Product marketing specialist

This role is posted under the title Product Marketing Specialist to more accurately reflect the scope and responsibilities of the position. The official internal title is Product Manager.

OVERVIEW

This position is responsible for sales and profit accountability for a class of products. They interact daily with suppliers including negotiating pricing, business reviews, promotion activity and continuous development building. The position handles elevations and significant business opportunities. They also oversee all quoting activities, analyze ‘strategic quotes’ and perform statistical analysis of daily/monthly reports. The person requires to prepare and negotiates product purchases and costs to maximize the class revenue and margin, and they play a key role in worldwide inventory management.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Drive sales and maximize margin through inventory management & quote strategies
• Develop employees through performance management
• Problem solving / troubleshooting
• Build and maintain supplier relations
• Oversee all quoting activity

JOB SCOPE

• Responsible for achieving sales targets and goals for a specific product group
• Responsible for a defined Product Marketing set of classes
• Create, implement and monitor action plan for focus suppliers within the branches
• Maintain and improve key suppliers’ relationship
• Responsible for SLA on timely completion of quotes
• Responsible to make sure that Product Group develops proficiency in aggressively quoting to win key opportunities from Sales branches
• Maintain proper follow-up systems

REQUIREMENTS

• A Degree qualification or equivalent in a relevant field of study.
• Minimum 3 years in product marketing or equivalent.
• Experience in electronics industry experience within distribution, component manufacturers and/or EMS companies is highly advantageous but not a must.
• Must be able to travel when required locally and overseas.