Lenovo

We are looking to hire a Category Manager to own end-to-end responsibilities for the ThinkPad Premium notebook portfolio for North America Lenovo.com. Having a dedicated resource with increased focus will allow for more timely competitive analysis, focused campaign plans, and enhanced product knowledge and ability to position the value to multiple segments of online customers. This individual will report to the Sr. Manager of North America Web Merchant 4P Team.

Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day execution of campaigns, offer promotion, pricing, and online initiatives

• Develop quarterly campaign plans complete with portfolio mix detailing product line revenue, profit, and volumes.

• Partner with extended Web Merchandising and Marketing to coordinate and execute demand generation initiatives.

• Work with design team to develop site assets as part of promotional campaigns

• Partner with teams to formulate and execute online product launches.

• Conduct competitive analysis of pricing, configurations, and offers from OEM direct competitors

• Develop and deliver sales training

• Work closely with Product Business Unit to influence configuration selections to ensure that assortment maximizes configuration and margin effectiveness.

• Troubleshoot issues in Configurator, SAP Hybris, Flash and other tools used in the creation and publication of offers to Lenovo.com

• Work closely with Enablement team to ensure products and options are made available in appropriate catalogs for product or hardware launches

• Work closely with supply chain teams to monitor and react to changes in product lead-time status.

Position Requirements:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree

• 8+ years of work experience in PCs or related industries

Preferred Qualifications:

• Business analytics and project management skills

• Past experience driving sales tactics and objectives

• Ability to leverage extended teams

• Strong negotiation, interpersonal and communications skills and the ability to manage multiple complex projects concurrently

• Strong experience recognizing value proposition and how it relates to customers’ needs



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