What are the responsibilities and job description for the NA Workstation & OEM Director position at Lenovo?
General Information
- Morrisville - North Carolina - United States of America
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Description and Requirements
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The Leader of the NA Workstation and OEM Business will be responsible for achieving the overall workstation and OEM financial goals, directing the overall workstation portfolio in North America and managing the Product and Business Managers. This role will support the NA Workstation and OEM Business with the following activities:
- Drive the planning and the execution of the Relationship and SMB cycles and campaigns in US and Canada, interlock with sales, ops, finance, marketing, supply chain and product management
- Maximize Workstation sales by managing the product life cycle (product requirements, supply/demand planning, product launch, sales enablement, sales training, and product sunset).
- Collaborate across multiple teams such as worldwide product marketing, relationship sales, channel sales, web sales, marketing, finance and supply chain in order to achieve the workstation and OEM financial goals.
- Align on Campaign Strategy and Execution with the Lenovo WW BU team
- Own the NA Workstation P&L and drive strategies to maximize CA, Revenue and Profit
- Run consistent BMS to improve predictability and drive pipeline management discipline. This includes weekly updates to the senior leadership team
The NA Workstation and OEM Director will guide a team that must:
- Have a deep understanding of the workstation and OEM market including customer requirements, competitive positioning and technology trends
- Understand the competitive landscape and develop sales and marketing tactics to take advantage of our strengths and minimize the risk of our weaknesses
- Drive the overall North America workstation portfolio including options and visuals
- Drive the NA workstation product requirements into the WW product marketing team
- Drive the workstation and OEM marketing requirements into the NA and WW marketing teams
- Collaborate with the sales segments (Corporate, Global, Public Sector, SMB, Web) to develop sales strategies and marketing tactics to achieve the workstation and OEM financial goals
- Educate and enable the Lenovo Sellers and Channel Partners on the workstation portfolio
- Team with the Lenovo Sellers and Channel Partners to close deals
- Create a competitive and timely portfolio for our SMB and Web business
- Ensure competitive pricing
- Collaborate with sales, GSC and supply/demand planning to determine the appropriate level of parts risk required to maximize sales and minimize aged inventory
- Announce products on-time with the appropriate sales enablement (CRM, Web, datasheets, presentations, supply planning, pricing, training, etc.)
- Bachelor’s degree, MBA preferred
- 5 years experience in Product or Business Management preferably in the IT industry
- Management experience preferred
- Morrisville - North Carolina - United States of America