PPE & Workplace Safety Product Manager

About Us

RSEA Safety is Australia’s largest independent safety retailer, supplying workwear, PPE and safety equipment across Retail, B2B and Hire.

With a national network approaching 100 stores and a significant B2B operation, we’re looking for an experienced PPE & Workplace Safety Product Manager to join our Merchandise team in Hurstville.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Retail Merchandise, this is a senior, commercially focused role responsible for our PPE and Workplace Safety categories across Retail, B2B and vending channels.

You’ll combine strong PPE product knowledge with merchandise and commercial capability – managing product ranges, suppliers, pricing and inventory performance while supporting the wider business with technical product expertise.

A key part of the role is working closely with our B2B sales team in the field, providing product expertise and helping win and service major customer contracts.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage PPE and Workplace Safety categories across Retail, B2B and vending

• Develop and implement merchandise and category strategies

• Manage product ranges, pricing, margins and inventory performance

• Maintain strong supplier relationships and negotiate commercial outcomes

• Provide technical PPE and site safety product expertise across the business

• Support B2B sales with tenders, customer contracts and product solutions

• Work in the field alongside sales teams on key customer opportunities

• Support product development, merchandising and promotional activity

• Monitor market trends, product developments and changes across the safety industry

• Provide product training and guidance to sales and retail teams

• Work closely with Supply Chain, Inventory, Marketing, Sales and Operations

• Lead and develop direct reports

About You

• Extensive experience with PPE, Workplace Safety products or closely related categories

• Strong technical knowledge of PPE and site safety products

• Experience in product, merchandise or category management

• Commercial understanding of pricing, margin, inventory and category performance

• Experience working with suppliers and negotiating commercial agreements

• Exposure to B2B sales, tenders and customer contracts

• Strong financial, numerical and analytical capability

• Confident working across multiple stakeholders in a fast-moving environment

• Leadership or people management experience

• Strong Excel capability and a proactive, autonomous approach

What We Offer

• Senior ownership of key product categories across a national business

• Exposure across Retail, B2B and vending channels

• Opportunity to work directly with major customers and suppliers

• High level of autonomy and commercial influence

• Collaborative team environment within a growing national business

• Employee product discounts

How to Apply

If you have strong PPE product knowledge combined with commercial merchandise or category experience, we’d love to hear from you.

If this sounds like an opportunity of interest, please apply below or contact ••••@rseasafety.com.au for a confidential discussion.