About the role

  • Designer role creating on-trend homeware products for Kmart. Collaborating on product ranges and trends to drive sales.

Responsibilities

  • Play a key role in identifying, interpreting and implementing global homeware trends to drive sales and deliver meaningful moments for our customers.
  • Create original, customer‑focused and on‑trend product ranges across soft goods, with hard goods experience essential to support cross‑category design and development.
  • Reflect Kmart’s unique “handwriting” through strong aesthetics, commercial thinking, and collaborative influence.
  • Trend forecasting & identifying on trend and commercial product opportunities in homewares market.
  • Extensive experience in hands on product design & development in soft goods home such as bath towels, bed linen and soft home furnishings
  • Hard goods product development and experience advantageous
  • Leadership constantly strive to improve product, process and culture
  • Building relationship & influence key stakeholders
  • Identify and forecast global and local homeware trends to create commercial product opportunities
  • Design original, on‑trend and customer‑focused ranges including textile, print and repeat patterns
  • Lead hands‑on product design and development across soft goods home (e.g. bath towels, bed linen, soft furnishings)
  • Apply hard goods product development experience to support cohesive, multi‑category ranges
  • Collaborate and influence cross‑functional stakeholders to deliver best‑in‑market outcomes
  • Continuously improve product quality, processes and team culture

Requirements

  • Proven experience in a Soft Goods Design role within a retail environment
  • Strong trend forecasting capability with a commercial mindset
  • Solid understanding of range architecture and product lifecycle
  • High proficiency in Illustrator and Photoshop
  • Technical knowledge of soft goods and textile design processes
  • Strong understanding of print types and execution limitations
  • Experience working with factories and supply partners
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement, collaboration and influencing skills
  • Strong time management, organisation and attention to detail
  • Confident written, verbal and presentation skills

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid working options through our Flex Where, Flex When, Flex Well policy.
  • A team member discount card that gives you a discount at Kmart, Target, Officeworks and Bunnings
  • Access to the Kmart for You benefits program which entitles you to exclusive discounts and benefits in the areas of entertainment, travel, lifestyle, and health – with over 60 suppliers!
  • We want you to feel rewarded for your commitment and hard work that's why eligible team members get the opportunity to participate in a bonus program
  • We offer inclusive parental leave, and ongoing support offered though our partnership with Circle In for team members of all backgrounds and family circumstances
  • A dynamic learning and support program
  • Opportunity to fast track your career through our Mentor Program as a Mentee or Mentor
  • A Kudos recognition program, where you are nominated by your peers to spin a wheel, to win a stack of cool prizes
  • Great career opportunities across the broader Wesfarmers Group

Job title

Designer – Living Home, Soft Goods

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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