HP posted a job you might be interested in January 25, 2015 at 11:35AM

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Mobility Category Manager

Singapore, SG - Computer Hardware

HP got its start over 70 years ago because of two men who believed in their ideas. While a lot has changed since then, our commitment to innovation and creative thought is steadfast. HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company and ranked 10 on the Fortune 500 list for 2012, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to serve more than 1 billion customers in over 170 countries on six continents. HP invents, engineers, and delivers technology solutions that drive business value, create social value, and improve the lives of our clients. And at HP, we know that our people and values are the most important elements in this success.

The Printing and Personal Systems (PPS) organization is HP’s largest business unit, generating over $65 billion in annual revenues in 2011 and over $6 billion in operating profit. PPS ships over 50 million printers - and over 60 million PCs - each year. PPS products are inspired by our customers and reflect our passion to fuse form, function, style and reliability into great personal computing systems that enrich people’s lives. This focus - coupled with unmatched global scale - has made PPS the world’s leader in printers, PCs and supplies.

Mobility, is Big and is going to get much Bigger. Wherever we turn we are surrounded by opportunities to harness the power of Mobility and improve our customers work styles. Mobility represents one of HP’s key pillars in the HP New Style of IT and it is only HP that bring all the pieces together to enable organizations to untether workflows, get work done anywhere, and interact with customers in a whole new way. By combining HP’s world-class service and support with state-of-the art devices and a complete application and accessory ecosystem results in the most robust and cost-effective end-to-end mobility solution.



This mobility portfolio is transforming the industry, and helping enterprise and service provider customers address the needs of a workforce to be productive anytime and anywhere. As we, HP enhance our portfolio of products, services and solutions to support this Mobility growth we are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Mobility Category Manager to join a team of focused professionals.

This is a key growth area for our business; do you want to be part of something big, and now?

If you do, then the Mobility Category Manager will be expected to help us realize our goals and will require the following skills to be successful and make HP successful:



Requirements:

• Manages all aspects of the product life cycle for the mobility device portfolio: from new product introduction (NPI), through updates and enhancements, up to proper end of life (EOL) phase out and transitioning of products.
  


• Assume P&L responsibilities for the category under management
  


• Coordinate all aspects of Product Lifecycle Management with the regional & worldwide Product Managers
  


• Understands customer needs/insights and provides initial product pricing, value proposition, messaging and/or whole product strategies (warranty, service, support)
  


• Partner with supply chain in inventory strategy and forecasting
  


• Determine pricing strategy for respective platforms depending on GTM
  


• Works with the sales force and partners to improves sales processes and thus revenue
  


• Represents the voice of the customer with respect to development, pricing, launch, refresh and obsolescence based on market and customer insights
  


• Work collaboratively with the marketing, channel and sales teams to plan/create/execute the product and promotional plans across all routes-to-market and segments and to achieve the budget
  


• Deliver the analytical reporting re: use cases, target customers, geo/country, RTM, portfolio mix, GM, revenue
  


• Becomes the mobility subject matter expert and delivers product related training
  


• Becomes a sought after presenter for customers
  


• Implementing the product strategy with the channel and direct sales force teams, channel leads
  


• Provide proactive feedback to the regional and global Product Managers on competitive pricing, positioning, messaging and sales issues
  
  
  

Qualifications

• 7+ years marketing experience, including product marketing, segment marketing, partner marketing


• 5+ years sales and/or channel experience


• 5+ years regional business unit/sales or country business unit/sales experience


• 5+ years industry experience - ideally with a focus on the mobility market


• 3+ years program management

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Willing to work with dedication and passion in a virtual team of experienced professionals; you will learn a lot in this job; and it will open doors for your next career step


• Acknowledged mastery of marketing principles, practices, tactics and tools


• Understands the sales process and becomes a respected peer of the sales management team within the country or area they are responsible for covering


• In-depth understanding of the mobility industry and the competitive offerings


• Strong project and program management skills


• Excellent written (Word , PowerPoint) and oral communications (presentations)


• Strong analytical skills (Excel)


• Excellent interpersonal skills


• Ability to build, manage and influence virtual teams


• Ability to interface effectively with all levels of management and functional disciplines, both within and outside HP


• Strong influencing and consensus-building skills with sales teams, product managers and the channel teams
  
  
  

No salary provided



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