Position Summary

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Reporting to the Senior Product Manager for Refrigeration, the Junior Product Manager – Refrigeration, will be responsible for supporting the creation and flawless execution of the category strategy, contributing to the overall UK Home Appliance strategy.

Role and Responsibilities

Your Key Responsibilities:

Contribute towards the development and support the implementation of the Refrigeration product strategy for the UK.

Support with the communication of the business priorities of the product line, supporting in translating the HQ vision into actionable UK specific plans.

Work with the Senior Product Manager to take accountability for the P&L of the category and ownership of the budget ensuring profitable growth.

Complete data deep dives and complete regular and consistent analysis of sell in, sell out and market performance to drive growth within your category.

Work alongside Product Management, Supply Chain, Finance, Marketing and Commercial teams to develop successful propositions for the Refrigeration category.

Product Strategy

Work with UK HQ, Korean HQ & EU HQ to ensure products are set up with all key UK channel partners in a timely manner ahead of launch

Regularly review the Refrigeration category strategy (alongside Channel Marketing and Brand teams) and support with the delivery of this to ensure it is correctly communicated

Set the £RRP and invoice pricing of Refrigeration products to ensure the product range is competitive for the target market.

Analyse weekly sell-out figures to measure performance, identify key trends & ensure performance of the category is delivered, suggesting actions required.

Analysis of external data Such as GFK to measure performance, identify key trends & ensure performance of the category is delivered, suggesting actions required.

Provide information to ensure correct product channelisation, product lifecycle management and investment decisions for the Refrigeration business.

Market Strategy

Work with the Brand teams to set the direction for segmentation of Refrigeration products in the UK.

Support in developing the quarterly promotional plan & financial simulation for the category, ensuring achievement of key targets and timely approval.

Review and suggest reactions to competitor strategy, communicating insights and actions to UK, EU and Korean HQ.

Support with product category sign off on all marketing & training assets produced.

P&L Accountability

Support in delivering the category monthly margin, revenue and stock targets

Work with the wider UK Home Appliance business units to conduct return on investment analysis on business opportunities in a timely manner.

Support with financial modelling & provide scenarios that will help aid decision making

Support with monthly & yearly budget planning cycles ensure they are correctly loaded into systems.

Forecasting & Stock Management

Support in inputting weekly forecast into the global supply chain systems

Work with demand planning teams to ensure factory teams have correct levels of product supply to meet targets

Work with the commercial sales team to ensure that any variation to plans are managed and communicated

Ensure that any aged or surplus stocks have clear action plans to resolve issues quickly & proactively.

Launch Management

Give to the development of the launch plan for new products within Refrigeration portfolio

Take ownership and co-ordinate with key stakeholders in the launch to ensure overall delivery of the planned strategy

Find new and innovative solutions to deal with any challenges with launch process and creatively overcome long-term challenges and short-term problems.

What we need for this role

To be successful, you will possess the following skills and attributes:

Experience of handling large quantities of data to make complicated decisions – intermediate excel skills required

Self-motivator and self-starter

Ability to break complex problems down into simple, relevant solutions

Flexible & adaptable with ability to work in cross functional teams

Ability to work at a fast pace, with accuracy, in a changing environment across multiple projects

Ability to make decisions with full understanding of impacts and wider business trade offs

Excellent attention to detail

Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills

Creative thinking - find a way forward when barriers appear

Outstanding communications skills comfortable speaking publicly at all levels

Strong and flexible Interpersonal skills when interacting with colleagues of different nationalities and culture.

What does success look like?

A well rounded blend of:

High level commercial competence

Advanced data-handling capability

Well-developed creative problem solving skills

The ability to deliver excellence in collaboration.

Tenacity and resilience in a fast paced environment

Success in the first 6 months will look like:

Gain a full understanding of the UK Refrigeration Strategy & products in the range

Understanding & competent in the use of key Samsung processes and systems

Strong relationships built within the product management team and wider Home Appliance teams

Understand how you can support the business in achievement of its objectives for the category

Driving the implementation of key launches, promotional planning & forecasting.

Success will be measured by:

Overall support offered in the achieve of the category metrics, including;

Meeting quarterly and yearly targets for Volume, Revenue, Profit, Net Dealer Price

Category Mix performance

Accuracy of commercial forecasts alongside Quality and reliability of reporting

The interview process

Two stage interview process – 1 Stage with Hiring Manager, (Senior Product Manager) if shortlisted; 2nd stage will be Technical assessment (analytics and presentation of findings) and meeting the Head of Product Management.

Skills and Qualifications

Benefits of working at Samsung include

Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days at home per week

Bonus scheme linked to individual, team and company performance

Pension contribution

Three volunteering days each year

Holiday - 25 days plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday

Access to discounts on a wide range of Samsung products

Access to a discount shopping portal

Partner Colleagues are not eligible for Samsung Enhanced Paid Sick Leave but may be eligible for statutory payments from their payroll agency

Up to 20 (pro-rata) Partner Absence days per calendar year to be used in times of need

A note on equal opportunities
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our Company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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