Thursday, March 20, 2008

Product Planner (Whiz-Bang Techie) - Sony-Ericsson - NC


Sony Ericsson is on the cutting edge of one of the most dynamic areas in modern technology. Our devices are multiple award winning, “WOW” devices that make even grizzled hardware reviewers do a double take. Have you seen what our mobile devices can do? It is truly amazing. How do we come up with these ideas and get these features into our phones?

Product Planners play a big part in this process. We are seeking an individual to join our incredible team of talented, driven individuals to help us define the next generation in wireless and convergence devices. If you think you are up to the challenge and have the qualifications, drive and innovation required, read on.

Our next Product Planner will help us define the conceptual, whiz bang technological features that will set our next gen devices apart.

You'll need to research current and cutting edge trends and future possibilities. What you're working on are the features that will be in products that don't even exist yet, sometimes with technology that doesn't exist.

You'll need to work with Portfolio and Platform Planning to create clear and competitive value propositions for your ideas and champion their implementation with the project.

Ideas are great but you'll need to clearly and accurately create a product business plan that outlines the business case and the implementation of the 4Ps.

If we can't make money doing this, we won't. It will take a number of Inspirational studies/patent disclosures and more to convince us.

You'll need to verify value propositions through consumer product research and previous product customer satisfaction surveys.

Our customers are typically large global carriers like AT&T. You'll need to collaborate with them to actively promote the product and secure their buy in. After all, they are the ones selling it, and they need to make money too!

You'll travel pretty extensively to visit regions, business units, customers and trade shows to monitor the competitive landscape at the local end user level and see what our competitors are up to.

Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or equal, including a Marketing component.
- A minimum of three years relevant work experience, ideally in the consumer electronics market with some degree of accountability.
- Fluent in written and spoken English

For more information on the details of this job and to apply, go to our web site, www.sonyericsson.com. If you qualify we’ll be in touch to tell you much more, including a summary of our benefits, which we believe to be some of the best in any industry. FULLY paid family health, dental and vision care premiums, educational reimbursement, company contribution to your 401k whether you contribute or not, sick and kin care days, really too much to mention here.

Requirements

Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or equal, including a Marketing component.
- A minimum of three years relevant work experience, ideally in the consumer electronics market with some degree of accountability.
- Fluent in written and spoken English

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