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Product Manager

Employer
Samsung
Location
Chertsey, Surrey
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
20 Apr 2019

Job Details

Flexible Working

Samsung is an amazing place to work full of endless opportunities, exceptional people and an excellent environment. As well as this, Samsung provides the opportunity to be a part of innovation that makes a real difference in the lives of millions of people worldwide. We are looking for exceptional people to join our journey, so we can enable you to ‘do what you can’t’.  

Samsung is an open and flexible business where we are keen to find the right people for the role by supporting them in their work-life balance. Although this is a full-time role we are open to having discussions to fit your needs.’

Position Summary

What will this role achieve?

• Contribute to the development & implementation of the Product Strategy as it relates to our product lines in the UK
• Communicate and live the priorities of product line, translating the vision and purpose of Samsung into actionable product plans

Role and Responsibilities

What will be your key deliverables?

Product Strategy:

  • You will handle the Product Roadmap for the category in collaboration with Category Product Manager
  • Provide scenario planning to the Category Product Manager
  • Provide information that will guide channelisation, product lifecycle management and investment decisions in the category

Market Strategy:

  • Work with the category management and brand teams to ensure that consumer targets and activity are aligned
  • Provide information that allows the Category Product Manager to determine the £RRP of product lines
  • Ensure that segmentation is effective for products in the UK
  • Liaise with Market analysts to ensure that Category PM has a full understanding of the UK market
  • Provide recommendations on a monthly promotional plan that will guide the commercial teams priorities in terms of sell-in
  • Review and react to competitor strategy, communicating insights and actions to both UK and Korean HQ

Proposition:

  • Work with the Supply Chain Management, Finance, Marketing and Commercial teams to develop an overall Value proposition in collaboration with the Category Product Manager

Forecasting:

  • Develop & manage a forecasting template that will assist in forecast setting across the business

Launch

  • Add to the advancement of the launch plan for new product
  • Lead the critical path that guides concept to launch process for product management

Skills and Qualifications

What do we need for this role?

Priority Understanding:

  • Demonstrate the priorities of the category through daily activities and aligning the SEUK business behind the priorities needed to win in the UK market

Essential Hard Skills:

  • Experience in Product Management
  • Proposition development & execution experience
  • Product Lifecycle management experience with technical aptitude
  • Good skills in Microsoft office packages
  • Strong verbal, written and presentation abilities
  • Strong numeracy/commercial acumen
  • Experience handling P&L, delivering profitability with low margins

Essential soft skills:

  • Creative thinking
  • Self-motivator and self-starter
  • Excellent communications skills with capability to present to key team members
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Flexible & adaptable with capacity to work in cross functional teams
  • Ability to work at a face pace, with accuracy in a changing environment
  • Tenacious, passionate, creative & driven
  • Great teammate
  • Ability to make decisions with full awareness of impacts and wider business trade-offs

Desirable skills:

  • Strong organisational skills
  • Multitasking capability
  • Results focused

 

Company

As well as this, Samsung provides the opportunity to be a part of innovation that makes a real difference in the lives of millions of people worldwide. 

 

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