Position Summary
Why join our team?
A great opportunity to join the Tablet & Companion team. Tablet along with the 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 are looking 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, with responsibility for the creation and implementation of the quarterly Product Strategy and Business Plan across UK and Ireland.
* The PM is responsible for pricing, positioning, and channel distribution through the life of the product from launch to EOL, monitoring both market trends and internal forecasting.
* The PM will have excellent communication skills balanced with a sound eye for business. Capable of creating outstanding business plans that clearly communicate the key message of the product group both internally and externally.
Key Tasks:
* Own the Tablet Product group to create, coordinate, and deliver our 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 key SEUK MX 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, its consumers, channels, and competitors, and represent SEUK plans and performance to ETO & Suwon.
* Align, negotiate business opportunities, gain consensus and approval across the category head, Product heads, the SEUK Leadership Team, and Business Strategy Directors on the components of the Tablet product plans.
* Work with wider MX peer group (sales, marketing & retail) to ensure alignment, consensus of the plans with clear feedback loop and issue management. Work with peer groups to identify areas of improvement, risks, and solutions to ensure the plan is delivered.
* Actively track and report the status of the sell-out of the plan, identifying and analyzing areas of performance below the plan. Understand the reasons behind performance and make rapid recommendations to correct or mitigate issues. Collaborate with stakeholders including the Pricing team to develop effective solutions.
* Own the sell-out (AP2) forecasting at SKU level (customer, color, SKU variant) and align with demand planning & sales operations to ensure SEUK achieves its sell-in revenue target. Report on performance changes and implications on key metrics.
* 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 experience with technical proficiency
* Educated to degree level or equivalent
* Strong numeracy and commercial competence
* Exceptional skills in Microsoft Office packages, especially Excel
* Strong verbal, written, and presentation abilities
* 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 teammate
* Decision-making with awareness of impacts and business trade-offs
* Strong organizational skills
* Multitasking capability
* Results-focused
* Ability to manage key relationships: internal teams (UK Sales, Channel Marketing, Brand, HQ, ETO/EHQ, Supply Chain, Leadership) and external partners (customers, agencies, business partners, media)
What does success look like?
Priority Understanding: Demonstrate understanding of the Tablet category priorities through daily activities and align the SEUK business to win in the UK market.
Personal Development: Take ownership of personal development, meet targets, develop skills in product management and system management, and learn new skills through on-the-job and mentoring.
Measured by: Meeting quarterly objectives, effective communication, and stakeholder engagement.
The interview process
* Two-stage interview: 1. General introduction, 2. Competency-based interview
* Interviewers include Line Manager, Sales Category Head, and Head of Product Management
* Second interview includes a presentation on a given subject
Skills And Qualifications
Benefits of working at Samsung include
* Hybrid working: 3 days in-office, 2 days remote
* Bonus scheme based on performance
* Car allowance (if applicable)
* Pension contribution
* Three volunteering days annually
* Holiday: 25 days plus bank holidays and your birthday off
* Discounts on Samsung products and shopping portal
* Partner colleagues' benefits vary
A note on equal opportunities
We are an equal-opportunity employer valuing diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, age, disability, or other protected characteristics. Reasonable accommodations are provided for individuals with disabilities. Contact us to request accommodation.
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