Smartphones Sales Lead Job at Lenovo

Smartphones Sales Lead Job at Lenovo. Lenovo is the #1 PC manufacturer in the world. With 50,000+ employees and $46B+ in global sales in 160 countries, Lenovo is a global leader in innovative consumer, commercial and enterprise technologies.

Job Title: Smartphones Sales Lead, West Africa

Key Objectives of Position:
Responsible for achieving the Region’s Unit & Financial goals by effectively managing the Smartphone and Tablet product portfolio across Africa region in collaboration with Africa GM responsible for the P&L for related Smartphone and tablet products. The incumbent would build, implement, and execute relevant programs with high return on investment for the Region.
This involves successfully integrating & executing to programs not limited to but including the following:
? Channel management and managing the distribution landscape across the ‘Africa’ territory
? Manage relationships and influence key stakeholders in both direct and indirect Large Format Retail partners
? Drive sell thru and sell out through the effective execution of various schemes and promotions and assessment of ROI of these programs
? Manage the field promoter program and Point of Sale with retailers
? Providing relevant input to the annual & quarterly planning cycles by LOB key financials (Units, AUR, AUM, Rev, Margin) 
 
Position Requirements
Success Factors
? Keen focus on customer needs
? Strong collaboration with Africa General Manager and other internal stakeholders
? Ability to build effective “virtual” teams and drive results through others in a complex cross-functional organization required.
? Strong negotiation and influencing skills required, as well as an ability to interact effectively with high level decision makers / executives.
? Adapt at managing multiple initiatives simultaneously.
? Superior verbal and written communication skills.
? Entrepreneurial self-starter; excels at unsupervised execution.
? Deep knowledge and insights about the Smartphone category
? Acute business Sense and Keen Analytical Mind
 
Essential Experience & Key Skills
? Over 15 years of experience in product management / portfolio planning / sales roles out of which at least 5 years should be in the feature phone / smart phone category
 
Essential Qualifications
? Graduate across any