Samsung - Product Manager - Mobile Category

Product Manager - Mobile Category

PURPOSE OF POSITION : This position is responsible for Online Smartphone Portfolio > Rs. 20K. This will include Premium Smartphones (Flagship, Flagship Lite & N-1 Deals) and Focus Categories (Tablets, Wearables & Accessories). This position will have complete ownership of the product, portfolio in terms of value targets, volume, market share and profitability.

JOB RESPONSIBILITY :

- Preparation of annual business plan for the entire range of the Product Category as per the overall strategic direction of the management

- Prepare model wise sales planning & forecasting (Monthly, Quarterly)

- Responsible for quantities, value and gross margin targets for the product category (Develop product pricing and positioning strategies)

- Planning & selecting products from global product line up (Identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive growth)

- Required to provide inputs to - Marketing Function for channel schemes and channel promos. Planning & managing inventories under norms

- Ensure proper implementation of the schemes (affordability, sales deductions, promotions, etc.)

- Scheme roll out and payout closure responsibility

- Determine Product Positioning along with Marcom team to hand it to Marcom to build campaigns around it

- Planning & execution of new product launches

- Sales Analysis and Strategy

- Managing entire product life cycle (ageing, sell-in/sell-out forecast)

- Directly planning and allocating RTF for new products and EOL products

- Competition tracking and analysis by features and price, channel, segment

- Market share tracking and analysis

- Demand estimation and supply management (Manage SCM KPI)

- Manage representation of products across all online portals (specifications, images, videos, etc.)

COMPETENCIES :

- Strong problem solving skills

- Result Oriented (willingness to get the job done)

- High on Self-Motivation, positive attitude and work ethic desired

- Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams in a matrix organization

- Excellent Relationship Management skills

- Ability to work under pressure

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills