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Position Summary
Why join our team?
A great opportunity to join the Tablet & Companion team. Tablet, along with categories making up our Ecosystem products (Tablet, Computing, Smartwatch, Audio, Memory, and accessories), are the main drivers for business growth within Samsung. Through innovation and launching class-leading devices, combined with sharp commercials and channel execution, we aim to accelerate sales and market share growth. The team is ambitious, energetic, commercially savvy, and highly motivated, creating an exciting working environment.
Role and Responsibilities
Your key responsibilities
* As ambassador for the Tablet product group, the product manager is the key driver within Samsung UK, responsible for creating and implementing the quarterly Product Strategy and Business Plan across UK and Ireland.
* The PM is responsible for pricing, positioning, and channel distribution throughout the product lifecycle, from launch to EOL, monitoring market trends and internal forecasts.
* The PM should possess excellent communication skills and a sound business sense, capable of creating compelling business plans that clearly communicate the product group's key messages internally and externally.
Key Tasks:
* Own the Tablet Product group to create, coordinate, and deliver targets through the Tablet Product Plan into our direct and indirect channel partners.
* Collaborate with the Tablet category team, wider Product Management team, and the overall business to achieve critical metrics of revenue, volume, share, profit, and investment ratio targets.
* Produce launch materials and support product launch, ranging, and sell-through.
* Deeply understand, interpret, and champion Samsung Tablet products, the market, consumers, channels, and competitors, representing SEUK plans and performance to ETO & Suwon.
* Align and negotiate business opportunities, gaining consensus and approval across category heads, Product heads, SEUK Leadership Team, and Business Strategy Directors on the components of the Tablet product plans.
* Work with wider MX peer groups (sales, marketing, retail) to ensure alignment, consensus, and effective issue management. Collaborate with peers to identify areas of improvement, risks, and solutions to ensure plan delivery.
* Track and report the sell-out status of the plan, analyze underperformance areas, and make rapid recommendations for correction or mitigation. Work with stakeholders to address concerns and develop solutions.
* Own the SKU-level sell-out (AP2) forecasting, align with demand planning & sales operations, and ensure achievement of revenue targets. Report on performance changes and implications.
* Understand segmentation and customer audiences to align the product strategy.
* Fundamental responsibility for the SEUK MX Tablet Product Plan, its implementation, and success.
What we need for this role
To be successful, you will possess the following skills and attributes:
Essential hard skills:
* Proven experience in product management, preferably Tablet
* Proposition development & execution experience
* Product lifecycle management with technical proficiency
* Degree level education or equivalent
* Strong numeracy and commercial competence
* Exceptional skills in Microsoft Office, especially Excel
* Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills
* Experience handling a P&L and delivering profitability with low margins
Essential soft skills:
* Creative thinking
* Self-motivated and proactive
* Excellent communication skills for presenting to key team members
* Attention to detail
* Flexible and adaptable, capable of working in cross-functional teams
* Ability to work at a fast pace with accuracy in a changing environment
* Tenacious, hardworking, creative, and driven
* Excellent team player
* Decision-making ability considering impacts and trade-offs
* Strong organizational skills
* Multitasking capability
* Results-oriented
* Ability to manage key relationships: internal (sales, marketing, HQ teams, supply chain, leadership) and external (buyers, agencies, partners, media)
What does success look like?
Priority Understanding:
* Demonstrate the priorities of the Tablet category through daily activities and align the SEUK business to win in the UK market.
Personal Development:
* Take ownership of Personal Development Plan
* Meet targets for self and business objectives
* Develop and deliver functional skills within the Product Management team
* Develop system management skills within the team
* Learn new skills through on-the-job experience and mentoring
Measured by:
* Achievement of quarterly objectives
* Effective communication of activities
* Timely and clear updates to stakeholders and Korean HQ
The interview process
* Two stages: General Introduction and Competency-based interview
* Interviewers include Line Manager, Sales Category Head, and Head of Product Management
* The second interview includes a presentation on a given topic
Skills and Qualifications
Benefits of working at Samsung include
* Hybrid working: 3 days in-office, 2 days at home
* Bonus scheme based on performance
* Car allowance (if applicable)
* Pension contributions
* Three volunteering days annually
* Holiday: 25 days plus bank holidays and birthday off
* Discounts on Samsung products and shopping portal access
* Partner colleagues' sick leave and partner absence days policies
A note on equal opportunities
We are an equal-opportunity employer valuing diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability. Reasonable accommodations are provided for individuals with disabilities upon request.
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