Product Market Manager

Job Title

Sales Manager

Location

Seoul

About our Client

Total Optical solutions manufacturer for all industries

Job Description

 Market research (Upstream work)

• Identification of customer needs and market/industry trends
• Contribute to building roadmaps by communicating the requirements with HQ product management groups
• Serve as a market expert of the country (republic of Korea)
• Analysis of competitive environment and estimation of market potentials
• Evaluation of relative weakness/strength of product lines
• Assistance with competitive product positioning

New product launches (Downstream work)  

• Participate in launch process and work with headquarters teams to launch new products successfully to the country
• In the launch process, a PMM works as the connection between central product marketing groups and local sales team
• Support sales team to promote and ramp up sales for the new products  
• Assist sales teams by providing strategic guidance for product positioning and by identifying target customers  

3rd party products portfolio (Category Management)

• Strategic sourcing of new products and set up in system
• Negotiation of purchasing contracts, non-disclosure agreements and special price negotiations for sales projects with volume or strategic importance
• Management of price lists and price changes
• Monitor the sales to ensure healthy growth of the assigned products
• Determine the cause of product problems and deciding on and coordinating measures to eliminate the problem
• Reconciliation of the global portfolio of the assigned product category in coordination with local sales team and senior management
• Coordination of product documentation and training concepts

Support market communications team

• Cooperation with marketing communications team to support for effective marketing materials and promotion activities 

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field (science, technology, engineering) or equivalent. A post-graduate degree is preferred (e.g., MBA)
• 5 to 10 years’ working experience in product marketing, sales, or application engineer. Experience in sales is a strong plus
• Working experience in machine vision or similar industry (e.g., computer vision, factory automation, robotics) is a strong plus
• Understanding of financial concepts and implications on business decisions
• Strong initiative, problem-solving ability, and sense of ownership
• Proven ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Advanced in spoken and written English is a must
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools
• Strong communication skills and analytical skills 

Contact Info

Jay Koo, Adecco Korea Headhunting

+82 10 8055 1881

Jay.koo@adecco.com