in the creation of both internally and externally facing templates and documents to standardise our product development process and professionalise our external data presentation.
Ensure our benchmark product performance data bank is up to date, managing in-house and third-party testing.
Improve data accuracy and accessibility for our global stakeholders.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Experience and Qualifications

• 1-2 years’ experience in a product development, supply chain, or operations role.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, product design, science, or a business-related field.

Skills

• Exceptionally organised with strong timeline management skills.

• Superior attention to detail — able to juggle and filter information from many sources to determine the best path forward.

• Confident in managing internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

• Highly analytical with a data-driven mindset.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritising effectively.

• Problem solver with a solution-focused approach.

• Confident communicator with global teams, both verbally and in writing.

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

Personal Attributes

• Naturally curious — questions assumptions and challenges others when appropriate.

• Self-motivated and thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

• Strong desire for continuous improvement.

LIFE@ZURU

At ZURU, we have cultivated a high-performing culture that encourages excellence. Our team works towards ambitious goals, learning, performing, and improving together, all while having fun. We empower talented individuals to do their best work every day.

At ZURU, you get out what you put in. You are responsible for driving your own career and we provide the platform to achieve it. As ZURU is on such a fast growth trajectory, there are opportunities here that you won’t find anywhere else.

We recognise that ZURU’s success stems from our people and you can only be at your best when you are looking after yourself. ZURU encourages all our team members to invest in their wellbeing by providing an array of benefits and tools.

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The Company

Kolkata

793 Employees

Year Founded: 2003

What We Do

ZURU is on a quest to reimagine tomorrow from A to Z. Founded in 2003, ZURU Group has rapidly grown and now spans three core divisions—ZURU Toys, ZURU Edge (consumer goods) and ZURU Tech (construction). Known for its cutting-edge software and world-leading automation and manufacturing systems, ZURU has over 5,000 team members in over 30 global locations, making it perfectly placed to continue building its reputation as one of the fastest-growing and most disruptive companies in the world. ZURU TOYS ZURU Toys is one of the largest toy companies in the world, known for its innovation, creativity and disruption through automation. Inspired by kids and imaginative play, ZURU Toys distributes to all major retailers in over 120 countries and has delighted millions of families all over the world with brands such as Bunch O Balloons™, X-Shot™, Rainbocorns™, Robo Alive™, Smashers™, 5 Surprise™, and Pets Alive™ and partnerships with entertainment properties, including Nickelodeon, Disney, Universal Studios and DreamWorks. ZURU EDGE ZURU Edge is disrupting stale consumer goods categories and building new generation brands to better serve modern consumers. Arguably the fastest-growing consumer goods company in the world today, ZURU Edge has a key focus on building tomorrow’s brands across five key verticals—Pet Care, Baby Care, Personal Care & Beauty, Home Care and Health & Wellness. ZURU TECH ZURU Tech is revolutionizing the way the world builds to bring greater flexibility, speed, affordability, quality and sustainability to the construction industry. Ten years in the making, ZURU Tech has reinvented every aspect of the construction process, developing the world’s first BIM software that directly connects to fully automated production. Get to know us a little better by checking out our company Instagram @lifeatzuru