SALARY: 30-35k basic plus 15% bonus.
BENEFITS: Final Salary Pension Scheme, BUPA, Life Assurance, 25 days holiday, subsidised restaurant, free car park, staff discount plus other excellent benefits.
LOCATION: Uxbridge (commutable from Heathrow, Slough, Staines, Watford and West London).

COMPANY:
Our client is a prestigious provider of consumer electronics in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa).

ROLE:
This role is to coordinate & implement the activities necessary to effectively plan, introduce and champion Laser products for the European market.

This is a product-management/marketing focused role with a requirement for an authoritative technical perspective on the hardware, software and networking aspects of laser printing products, understanding of B2B customers, sales channels and market and the administrative requirements to launch the products to the EMEA region.

Please note, this role will have periodic travel throughout the EMEA region.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
a) Create & participate in the structured ‘project managed’ introduction of products to the European market.
b) Develop & maintain detailed information on our client’s products, competitor products/activity, new technologies and market development – to support sales and marketing divisions.
c) Evaluate and test products to provide competitive analysis highlighting strengths and weaknesses for use in product planning, marketing, sales and training.
d) Provide product training to enable effective product sales & marketing.
e) To be the authority on all technical aspects, features, advantages and benefits of laser printer products and provide daily support to key sales and marketing contacts in the EMEA organization.
f) Support the development, writing and proofing of all forms of marketing materials including product guides/brochures, sales training packs, press releases, web content.
g) Provide internal and trade event planning, set-up, hosting & management including direct support for press, analysts and customers in the EMEA region.
h) Provide product and market insight to aid in the preparation of budgets & sales strategies.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
a) You must have a strong technical knowledge of laser printer products and the IT/office print market and preferably knowledge of computer and networking hardware.
b) Experience in sales or marketing or product management.
c) Excellent communicator/presenter who is capable of dealing with a culturally diverse market.
d) Capable of continuously assimilating technical, marketing & sales information to aid analysis and problem solving and decision making through logical investigation and analysis.
e) Other European languages are very desirable.

Key words: Product Manager - Laser Printers, Product Marketing, Technical Product Specialist, Product Coordinator, IT, Electronics, Gadgets, Product Management, FMCG, Product Sales, Electronics