Smartphone Sales Manager at Lenovo

Position Description
The primary responsibilities of the role include:

• Management of sell in, sell through as well as sell out across all channels in order to efficiently achieve the set and agreed targets for each quarter
• Mange end to end relationships with the telecom operator/s within the country to facilitate the desired brand positioning within the assigned territories.
• Key activities shall include Launching of devices, setting up of dedicated Lenovo data plans and also joint marketing execution within the assigned territories
• Quarterly business review with all key stake holders including distributors as well as tier 1 channel partners covering the executing of marketing plans, promoter management, inventory management as well as tracking of market share achievement per quarter
• Drive all activities related to the retail, from partner selection, joint business planning, store roll out, sales & marketing planning, training and merchandizing
• Developing and executing brand retail strategies covering in store retail branding, point of sale material, live devices, product trainings etc
• Solely responsible for driving cross functional alignment of the various functions including Marketing, Business Operations, Logistics, Trade Compliance, Local territory segment teams for effective execution of the overall mobile strategy
• Accountable for submission of the weekly sell in and sell through forecasts as well as follow order management cadence as per the prescribed guidelines
• Manage all partner development activities through effective planning in order to enable them to sell Lenovo Mobility products through targeted training and development
• Developed new business relationships in retail and distribution segment to generate new stream of revenues
• Design and implementation of demand generation activities for Lenovo Mobility products using customized to and Through-partner marketing campaigns

Position Requirements

• The ideal candidate is a team player who is structured and actively involves him/herself in the organization
• Excellent communication
• Fluency in Business English is a requirement
• Analytical Skills
• Relationship management
• Negotiation skills
• Highly motivated and result oriented individual with an ability to independently take initiatives
• Experience in managing senior stakeholders
• 7-10 years of Work experience with  proven 6-8 experience in Telecom vertica