Smartphone Product Manager

Samsung Group; Ottershaw; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer electronics company in Ottershaw seeks a Product Manager to drive the product strategy and business plan for the A Series & Xcover. Responsibilities include pricing, positioning, and collaboration with teams to meet targets. Ideal candidates have product management experience and proficiency in Microsoft Excel. This role offers hybrid working with competitive benefits including bonuses and generous holiday leave.

Benefits

Hybrid working model

Bonus scheme

Car allowance

Pension contribution

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Discounts on Samsung products

Qualifications

• Experience in product management, preferably in Smartphone/Consumer Electronics.
• Ability to develop and execute product propositions.
• Skills in product lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Drive product strategy and business plan implementation.
• Responsible for pricing, positioning, and distribution.
• Collaborate with teams to achieve critical metrics.

Skills

Product management experience

P&L handling

Proposition development

Product Lifecycle management

Strong numeracy

Excel proficiency

Verbal communication

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Key Tasks

• As ambassador for the A Series & Xcover 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.
• Deeply understand, interpret and champion Samsung Mobile products, the market, its consumers, channels and competitors within Samsung UK & IE MX (Mobile Experience), Europe Office/Suwon & reflect within the plan.
• The PM is responsible for pricing, positioning and channel distribution through the life of the product from launch to EOL, monitoring both the 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.
• Own the Product group to create, co-ordinate and deliver our targets through the Product Plan into our direct and indirect channel partners
• Collaborate with the 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 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 product plans
• Work with wider MX pier group (sales, marketing & retail) to ensure alignment, consensus of the plans with clear feedback loop and issue management. Working 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 analysing areas of performance below the plan. Go deep to understand what is behind the performance and make fast recommendations on how to correct or mitigate. Work with your peer group and key stakeholders including the Pricing team and the wider business, to rapidly raise areas of concern and build effective solutions to return the performance to plan.
• Own the sell-out (AP2) forecasting at SKU level (customer, colour, SKU variant) and align with demand planning & sales operations on the equivalent sell-in that this forecast generates, to ensure SEUK achieves its sell-in revenue target. Report on any changes on current performance, and the subsequent implications on key critical metrics.
• Understand segmentation and customer audiences to align the product strategy.
• Fundamental responsibility for the SEUK MX Smartphone (A Series/XCover) Product Plan, its implementation and success.

Essential Hard Skills

• Experience in the area of product management, preferably Smartphone/Consumer Electronics
• Experience handling a P&L and delivering profitability with low margins
• Proposition development & execution experience
• Product Lifecycle management experience with technical proficiency
• Strong numeracy/commercial competence
• Exceptional skills in Microsoft office packages, especially excel.
• Strong verbal, written and presentation abilities

Essential Soft Skills

• Creative thinking
• Self-motivator and self-starter
• Resilience in a fast paced, ever-changing & dynamic culture
• Excellent communications skills with the capability to present to key team members
• Excellent attention to detail
• Flexible & adaptable with capacity to work in cross functional teams
• Ability to work at a fast pace, with accuracy in a changing environment
• Tenacious, hardworking, creative & driven
• Excellent teammate
• Ability to make decisions with full awareness of impacts and wider business trade-offs
• Strong organisational skills
• Multitasking capability
• Results focused
• Ability to manage Key Relationships

Benefits

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office and 2 days at home per week
• Bonus scheme linked to individual, team and company performance
• Car allowance
• Pension contribution
• Three volunteering days each year
• Holiday - 25 days plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday
• Access to discounts on a wide range of Samsung products
• Access to a discount shopping portal
• Partner Colleagues are not eligible for Samsung Enhanced Paid Sick Leave but may be eligible for statutory payments from their payroll agency
• Up to 20 (pro-rata) Partner Absence days per calendar year to be used in times of need