Marketing Manager

Job description / Role

Job Profile:

• Marketing Budget Management
- Quarterly budget planning (product and market wise) for SGE and MDF budgets.
- Quarterly plan should be submitted 15 days before the quarter with fixed plan for the 1st month and forecast for the next 2 months.
- Monthly evaluation of the marketing spend (market, budget and product wise) covering ATL and BTL activities.
- Continuously feed the Sales Team with marketing plans
- SGE media plans to be fixed at least a month in advance and shared with all.
• Marketing Activities and Reporting
- Recommend the measures to enhance the quality of Product display
- Development of Product Catalogues for all the product categories with the help of dedicated product websites and HQ.
- Innovate ways to increase market visibility
- Manage outdoors with Cheil
- Weekly marketing activity reports to be prepared and circulated to all concerned in SGE and HQ
- Regular uploads on dedicated websites
- Arrange and coordinate product launches
- Coordinate product reviews and PR activities with PR Manager
- FGI (as and when required)

Requirements

Candidate Profile:
• Mature person with 5+ years experience in FMCG industry in the same position.
• Understanding of the local market is required hence local experience will be preferred.
• Knowledge of some or all of products: Audio/Video, IT, Home Appliances.
• Regional experiences including GCC.
• Either sex (male or female) ¡V traveling will be required. „X Presentable and must possess a pleasant personality.
• Computer literacy with good presentation skills is a must.
• MBA desirable; 30-35 yrs

Specific Knowledge:
• Extensive marketing thinking and pro-active / consultative approach
• Strong customer orientation
• Persuasive and professional presenting products / technologies and concepts to customers
• Good knowledge of markets and customers
• Very good communication skills and ability to negotiate at all levels
• Self starter being able to work under minimum supervision
• Initiative and ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
• Ability to work in a team and to manage a team
• Familiarity to work with state of the art software applications (MS-Office, SAP)

About the Company

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in technology, opening new possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation and discovery, Samsung is transforming the worlds of TVs, smartphones, tablets, PCs, cameras, home appliances, printers, LTE systems, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. Samsung employs 286,000 people across 80 countries with annual sales of US$216.7 billion.