Cisco Product Manager - Logicom Distribution - Nicosia, Cyprus

Job Overview

The successful candidate will handle the product management functions related to the brand’s product lines in Cyprus.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Achieving the overall revenue and GP budgets of the brand by working with the Logicom & CISCO channel partners to ensure sales growth, by working on new opportunities, providing sales quotes, ensuring opportunity bookings and ensuring that the sales cycle is completed.
• Managing the planning and execution of the Cisco’s strategies and objectives.
• Ensuring both the internal and Cisco’s Channel reach objectives are consistently met.
• Managing the overall Inventory, including the profile, Weeks of Stocks (WoS), ageing and other assigned related metrics.
• Overseeing the trade receivables KPI and ensuring the company’s best interest is prioritized at all times.
• Overseeing the execution of the Cisco’s channel development and demand generation plan and strategy.
• Maintaining and overseeing the relationship with the key strategic Partners.
• Driving and overseeing the periodic (weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly) planning session with the relevant Cisco’s stakeholders.
• Overseeing the planning and execution of the marketing plans and strategies.
• Ensuring both internal and the Cisco’s Compliance and Governance policies and guidelines are adhered to at all times.
• Planning and aiming to maintain a leading market share position within the respective distribution landscape.
• Ensuring the Company/ Team meets the technical qualifications (including all applicable certificates) set by the Cisco, as and when applicable.
• Delivering periodic reporting on the brands’ performance both internally and to Cisco’s as and when requested.
• Maintaining an optimal strategic relationship with the Cisco’s Key stakeholders at all times.
• Designing the annual sales plan for the division in cooperation with the respective Manager.
• Maintaining full ownership of the pipeline and ensuring it is validated and up-to-date at all times.
• Reviewing and evaluating the performance of the team based on set KPIs.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a computer related field.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a relevant field
• Basic understanding of product lifecycle management, demand and supply planning.
• Inventory management skills.
• Planning skills.
• Leadership skills coupled with presentation skills and negotiation tactics.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Experience presenting to audiences, Webinars, trainings, customer visits, trade shows, and industry events would be considered an advantage
• Good understanding of distribution business standards with hands on knowledge of managing WOS, calculating inventory turns etc would be considered an advantage

Reports To

Sales Manager, Logicom Distribution

Remuneration

An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful candidate according to qualifications and experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Logicom is committed to provide equal employment opportunities for all regardless of their race, colour, sex/gender, religion, age, marital status, cultural background, disability, nationality and political opinion. Employees are hired solely based on a specific vacancy’s requirements, taking into consideration the qualifications, previous experience and potential of each individual candidate.

Disclaimer

We reserve the right to remove the announcement from circulation at any point in time when a satisfactory number of applications has been received.

Only applicants whose previous experience and qualifications closely match the requirements of the position will be contacted.