This role is responsible for product line management and contribution to defining business plans and growth strategies. The role collaborates with internal teams for seamless execution and monitors KPIs to identify improvement areas. The role demonstrates a broad understanding of product categories, gathers customer feedback, and builds relationships with partners.
Responsibilities

• Contributes and actively participates in defining the category business plan and strategies to drive growth and profitability.
• Collaborates with various internal teams from marketing, sales, and finance to ensure seamless execution of category plans.
• Monitors key performance indicators (KPIs) and sales performance to identify areas for improvement.
• Demonstrates a broad understanding of product categories, business management, and sales challenges/strategies.
• Gathers and analyzes customer feedback and data to understand customer needs, preferences, pain points, and translates insights into actionable improvements.
• Build relationships and represents the team at a senior level with the sales force and other partners.
• Holds responsibility for product line and quota management for a significant share of the product range or a specific customer segment.
• Oversees functional responsibilities in areas such as market analysis, marketing engagement, etc.
• Participates in partnership engagements with external IT vendors.

Education & Experience Recommended

• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Sales, Marketing, Business Administration, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• 4-7 years of work experience, preferably in category management, P&L management, or a related field or an advanced degree with 3-5 years of work experience.

Knowledge & Skills

• Agile Methodology
• Analytics
• Business Development
• Business Strategies
• Business To Business
• Customer Relationship Management
• Data Analysis
• Digital Marketing
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Market Research
• Marketing
• Marketing Strategies
• New Product Development
• Product Management
• Product Marketing
• Product Strategy
• Project Management
• Thought Leadership
• Value Propositions

Cross-Org Skills

• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope

• Impacts multiple teams and may act as a team or project leader providing direction to team activities and facilitates information validation and team decision making process.

Complexity

• Responds to moderately complex issues within established guidelines.

Disclaimer for South Africa based candidates: Preference will be given to members from designated groups, i.e. EE in accordance with the Employment Equity Act. However, this does not suggest that the process of recruitment excludes members from non-designated groups.