Position Summary
Why join our team?
Samsung is an amazing place to work full of endless opportunities, great people and an outstanding 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 and we are looking for great people to join our journey. Throughout our history we’ve taken on big challenges and we strive to be the very best at what we do. This spirit is the driving force that has made us a global leader and sustains our ambition to develop cutting-edge technologies that push the boundaries of what’s possible. Come and join us as we take on the next big challenges of the future.
The EO Marketing Team’s mission is to deliver a personalised, significant, premium experience to Samsung consumers across a multi-touchpoint ecosystem (website, e-store, social, email, device, app, chat, media) to drive sustainable business growth. A key element of being able to do this is through our D2C e-stores where consumers can purchase Samsung products directly. The team seeks to build high value digital propositions, which we deliver to consumers at the right time in their path to purchase.
Role and Responsibilities
Your key responsibilities
You will be responsible to support the Head of D2C Platform Operations Europe to deliver key operational activities for Back End Ops, supporting all 16 EU subsidiaries.
1. To lead and deliver the operational effectiveness of Back End Operations
2. Management of the execution of key services to support subsidiary e-store (Merchandising, D2C Operations, L1 Support)
3. Responsible for supporting subsidiaries to achieve their agreed targets for direct eStore sales by
4. Executing changes on S.com. estore & e-promoter to agreed timelines
5. Resolving issues and queries that impact sales
6. Operate an effective Support service to markets, tracked and measured against SLAs
7. Be a primary point of escalation for issues where the structure or design of the service has impacted performance; resolving issues and handle the impact of issues
8. Establish processes, SLAs, determine priorities, schedules, plans and necessary resources to ensure completion of projects and requests on schedule and on-budget
9. Monitor performance, design and implement programmes to improve the performance of the service
10. Work with customers (European Markets) and suppliers (EHQ, HQ) to understand requirements. Build operational improvement plans to enhance the service. Hold regular reviews with key markets to track improvement progress.
11. Constantly communicate performance to senior partners and local markets
12. Out of hours working - for key events / flagship launches there will be a requirement for out of hours working in order to work with the HQ teams in Korea (including regular travelling in Europe or to Korea).
What we need for this role
To be successful, you will possess the following skills and attributes:
Essential
13. Experience with, or deep understanding of the D2C e-store within consumer electronics industry.
14. Ability to lead a team (circa 40) and inspire third party resources to deliver against stretching deadlines
15. Manage diverse teams with different specialist skills to execute changes on S.com & estore. Example skills include estore merchandising, web publishing, web coding, web component management, QA and so forth.
16. Flexibility to deal with an evolving team over many nationalities, languages and time zones
17. The ability to package and present ideas & performance updates with clarity
18. Strong Senior Partner management experience, gained in complex, matrix and European environment (2+ years). Ability to build and maintain a network of partners, develop relationships to deliver change across e-store and wider digital operations
19. Experience handling and developing teams
20. The ability to design, build, handle, evolve, track and report a European wide operational service
21. Excellent written and verbal communication (clear, accurate, complete, impactful)
22. Demonstrated business results from delivering on-time and handling to large marketing budgets
23. Ability to work within a fast paced, high pressure environment
Desired
24. Big brand experience
25. Global or European experience
Technical expertise/ Qualifications
26. Detailed understanding of Hybris platform & wider ecommerce systems
What does success look like?
Personal attributes:
27. Overarching attitude/role but hands-on if needed
28. Excellent communication skills and partner management
29. Ability to work in a fast paced environment
30. Leader and motivator
31. Critical thinking and pragmatic/focused approach to delivery
6-12 month goals:
32. Expansion of Back End Ops to support EU7 subs
33. Increased engagement from subsidiaries
34. Recognition as key contact for e-store enhancements implementation and understanding
Skills and Qualifications
Benefits of working at Samsung include
35. Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days at home per week
36. Bonus scheme linked to individual, team and company performance
37. Car allowance
38. Pension contribution
39. Three volunteering days each year
40. Holiday - 25 days plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday
41. Access to discounts on a wide range of Samsung products
42. Access to a discount shopping portal
43. Partner Colleagues are not eligible for Samsung Enhanced Paid Sick Leave but may be eligible for statutory payments from their payroll agency
44. Up to 20 (pro-rata) Partner Absence days per calendar year to be used in times of need
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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