Our Client is Global consumer product manufacturer based in Chertsey is looking for (Korean Speaking) Senior Product Manager focusing on the Consumer Electronics portfolio, covering TV, Audio/Visual, Monitors and Home Appliance categories. This role plays a pivotal part in driving product launch excellence, strategic projects and sales, ensuring full cross functional alignment across all European teams.
Key Responsibilities:
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Product Launch Leadership: Lead the enhancement and execution of the global product launch strategy across TV, Sound Devices, Monitors, and Home Appliances. Define methods and procedures for new product launches ensuring localisation for each European market while maintaining alignment with HQ.
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Strategic Planning & Decision Making: Develop EU roadmaps and determine the most effective approaches for execution. Exercise sound judgement to evaluate multiple complex variables and trade-offs providing recommendations that balance commercial, operational and customer experience needs.
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Project and Functional Leadership: Act as functional lead on strategic focused projects and product launches, leading cross functional workstreams and ensuring alignment of project scope, timelines, and deliverables. Set clear procedures to ensure successful execution, accountability and post launch evaluation.
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Lifecycle Management: Lead end-to-end product lifecycle planning using professional concepts and data driven insights to resolve issues and identify opportunities for growth. Ensure all launches align with vision, timelines, and business goals.
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Cross Functional Collaboration: Communications between HQ and subsidiaries. Exercise influence and authority in steering partners toward common objectives often requiring broad perspective thinking and innovative problem solving.
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Innovation & Challenge: Take a broad perspective to identify new solutions for the portfolio, proactively challenging conventional approaches and embedding “never been done before” ideas into business strategy.
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Performance Evaluation and Insights: Lead in-depth evaluations of launch critical metrics and pivotal initiatives, providing insights and recommendations that shape future roadmaps and influence senior decision making.
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Regional Relevance: Champion led initiatives by shaping locally relevant solutions to global strategies. Ensure the European voice is represented in global forums and that local consumer needs are embedded into launch excellence.
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Control Tower Role: Act as central coordination point, defining processes and ensuring alignment with HQ and EU Regional to set direction and remove execution barriers.
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Sales Management : Drive sales performance of products across Channels by setting and tracking sales objectives, developing regular performance reports and dashboards, and providing actionable insights that align with product campaigns, promotional strategies, and overall business goas across Europe markets.
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Reporting and Insights : Contribute to regular and ad-hoc reporting across products categories, ensuring accuracy, timeline, and relevance. Collaborate with colleagues across the planning team to generate meaningful insights that inform decision-making and support strategic priorities.
Skills and attributes:
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Experience in business innovation, project management, campaign management in large, complex organisations.
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Strong attention to detail, highly organised, with a track record of delivering complex, cross market projects.
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Excellent project management and partner engagement skills.
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Proven track record to influence diverse partners across functions and regions.
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Commercially savvy with strong creative judgement and the ability to shape integrated marketing strategies.
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Skilled communicator able to distil complex ideas into clear, actionable plans.
Benefifs :
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Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days at home per week
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Bonus scheme linked to individual, team and company performance
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Car allowance (delete if not appropriate)
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Pension contribution
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Three volunteering days each year