Nordic Project Lead Retail

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Retail Marketing within Customer Experience department is responsible for retail go to market process for product launches within certain product areas, implement and follow-up Nordic design guidelines, and drive Nordic retail projects. A big part of the role is to design, produce, install and maintain display fixtures in retail environment for Nordic accounts, including optimizing our investments, analyzing the results and suggesting operational and tactical improvements to secure the best possible customer experience and brand-visibility in the Nordic accounts’ stores.
Implement retail marketing strategies in-store, such as display implementations related to Samsung retail enhancement, within telecom division, with the objective of increasing Nordic sell out and brand preference. Evaluate and act on end consumer insight and adapt it to the retail environment. Take forth and develop experience solutions within Retail.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Drive Nordic Retail projects, project plan creation, execution, budget management and follow-up
- Secure retail readiness for the Nordic accounts, and work together with Nordic countries to secure roll-outs
- Drive Nordic accounts’ retail environment and enhancement
- Compliance levels to the marketing guidelines in retails stores
- Drive Retail go to market processes for certain product groups
JOB SCOPE
- For Nordic projects, the Project Lead Retail will lead projects and indirect lead local country teams to roll-out and execute in respective country.
- For Nordic retail displays the Project Lead Retail is responsible for the full lifecycle: design, producing, instalment, maintenance.
- Responsible for allocated Retail budgets related to projects, including budget planning, follow up and contracts.
- Proactively identify improvement areas for Samsung’s retail presence in the Nordics, e.g.:
- Quality, design and maintenance of material related to permanent or semi-permanent shop installations
- Responsible to secure Samsung’s product launches in the retail environment, including setting plans and securing store execution
LIAISONS
- Retail Marketing Manager IM
- Customer Marketing Coordinator
- Retail Marketing Lead / Retail Display Lead
- Retail Operation Lead
- Customer Marketing Leads
- Local Sales Team, e.g. Country Directors, Sales Managers
- Division Marketing, e.g. Marketing Managers, Product Managers
- Corporate Marketing
- Key Account Managers
- Master Trainers
- Product Trainers
- Retail Marketing Analyst
- External Agencies
DIMENSIONS
- No staff, but indirect lead local retail teams in order to execute
- Budget responsibility and follow-up responsibility

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

- Retail project experience
- University degree, major in marketing is not required but a merit
- Good language skills; local language fluency and excellent English.
- Application/IT skilled with MS Office proficiency, mainly Excel and PowerPoint
EXPERIENCE
- At least 2 years’ experience in driving projects with proven record on delivery, preferably within retail
- Experience working with retail stores, with a good understanding of retail and shopper behaviour during the shopping journey
- Proven track record of creating/handling end consumer experience is considered a merit
- Experienced in leading agencies, preferably within retail
SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES
- Structured with an ability to manage multiple priorities and short deadlines
- A doer and problem solver with a can do attitude
- Strategic thinker with understanding of retail analysis and how to implement them
- Relationship builder with strong people management skills
- Takes own initiatives and follows through with implementation
- Passion for the end customer meeting and interaction
- A creative mind and at the same time it’s important to be prestige less
- Interested in Telecom products, but not necessarily a product expertAppreciates and Strives in a fast moving and often changing environment.

Bemanningsstyrkan är ett etablerat bemanningsföretag med mångårig erfarenhet och ett gediget kontaktnät i Stor-Stockholm som löser våra kunders personalbehov. Vi ingår i koncernen Veddestagruppen tillsammansmed Veddesta Distribution, Veddesta Transport, Multi Logistik och Rekryteringsstyrkan.

Bemanningsstyrkan är främst fokuserad på personaluthyrning, hyrköp och rekrytering inom lager, logistik, administration och ekonomi.

Det som driver oss är att få rätt människa och kompetens att matchas med rätt företagsklimat och arbetsuppgift. För att lyckasmed våra åtaganden är vi mycket lyhörda för våra kunders behov. Vi vet att personal är deras främsta tillgång.

Som konsult är du mycket viktig för oss och har du ambitionen att alltid göra ditt bästa så är du en av oss.

Vi söker nu för vår uppdragsgivare Samsung Electronic Nordic AB:s räkning en Nordic project lead för omgående tillsättning, uppdraget är på 4 månader med möjlighet till förlängning.

Placeringen är på Samsungs nordiska huvudkontor i Kista Science City