Description
At HP, you'll have opportunities to learn, grow, develop, and shape your career while helping build a better world.
As Consumer Area Category Country Manager, you will own end-to-end product-line management and drive the growth and profitability of a defined part of HP's Consumer Personal Systems (CPS) portfolio across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategy & Business Planning: Shape the Consumer category business plan and growth strategy for DACH, identifying market opportunities and developing strategies to drive revenue and profitability.
- Product-Line Ownership: Manage the Consumer product portfolio end-to-end with P&L and quota accountability, including revenue, unit volume, and Owned Gross Margin (OGM).
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Work across Marketing, Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, Channel, Pricing, Business Management and Alliances to ensure seamless execution of category plans.
- Performance & Optimization: Monitor KPIs including sales performance, market share, inventory, OGM, sell-in and sell-through.
- Customer & Market Insights: Use customer feedback, market data, and competitive insights to understand consumer needs and identify opportunities to improve products, positioning, and go-to-market strategies.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Sales Administration, or a related field.
- 2-5 years of professional experience in category management, product/brand management, P&L management, or a related role.
- Strategic & analytical thinking with confidence working with sales figures, market research, KPIs, forecasts, and analytical tools such as Excel.
- Commercial acumen and understanding of revenue, unit volume, Owned Gross Margin, market share, inventory, and ROI.
- Excellent communication skills in German and English.
What do we have to offer?
- Employee-oriented corporate culture - our ' HP Way '
- A well-adjusted work-life-balance due to flexible working hours and home office regulations.
- Attractive salary package with additional benefits, such as 30 paid leave days, company pension plans, a long-term time account, bike leasing, employee counselling programs, wellness initiatives etc.