EU Category Marketing Head for Lens & Accessories

Sony•Weybridge, VT

50d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an EU Category Head for Camera Lenses and Accessories, joining our Pan-European Product Marketing team. You should be someone with a deep understanding of cameras & lenses, and how to drive business using our leading market position to ensure growth across your categories. Once you have established yourself within the company and developed an understanding of our ways of working, we want your unique perspective, innovative ideas, and creative expertise to find new angles and ways to improve sales, profit and ultimately growth. You should have experience working with internal commercial teams, forecasting, presenting and justifying analysis and proposals to leadership, and working with country-teams to drive alignment and agendas. You will join a high performing team of experts, within a very healthy category which has some exciting unexplored areas, and regular launches of new products for your category! You will enjoy the collaboration and quality of communication across colleagues in Europe and Tokyo, and you will find that we can be very agile, which you will be vital when steering business direction.

Requirements

Experience in consumer and professional electronics or fast-paced industry
Knowledge of the Digital Imaging industry is a strong advantage
Experience in analysis-driven product/marketing/commercial position
Experience to manage, deal and influence within an international environment
Previous responsibility over sales budgets
Understanding and usage of critical metric setting and return on investment
Experience and ability in presentations
Willingness to travel to visit local EU markets (once per quarter)

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of the Digital Imaging industry is a strong advantage

Responsibilities

Maximize Sales, Profit, and attachment ratio with camera body
Define product line-up strategy for Europe and manage product lifecycle from Launch to EOL
Define and implement Marketing strategy at European level
Define and implement Channel strategy at European level
In-depth market knowledge to identity opportunities and risks
Implement sell-out driven operation to minimize inventory risk

Benefits

onsite canteen with a wide range of options available
barista style coffee shop
well-provisioned onsite gym run by our own Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours
staff car park which includes electric charging points
undercover and secure bike rack (useful if you’ve made the most of the Cycle-to-Work scheme)
shuttle bus service that regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times
competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking
hybrid and flexible working policies
recognition platform
access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing
allowances for volunteering days
fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills
mobility team to support you if you take that leap!