Manager, Product Planning and Strategy

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do every day.

What You Will Do
- Responsible for sales and product roadmap of categories (eg. Audio headsets, earphones, speakers and microphones, etc) designed for gamers / content creators / gaming industries, providing business development support to distributors and planning sales forecast in Asia Pacific region.
- Engage pro-actively in product sales and marketing, channel penetration and development to expand market share in each country in the region.
- Carry out strategic business planning with distributors to achieve sales target.
- Responsible for Roadmap management (Price, Spec, SKU, SOP, RTS)
- Responsible for NPI and sales tracking (Product lifecycle/Price fluctuation/Launch dates details tracking)
- Product compliance administrative duty (Coordination, ROI)
- Take charge of Product management (Forecast, Testing, Evaluation report, Compare, Samples assignment, Sales pitch material, Demo guidelines, Product core communication )
- Conduct Product Training Workshops for internal and external stakeholders (eg. Distributor, Media, Dealer, Promoter, Trainer, Employees etc )
- Responsible for Area Product Strategy (Analysis and identifying market trends, customer needs, competition to strengthen product branding)
- Support internal departments in all aspect related to the technicality and details of the assigned product category.
- Attend fortnight product quality conference call and monthly global product line manager alignment conference call
- Attend to fortnight Business Development Manager alignment and monthly Regional product marketing meetings
- Prepare Monthly Sales Report
- Responsible for PSI Management
- Study and analyze business potential for new category products assigned
- Drive input into the gaming creative strategy of assigned products across all consumer touchpoints (ie. packaging, assets, content, retail display, merch) on both a global and region level capacity
- Be a partner to the marketing team, working with external agencies and brand partners to drive initiatives and actions that help support the overall product and category business initiatives
- Support PR / Comms initiative through participation, effectively communicate with outside press and various public facing events, representing the product and category as required
- Collaborating with the digital team to provide APAC inputs for the global social content calendar for our gaming social handles

What You Need
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field.
- Minimum 8 years of experience product and marketing and management experience or related field.
- Data driven, strong data analytical capability preferred

What is Nice to Have
- Prior experience in Consumer Electronics or FMCG industries with a strong digital knowledge
- Understanding of the gaming industry, gaming social channels and having a gamer mindset is preferred
- Talent and aptitude to analyse and solve problems independently.
- Excellent communication, presentation and conflict management skills.
- Meticulous with eye for details.

HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,disability or Protected Veterans status. HARMAN offers a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation.

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