Senior Manager, Product Management - Channel Marketing (Plano, TX)

Samsung Electronics•Plano, TX

About The Position

This role supports Samsung Electronics America’s Home Entertainment Division through marketing program design and execution, new product launches, channel sales support, product lifecycle management, and achievement of sales and market-share goals while exercising P&L responsibility. The position interfaces with Samsung’s direct and indirect sales channels, including internal sales teams, retailers, and distributors, and provides customers with the direction and materials needed to carry out approved marketing programs. The role manages the product category roadmap and lifecycle, strategic promotional plans and calendars, weekly forecasts and plans to close performance gaps against monthly, quarterly, and annual goals, category sales and market-share objectives, and category weeks-of-supply targets. It also communicates updates to overseas headquarters counterparts, develops strategies for managing assortment across partners and channels without price or market disruption, and creates and presents product marketing materials to retail partners.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
At least 8 years of relevant industry experience.
Product or brand marketing and communication skills, coupled with consumer electronics industry knowledge.
Experience working with National, Club, and/or Regional retail accounts.
Product lifecycle management experience, particularly in product launch and channel inventory management.
P&L management experience.
Professional experience with Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of NPD and other market data tracking services.

Responsibilities

Support the Home Entertainment Division with marketing program design and execution, new product launches, channel sales support, and product lifecycle management.
Achieve sales and market-share goals while exercising P&L responsibility.
Interface with internal sales teams, retailers, distributors, and other direct and indirect sales channels.
Provide customers with direction and materials to carry out approved marketing programs.
Manage the product category roadmap and lifecycle.
Manage strategic promotional plans and calendars.
Prepare weekly forecasts and develop plans to close gaps against monthly, quarterly, and annual plans.
Achieve category sales and market-share goals.
Maintain category weeks-of-supply targets.
Communicate with and provide updates to overseas headquarters counterparts.
Develop a holistic strategy to manage assortment across multiple partners and channels without price or market disruption.
Create and present product marketing decks to retail partners.
Perform other responsibilities as defined.