Sr. Associate Product Specialist

Panasonic•Newark, NJ

22d

About The Position

Every moment of every day, people all over the world turn to Panasonic to make their lives simpler, more enjoyable, more productive and more secure. Since our founding almost a century ago, we’ve been committed to improving peoples’ lives and making the world a better place–one customer, one business, one innovative leap at a time. Come join our journey! This is an experienced individual who is seeking to be further develop career in product marketing (merchandising) role where we prioritize managing business under of 4Ps (Product, Price, Promotion, Placement) and maintain career path within the team of 2 years cycles of tiered growth tied to additional Ps of responsibilities. Successful individuals will showcase quality of eagerness to adapt and learn, persevere through tough assignment and challenges, and show great team work and communication skills.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required
1-3 years of experience in consumer electronics industry preferred
Experience in product management, sales and marketing team preferred
Advanced MS office skills, Excel and PowerPoint is required
Receptiveness to feedback and a desire to improve, learn and grow
Experience with demand planning
Ability to improve / eliminate manual processes
Strong analytical ability & detail oriented
Excellent Multi-tasking and time management skills
Ability to work outside of regularly scheduled work hours as needed
Problem solver – identify areas of improvement
Agility - ability to move quickly and easily in response to change or challenge
Attention to detail
Excellent written and verbal communication skill
Communication with merchandising, sales and Japan business units
Ability to travel up to 5-10% (may include overnight & some international travel)
Valid authorization to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

Maintain landed cost file and update on quarterly basis
Maintain marginal profit file based on distribution update
Support Sr. PM to negotiate with Japan competitive FOB for US market
Assist updating promotional roadmap
Update and analyze promotional cost simulation and uplift forecast
Review weekly POS performance and report findings of exception vs forecast
Run marginal profit simulation based on PM guideline
Apply knowledge of latest trend and innovation to identify opportunity to improve product listing, digital merchandising and report
Coordinate updating necessary basic product set up information – coordination with Japan BU
Track competitive product launch and campaign to report findings to Sr. PM
Demonstrate knowledge of technical product details
Ability to demonstrate product functions and features
Based on analysis of POS trend, create recommended forecast based on WOS guideline by Sr. PM
Assist collaboration with sales team closely to understand the sales forecast and accounts situation and support
Analyze latest POS trend vs sales forecast
Assist preparing power point presentation to be reported in monthly meeting
Follow thru with business analysis for business reports to Japan
Run Circana (market) data analysis and generate monthly report with key findings
Update weekly competitive market report
Update weekly report for promotion history in the market
Identify management information needs, develop non-standard reports and statements when requested
Work with Sr. PM to submit RFA (Request for Approval), and follow through
Document RFA (Request for Approval) and track vs budget to ensure completion and in compliance
Order and track sample for responsible category
Work with Sr. PM and marketing team to identify support requirements and execute as each event requires different level of involvements