Product Manager -Apple

Company Description

Redington Middle East and Africa provides end-to-end supply chain solutions for all categories of Information Technology products (PCs, PC building blocks, networking, software and enterprise solution products) and Consumer and Lifestyle products (Telecom, Digital Lifestyle products, Entertainment products and Digital Printing Machines) to over 100 international brands. Redington Gulf (a subsidiary of Redington India) is amongst the leading supply chain solution providers in Middle East, Africa, Turkey (via Arena Bilgisayar) and CIS region for leading manufacturers of Information Technology, Telecom and Lifestyle products.

Job Purpose: Develop and implement different strategies to ensure the stabilization of the product. Execute aggressive plans by working closely with sales to market new products. Identify potential customers and vendors and build strong relationships with them.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Vendor Relationship Management: Maintain cordial relationships with vendors, ensuring their objectives and strategies are aligned, providing business intelligence, negotiating win-win deals, and formulating returns processes that safeguard the interests of partners and the company.
2. Driving Sales: Partner with the sales team to secure deals on specific products for targeted customers, obtain competitive rates while maintaining margins, and strategize to capture a larger market share.
3. Inventory Management: Plan inventory and sell-out, ensure stock availability for the sales team, hold optimum inventory without blocking cash flow, and manage slow-moving inventory effectively.
4. Maintain the right product mix to balance margins and demand.
5. Customer Relationship Management: Meet regularly with customers to understand market trends and support key accounts in events and sell-out strategies.
6. Business Development: Identify, engage, and onboard prospective vendors/product lines, enter new markets with existing vendors, and stay updated on market trends and technologies.
7. Compliance: Ensure compliance with statutory and vendor requirements.
8. Manage escalations or business issues.

Qualifications:

Work Experience: 8 – 10 Years

Functional Experience: 8+ Years

Educational Requirement: Graduate, MBA

Geography Exposure: Africa Market

Brands: Eaton, Mercury & APC

Additional Information:

Competencies:

• Customer Centricity – 2 for Asst. Product Manager, 3 for Product Manager & Product Sales Manager
• Analytic Thinking - 2 for Asst. Product Manager, 3 for Product Manager & Product Sales Manager
• Interpersonal Skills – 2 for Product Manager & Product Sales Manager
• Decision Making - 2 for Asst. Product Manager, 3 for Product Manager & Product Sales Manager
• Financial Acumen - 3
• Planning Skills – 2 for Asst. Product Manager, 3 for Product Manager & Product Sales Manager
• Business Acumen - 3
• Negotiation Skills - 3
• Accountability – 2 for Asst. Product Manager, 3 for Product Manager & Product Sales Manager