Job Description of Business Manager

The Brand and Business Manager (BM) Position is a challenging and dynamic one filled with opportunities for growth. The BM is the worldwide central point of contact for Regional Office. The BM is responsible for working with field sales and PM to establish, maintain and improve business in the assigned region. This position interacts with all departments within acer to ensure that the customer needs and requests have the highest level of attention for resolution.

The BM is required to add value and offer input at every level of the job so that the HQ will make and execute business decisions that are in the best interest of the region office and HQ. The BM is the advocate for the regional office within the HQ and at the same time represents the HQ in all business communication. The BM gathers and disseminates information from the HQ to all parties within the regional office and works closely with the field PM and sales to satisfy customer requests, facilitate tender wins and track projects and business.

The opening will be in charge of one of acer’s most important region –EMEA, and requests high potential and understanding of mobility product.

The successful candidate will need to perform below roles and meet our qualification.

BM

    Role & Responsibilities: 

1.       Region Ownership

1)       The candidate will be responsible for product , marketing and sales for an assigned region, provide guidance to the region and work with region to achieve business target

2.       4P-1Ps Integration

1)       Product:

• Work closely with internal team to formulate right platform and right feature, conduct  competition analysis, communicate product position, product roadmap, transition plan, configuration,  product key massage. Also conduct wishlist and roadmap review on monthly base.
• Regular (weekly / monthly / quarterly) product interlock / communication between regions and product group to ensure product update and requests submission
• Manage key product positioning and transition by aligning with region & S / D to ensure TTM & TTV
• Strategic projects and crisis management (quality issue, if any)

2)       Pricing: Conduct price competitiveness analysis when necessary, review month-end pricebook accuracy.

3)       Promotion: Work closely with product marketing team and PM team to deliver product message foil in a timely fashion.

3.       Operations

1)       S/D: Manage the Supply/Demand process, push order within the assigned region. Confirm the availability of products based on supply and product life cycle in tender business.

2)       Business Operations: Guide region on business direction, fulfill product related information, analyze and escalate RO’s demand that is not within LOB’s plan.

Qualification

The candidate should have 

* Master Degree, MBA is a plus

* Experience in IT industry in sales, PM, or product marketing related function. Former experience in PC industry and understanding of NB product design is a must.

* Fluent English and Chinese for communication, presentation, and executive-level communication.

* Good negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skill

* Sense of urgency and follow through.

* Ability to develop and maintain professional working relationships with co-workers and peers.

* Team player with demonstrated ability to execute across a cross-functional team

* Ability to influence across organizational boundaries to quickly solve problems and gain advocates to help resolve customer issues.

Best regards,

James Hsu

EMEA Business Management Div.

Business Management BU

Notebook Business Group, Acer Inc.     

(T): +886-2-2696-3131 Ext 3128 | (M):+886-931-191-359 | Email: James_Hsu@acer.com.tw