Senior Manager, B2B Category Management

Samsung•Plano, TX

9d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship. Samsung Electronics America (SEA) is a leader in mobile technologies, consumer electronics, home appliances, enterprise solutions and networks systems. Across each of these areas, our work drives innovation, economic growth and workforce opportunity in the United States. For nearly five decades, Samsung has been at the forefront of technological advancements, investing over $100 billion and creating more than 20,000 jobs nationwide. Our mission? To integrate cutting-edge products, services, and AI technology to deliver smarter, sustainable, and more connected experiences that empower people to live better. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SEA offers opportunities to work alongside global visionary thinkers and innovators who are passionate about making a difference. Explore the exciting opportunities at Samsung Electronics America and discover how you can make an impact. To learn more, visit Samsung.com. For the latest news, visit news.samsung.com/us.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, marketing, economics or a related field; MBA preferred.
Typically 8+ years of experience in category management, commercial product management, business planning, sales strategy, revenue operations or a related discipline; prior team or workstream leadership preferred.
Experience managing revenue forecasts, pricing or promotional programs, product lifecycle, inventory and customer/channel performance.
Advanced analytical and financial skills with strong Excel, presentation and business-intelligence capabilities.
Strong communication, influence and execution skills in a complex matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

Owns business performance for one large or several related B2B mobile categories.
Converts portfolio direction and financial insights into category, channel and customer actions; leads the weekly operating rhythm; challenges demand and forecast assumptions; and drives recovery plans with Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, Marketing and Operations.
Develop the annual category plan and rolling outlook for revenue, units, mix, market share, sell-through, inventory and key commercial initiatives.
Lead category performance reviews, identify root causes and maintain a quantified recovery plan with owners, due dates, confidence levels and remaining risk.
Challenge Sales and demand forecasts using pipeline, customer commitments, historical run rate, channel inventory, sell-through and market signals.
Build customer-, channel- and model-level action plans for launches, promotions, trade-in or funding programs, aging inventory and end-of-life transitions.
Recommend pricing, promotion and investment actions; document baseline versus funded upside, expected revenue and units, Net ASP or margin implications, and ROI.
Partner with Product and GTM teams to convert roadmap, positioning and launch plans into executable B2B commercial motions and sales enablement priorities.
Coordinate with Supply Chain and Operations to address availability, inventory, configuration, timing and execution dependencies.
Synthesize performance, competitive and customer insights into clear recommendations and escalation asks for leadership.
Coach team members and improve category tools, scorecards, processes and operating standards.
Independently owns category decisions within agreed guardrails and recommends material exceptions.
Facilitates cross-functional reviews and holds senior stakeholders accountable for committed actions.
Balances near-term recovery with launch, lifecycle and next-year category health.