Job Description

The Product Category Manager (PCM) for Premium Brand smartphone is tasked with advancing business growth, cultivating existing relationships with authorized resellers, and projecting sales while forecasting revenue for smartphones within the organization. This role centers on achieving quarterly sales targets, conducting deep market, and pricing analysis, coordinating new product introductions, and overseeing the go-to-market pricing strategy in collaboration with the Central team. Job Purpose: Drive business growth by achieving sales targets, analyzing markets and pricing, coordinating new product introductions, and overseeing go-to-market pricing strategies in collaboration with the Central team. Key Responsibilities: Achievement of quarterly sales targets for smartphones in the Premium Brand through all routes to market (RTMs). Responsibilities include planning, forecasting and overview of product assortment matrix and coverage by Point of Sale (POS). Coordination of new product introductions and demand generation activities. Candidates are expected to specialize in pricing for their assigned product category. Responsibilities include the ability to conduct in-depth market analysis, comparing Premium Brand with competitors, competition, and pricing strategies. Collaboration on pricing, discounts and rebates solid understanding of smartphone price Foodchain's in South African market Weekly coordination with the supply planning and operations team. Daily engagement with supplier and resellers within the channel. The role entails end-to-end responsibility and ownership of the entire category.
Requirements: A Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Economics, Business, Trade, or Engineering is preferred. Preferred qualifications include similar product management experience with smartphones while working for a distributor or vendor. Should possess the skill to develop and conduct successful presentations. Experience with various sales channels, including resellers, specialized retailers, and integrators is desirable. Broad experience with common data processing tools such as Excel or Tableau is necessary, along with strong Keynote skills. Candidates should have experience functioning as a "pricing specialist" for their product category. Additionally, the ability to defend one's position in a reasoned and commercially oriented manner, with a focus on achieving results, is essential.

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