Position Summary
Why join our team?
The role sits within the ETO Category Management team which is responsible for designing, coordinating, communicating, executing and evaluating the strategies and action plans for the European MX business to achieve its regional targets.
Role and Responsibilities
Your key responsibilities
1. The role will sit within the Smartphone Category team
2. Key impact will be driven by in-depth understanding of the stakeholders’ (cross functional directors and VPs) priorities and form a pragmatic approach to propose strategic approaches in driving demand
3. Responsible for the formulation of the European strategy, covering 5 key areas
Market Demand
Price
Competition
Partner CoCoCo
Big data utilisation
4. Market Demand
Co-ordinate across 16 Europe Subsidiaries the over-arching shape of the market demand through local market understanding
Correlate across multiple data sources as well as Subsidiaries’ local sensing to categorise and cluster market growth opportunities and risks
Collaborate closely with category directors to link market demands trends with portfolio and revenue planning
5. Price
Work closely with Business Operations and Category teams to model the whole value chain of MX product pricing
Includes but not limited to (1) market price, (2) whole sale price, (3) pricing compliance
Engage in regular update with Commercial Strategy VP and Category directors to regulate and evaluate optimal pricing strategy to market demand
6. Competition
Establish the cadence for effective competition sensing
Partner with the Senior Data Systems Manager and Head of Smartphone to setup effective tools for timely competition understanding
Build relational and query data base to facilitate ETO category teams understanding and utilisation of TechInsights, GfK and Meta data
Maintain near-real-time competition tracking and sensing tools in line with Category directors’ priorities
7. Partner CoCoCo
Implement a clear and compelling visualisations and reports that translate Partner activities into insights and actional recommendations
8. Big Data Utilisation
Team up with Category Director and Senior Data Systems Manager to regularly engage with Suwon big data team to identify:
New insights through big data
Identify and test potential hypothesis towards business growth
Solicitate the support of Suwon teams to build reports for ETO
9. Advocacy in AI driven insights
Explore and apply AI driven tools and methodologies to enhance data analysis, scenarios planning
What we need for this role
To be successful, you will possess the following skills and attributes:
10. Advanced knowledge and familiarity with SQL a must
11. Established expertise in advanced data analytics and modelling a must
12. Demonstrated experience in cross functional collaboration and influence a strong plus
13. Extensive experience with internal systems and/ or business intelligence platforms a strong plus
14. Work towards tight timescales
15. Influence key members of the product category teams across geographies
16. Work cross-culturally with European and International colleagues
17. Communicate confidently with Executive level stakeholders
18. Innovate with purpose to create impact
19. Experience with process improvement and driving data-centric decision making highly preferred
What does success look like?
20. Building towards a high performance team
21. Influencing critical thinking across different functions
22. Positively Impacting the revenue and profit
23. Ensuring alignment and harmony throughout all categories
24. Striving towards total category growth
Skills and Qualifications
Benefits of working at Samsung include
25. Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days at home per week
26. Bonus scheme linked to individual, team and company performance
27. Car allowance
28. Pension contribution
29. Three volunteering days each year
30. Holiday - 25 days plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday
31. Access to discounts on a wide range of Samsung products
32. Access to a discount shopping portal
33. Partner Colleagues are not eligible for certain types of statutory leave such as Samsung Family Leave or Sick Leave policies but may be eligible for statutory payments via their agency
A note on equal opportunities
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our Company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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