Specification & Design Partnership Manager - - 42347 - Fletcher Building

General Information

Job Type

Permanent

Description

Are you in your element when you’re in the room with designers, architects, and industry influencers? Are you the connector who turns conversations into committed specifications? If you’re a creative relationship builder who loves elevating brands in design led spaces, this is the role for you!

Laminex New Zealand is the trusted partner behind many of the country’s most loved interior surfaces, serving interiors from benchtops and cabinetry through to structural flooring, wall lining and commercial joinery. With local manufacturing and nationwide distribution, we’re proud to champion NZ made quality, sustainability and service.

The opportunity

As our new Specification & Design Partnerships Manager, you’ll be based in Auckland and lead the national strategy and execution for interior specification across commercial and residential markets—owning the critical fit out stage where preferences become commitments. You’ll guide a passionate team of design savvy business partners, deepen our engagement with architectural and interior design communities, and grow our share in high value decorative surfaces.

In this role, you will:

Lead the interior specification strategy NZ wide from market segmentation to execution, driving growth above market and elevating Laminex’s perception as the #1 decorative surfaces brand.
Coach and develop a high performing team of specification professionals, setting clear objectives, KPIs, and pipeline discipline to convert early demand into transactions.
Cultivate influential relationships with architects, interior designers, kitchen/bath specialists, and group home builder design teams, keeping Laminex top of mind and first choice in specs.
Manage national partnerships and associations (e.g., NKBA, DINZ, ADNZ, NZIA, RANZ) to extend our profile and advocacy across the interiors landscape.
Champion customer voice—feeding design and market insights into product innovation, commercialisation, and the tools/experiences specifiers rely on.
Represent the brand with creative flair through presentations, proposals and industry events that build excitement and preference for Laminex.
Collaborate across Sales, BDM, Marketing, Category and Supply Chain to ensure specifications are fulfilled, pipelines are visible, and projects are closed.

You’ll thrive here if you:

Are a natural networker and relationship builder
Bring 8+ years’ experience across specification, key accounts or business development
Have people leadership experience and love coaching others to be their best.
Possess strong presentation and storytelling skills
Know the NZ interiors/specification market and how to translate trends into brand and product preference.
Are comfortable with CRM discipline, pipeline visibility and measurement to “close the loop” from design to installation.
Have a design or business qualification (advantageous)

Why join Laminex NZ?

At Laminex NZ, you’ll get to make an impact at scale by shaping how New Zealand specifies decorative surfaces across both commercial and residential settings. You’ll enjoy creative latitude as a brand advocate in design-led spaces, supported by our iconic products and local NZ manufacturing. Our collaborative culture is built on living our values every day and we also offer an attractive salary package, with sales incentives, alongside access to the wide range of Fletcher Building employee benefits

Ready to build what’s next?

If you’re energised by design, relationships and results—and you’re ready to champion Laminex across NZ’s interiors community—apply now and let’s start the conversation.