Samsung – Merchandising & Campaign Lead

In this role, you will plan, execute and follow campaigns in our Mobile Experience category (smartphones, accessories, tablets, watches and PCs) for our closed and open channels for our markets in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. This is a new role since we late 2024 split the Merchandise Lead role into two and we are looking for someone highly motivated by setting up new processes and challenging existing ones for our campaigns and promotions. You will pair up with Sally, our Merchandise Lead who leads launches, overall customer journeys and enhancements for the MX category. You will also work closely with a team of web publishers, developers, our ecommerce team and marketing to keep excelling in this category. In this role you will have plenty of stakeholders and it is a high phased work climate, which requires a sense (and experience) of priority with the diplomatic touch, where communication is key. You will belong to a team of skilled Merchandise Leads, Campaign Leads & Product Leads where you together share knowledge, challenges and development areas.

Role Tasks:

Some of the tasks you will do:

• Work closely with our ecommerce managers who are the main responsible for what offers we have on D2C for your category. Your responsibility is to plan where and how this will be executed.

• We also expect you to own the merchandise plan for the MX category by syncing and planning the common touchpoints with the rest of the Merchandise Leads.

• Structure and order copy-text and images for upcoming campaigns, where planning is essential in order to receive these in time for the web site updates

• Ad hoc solutions and adjustments to campaign-related challenges that occur along the way

• Take continuous initiatives for improvement of processes, ways of working and the tools that are currently used

• You will mainly use MS Excel, MS PowerPoint JIRA to report and brief as your everyday tools

What makes this role interesting for a candidate?

You will join a high phased, ambitious team, always with their humor close in hand. You will enjoy our team if you never get tired of change and appreciate to always challenge yourself and others. In this role you will be part of developing Samsung D2C business for the Nordic Market!

Main competences:

o Organizing and Executing

o Plans and works in a systematic and organized way. Follows directions and procedures. Focuses on customer satisfaction and delivers a quality service or product to the agreed standards.

o Interacting and Presenting

o Communicates and networks effectively. Successfully persuades and influences others. Relates to others in a confident and relaxed manner.

o Creating and Conceptualizing

o Open to new ideas and experiences. Seeks out learning opportunities. Handles situations and problems with innovation and creativity. Thinks broadly and strategically. Supports and drives organizational change.

Most relevant qualifications, education and training:

• MS Office

• Jira

• Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)

• Figma

• Photoshop

• Content Square

Most relevant previous work experience:

• Passion for retail and digital sales with go to market experience.

• Previous experience with digital marketing, offers & campaigns is needed to excel in this role.

• Comfortable to navigate many stakeholders and manage to create a read thread in a fast phased environment.

• Previous experience in working with data driven initiatives to drive change & increase sales will support our journey.

Meriting experience:

• Working with electronic consumer goods.

• Previous work in bigger global organizations with several markets as your arena.

Required language skills:

• Fluency in English & Swedish

• Any additional Nordic Languages is also meritating

How to apply:

In this recruitment process, Samsung is working with Academic Search. For more question, please contact Consultant Manager, Ella Johansson, ella.johansson@academicsearch.se. You apply by clicking on the ”Apply now” button below, where you enter your personal details, enclose CV and cover letter written in English. All information is handled confidentially in accordance with Academic Search Integrity Policy as well as the new data protection act, GDPR. This means that we can only process applications coming through the applications system. Thank you for your understanding.

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