Country Product Manager for East Africa/West Africa area at ASUS

Job Specifications:

• As a Product Manager, the main task is to assist/coordinate with head office, and the local Distributors and accounts.

Desired Requirements to fulfill role:

• Consolidate the weekly reports from distributors to make sure the consistency/accuracy of the reports;
• Weekly upload the distributors report into ASUS system;
• Weekly consolidate the distributors and shipments reports to provide the whole supply chain view for the internal review;
• Daily coordinate with Customers to fulfill customers requirement when necessary;
• Weekly review distributors/key accounts inventory and take the necessary actions;
• Monitor competitive activities and identify customer needs;
• Build up strong relationship with distributors and key customers,
• Assist local distributors to communicate with PMs to ensure the sustainable supply;
• Collaborate with marketing team for the product launches to ensure sales force readiness and optimize P&L impact of product transitions;
• Collaborate with the distributors and their marketing team to deliver the messages to target audiences and business partners;
• Visiting key partners at inter-state and attending roadshow/ tradeshow when required;
• Quarterly product training to customers.

What do we ask from you?

• 2 - 3 years of experience in IT industry experience is preferred;
• Strong analytical, sales, communication and presentation skills;
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment daily decision making;
• Demonstrated strong drive for results;
• Team player and effective in dealing with ambiguity;
• Comfortable working with numbers, and evaluating/analyzing large sets of data in excel;
• Ability to work under high pressure, and to prioritize work deadlines (over other commitments);
• Attention to detail and high quality work at all times;
• Interested in PC technologies, trends and product management
• Willing to travel to Africa countries

Competencies:

• Clear ability to multi-task, time management, learn and leverage a variety of applications.
• Highly skilled verbal and written fluency in English, Swahili language will be plus
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills