Associate Product Segment Leader - Private Label

Avnet LLC; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Farnell Farnell, an Avnet company, seeks an Associate Product Segment Leader for Private Label to own the strategic management of a product segment. You will drive end-to-end lifecycle decisions, manage supplier relationships, and collaborate with marketing and sales to meet growth KPIs.

The role requires strong product strategy experience, cross-functional leadership, and data-driven decision making across global markets.

Qualifications

• Experience driving product strategy for a portfolio across its lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of supplier negotiations and terms.
• Ability to translate market insights into growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive overall product strategy to achieve sales, margin and market share KPIs.
• Manage product lifecycle, portfolio extensions, and end-of-life decisions.
• Lead supplier relationships and commercial terms to deliver margin growth.
• Coordinate marketing programs and e-commerce plans with stakeholders.
• Provide market insights on supplier trends and customer demand.

Skills

Product strategy

Portfolio management

Supplier relationships

Market insights

Pricing & margin

Cross-functional collaboration

Negotiation

Job description

Farnell Farnell, an Avnet company, is a global high-service distributor of technology products, services and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair.

Job Summary:

The Associate Product Segment Leader for Private Label, has global accountability and owns the strategic management of a specific product technology to achieve sales, margin, asset management and market share KPI’s whilst driving key supplier and customer satisfaction. The role has end-to-end responsibility for a dedicated Product Segment.

Principal Responsibilities:

Accountable for creating and driving the overall product strategy to achieve the defined sales, margin, asset management and market share KPI’s Manages the product range - managing the portfolio of products throughout their life cycle – e.g. new technology and franchise negotiations and introductions, product range extensions, inventory depth decisions and exiting end of life products Manages the full relationship and business development plans (including review meetings and industry events) within the product business unit to help achieved the defined KPI’s/commercial terms. Potential to lead the strategic relationship with suppliers that sit across several business units. Accountable for the commercial and contractual supplier terms Accountable for both the buy and sell price aspects of the product business unit to deliver margin growth and price sustainability. Manages the overall inventory health : including budgets, influencing turns, line fill and provision & excess to achieve the defined KPI’s Partners with stakeholders to ensure all marketing programs are planned and executed on time, Product strategy is communicated and training provided to sales teams and strategic e-commerce plans developed Provides market insights and knowledge to influence the success of the business unit and wider company, including new suppliers, technology trends, and changes in customer demand within assigned portfolio including supplier market share data. Administration of assigned products throughout their life cycle. Including; system maintenance, ensuring products are in the optimum saleable position, PDD co-ordination, product maintenance / housekeeping and ad-hoc analytics Accountable for resolving customer issues including liasing with suppliers in multiple time-zones to resolve issues in a timely manner Cooperate with commercial marketing and suppliers to provide content for agreed marketing activities.

Job Level Specifications:

Thorough knowledge of principles, theories and concepts in area of discipline. Competent in all job functions and has general understanding of the industry practices, techniques and standards. Develops solutions for a variety of situations and works on projects requiring evaluation and analysis. May refer to policies, practices and precedents for guidance; determining best course of action to achieve results. Work is performed independently and requires the exercise of judgment and discretion. May receive some limited guidance for new assignments. Work may be reviewed for overall adequacy. Collaborates with management and team members within the department/function and other areas of the organization. May represent department internally or externally. Actions may impact the success of the overall department and/or the organization. Failure to accomplish work or erroneous decisions may result in delays to projects, loss of revenue or allocation of additional resources to remedy. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills. As a leading global technology distributor and solutions provider, Avnet has served customers’ evolving needs for more than a century. Through regional and specialized businesses around the world, we support customers and suppliers at every stage of the product lifecycle. We help companies adapt to change and accelerate the design and supply stages of product development. With a unique viewpoint from the center of the technology value chain, Avnet is a trusted partner that solves complex design and supply chain issues so customers can realize revenue faster.

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