Senior Product Manager

Position Summary

This role will require you to act as Regional Product Manager for Audio and Visual products for MENA where you will be in-charge of all project requirements and designing strategies that suit the business on short and long term goals.

Role and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the annual sales revenue and profit target of MENA TV/AV business
• Developing regional product and sales/launching strategy (line-up, price positioning, SKU)
• Building and strengthening brand equity via premium product leadership
• Intelligence gathering on industry, product, channel, consumer, competitor trends
• Collect and assess localized differentiated product ideas/needs
• Developing and supporting product training programs for entire distribution channel
• Product manager with sales sense is essential
• Managing and guiding a team of PMs to build solid plans

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master degree in Business or marketing, with minimum 10 ~ 12 years’ experience in Product marketing manager role, preferably in Electronics and/or FMCG
• Fluent in English speaking and writing (mandatory); Arabic is an advantage
• Proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint is a must
• Full Knowledge of sales cycle and PSI management is essential.
• Strength in building future forecasts based on trends and actual results.
• Planning/organization: the individual prioritizes and plans work activities and develops realistic strategy and action plans to grow business consistently
• Analytical: the individual synthesizes complex or diverse information from market, competitors and channels
• Problem solving: the individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyses information skilfully.
• Communication: the individual speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, demonstrates group presentation skills and conducts meetings as a regional product manager
• Cross functional capabilities.
• Management skills: the individual includes staff in planning, decision-making, facilitating and process improvement; makes self-available to staff; provides regular performance feedback; and develops subordinates’ skills and encourages growth.
• Understanding: Channel, Distribution and MENA market dynamics should be one of the possessed skills
• Physical demands: Business travel may be required across the Middle East and North African countries