Assistant Manager, Product Marketing

Acosta; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Assistant Manager for Product Marketing in Mississauga. The role involves driving product strategy, supporting marketing initiatives, and collaborating with various teams to achieve sales targets. Ideal candidates will have strong analytical skills and a background in home electronics.

Qualifications

• Home Electronics background preferred.
• Ability to manage budgets and determine ROI.
• Proven track record of results.

Responsibilities

• Support product-related business decisions over the product life cycle.
• Perform business analysis and provide monthly management reporting.
• Collaborate with Sales Manager to execute sales & marketing plan.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Negotiation

Project management

Creative Intelligence

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

The Assistant Manager for Product Marketing is co-responsible to drive all product-related business decisions in conjunction with Product Managers for Product Marketing for our Samsung client over the life cycle of their product. This includes providing support in driving product strategy into the market and being the absolute owner for Monthly Sales Targets and Profitability of the product. The incumbent will be a liaison between Sales, SCM, Service, and Channel for all product-related matters.

The Assistant Manager is also responsible for assisting the Product management team in data mining, analysis, presentations, and report creation for business indicators that facilitate the decision-making process and strategy development for every category and overall company goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Support product-related business decisions for the local subsidiary over the product life cycle relating to Marketing, Sales, Finance, SCM, and interfacing with HQ. This includes product line-up strategy, customer collaboration, promotion planning, product launches, product training, collaboration on merchandising and displays channel distribution strategy, price positioning, market share analysis, forecasting, inventory management, market analysis, and research.
• Collaborate with the Sales Manager / team to execute the sales & marketing plan.
• Collaborate with external and internal colleagues to support product managers.
• Perform business analysis including researching industry trends and consumer preferences, providing monthly management reporting for spend, profit, share fluctuations, and risk analysis with recommendations. Data mining and analysis, prepare presentations in collaboration with PMs for upper management.
• Participate in coordination with the Product management team in the decision-making process and strategy development for every category and overall company goals.
• Support implementation of Business Strategies covering all pricing, channel programs, and marketing promotions developing strategies to maximize sales among customers based on geography, channel type, price segmentation, business model, and target market, expanding market share and pursuing aggressive growth targets.
• Support the development of product portfolios to achieve the strategic plan, meet business objectives, and increase the company’s competitive position.
• Effectively communicate and liaise with the sales teams to develop and execute product strategies and drive plans for the retail channel that are consistent with our overall distribution strategy and goals.

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience preferred.
• Home Electronics background is preferred.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and other MS Office applications.
• Ability to productively interact with distribution, retail, and reseller business partners.
• Ability to plan, organize, and implement marketing projects and programs.
• Ability to disseminate market information and provide the best strategic business plan.
• Ability to negotiate with both vendors and customers on marketing proposals and plans.
• Ability to develop tasks, work assignments, to clearly define objectives and provide technical sales and marketing guidance on a day-to-day level.
• Ability to assist in long and mid-term business planning.
• Ability to manage budgets and determine ROI.
• Must have a proven track record of results.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment is a must.
• Show a sense of urgency.
• Driving for results : Always finding a way to achieve, never being stopped no matter how large the obstacle, always delivering and trying to do more than was thought possible.
• Creative Intelligence : Using insightful, fact-based analyses to identify and create options and new possibilities for the future.
• Navigating Organizations : Having the ability to determine how Samsung and its partners conduct business, where power and influence are located, and how to best use this knowledge in order to succeed.
• Building the best teams : Having the ability to build an organization of highly capable, consistently energized people whose talents can be brought together to deliver powerful team-based outcomes.
• Inspiring Others : Being able to secure the appropriate support throughout the business, so that people trust, support, and agree when it comes to action and implementation.

Physical / Mental Demands and Working Conditions :

• Work is generally performed in an office environment.
• Operate a computer keyboard and view a video display terminal 75% of work time, including prolonged periods of time either writing or responding to emails or documents / proposals.
• Performs work under moderate time schedules and stresses, which are normally periodic or cyclical and include time-sensitive job stress, fatigue, unpaid overtime, intellectual challenges, constant technical data feedback, language barriers, and project management stress.
• Machines, tools, equipment, and work aids representative and commonly associated with PCs, printers, and office work areas. Where equipment usually weighs less than 25 pounds.
• Occasionally works additional hours beyond normal schedule.
• Under light supervision with responsibility to apply policies and guidelines where decisions are periodically monitored; the consequences of decisions may affect operating results and management decisions to a minor degree. Position has access to confidential company data where disclosure may jeopardize the company’s competitive position.
• No Budgetary and / or expense authority.

ABOUT US

Premium brings brands to life, engaging and exciting shoppers in-store and online for retailers like Walmart, Best Buy, Walgreens, and dozens more in all retail channels.

When you work with Premium, you’re gaining a strategic partner focused on crafting tailored retail solutions designed to win. Our people and technologies extend your reach to deliver the best customer experience while driving sales.

Acosta and its subsidiaries, in good faith, believe that this posted range of compensation is the accurate range for this role at the time of this posting. Acosta may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications and locations. This range may be modified in the future.

Acosta, and its subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Category : Administration

Position Type : Full time

Business Unit : Marketing

Salary Range : $85,000.00 - $90,000.00

Company : Premium Retail Services (Canada), Inc.

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