Business Manager, Pro Audio Business Development & Marketing

at  Sony Electronics

Weybridge, England, United Kingdom -

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Immediate04 Jul, 2024Not Specified05 Apr, 2024N/AGood communication skillsNoNo
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Description:

Business Manager, Pro Audio Business Development & Marketing
Location: Weybridge, UK
Are you passionate about driving business growth and leveraging Sony’s core audio expertise? Here’s an exciting opportunity for you to take the lead in expanding our business in the professional headsets and audio microphone category across the European market.
As a Business Manager, you’ll be responsible for developing and implementing business growth strategies for our professional audio products in key markets, especially the UK, Germany, and the Nordic region. You’ll work closely with both existing and developing new channels using our brand reputation and collaborating with internal teams to drive sales and establish Sony as a leader in the pro audio industry.

You will:

  • Develop a growth plan tailored to each market, focusing on growing sales for professional headsets and audio microphones.
  • Implement go-to-market strategies including partnerships with retailers and direct-to-consumer initiatives.
  • Act as a key point of contact for B2B retailers and Imaging Products & Solutions division, driving teamwork and ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
  • Analyze sales performance and report to the European Personal Entertainment team and management, providing insights and recommendations for improvement.
  • Define and confirm sales forecasts and commercial investments, ensuring alignment with company goals and objectives.
  • Implement pan-European actions and Personal Entertainment strategy.
  • Perform analysis and control, including sales, profit, commercial investments, inventory management, and sales forecasting.
  • Run daily business management, pricing, and promotional planning for the assigned area.
  • Collaborate with countries/Imaging Products & Solutions to implement business strategy and drive market share growth.

You will bring:

  • Experience in consumer and business sales and/or marketing environments.
  • Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to build and manage relationships across departments and regions.
  • Proficiency in Excel, SAP BW, BI, and AMZ tools.
  • Personal responsibility and work towards results.
  • Relationship building and teamwork.
  • Effective planning and organisational skills.
  • Excellent communication and presentation abilities.

Join a dynamic team where trust, work environment and collaboration are valued, and where you’ll have the chance to create a real impact on our audio business. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to shape the future of Sony’s audio business in Europe! We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming you to the Personal Entertainment team.

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Your new office
Weybridge
Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista style coffee shop. There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our own Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours. We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points, an undercover and secure bike rack (useful if you’ve made the most of the Cycle-to-Work scheme), or if you will use public transport we have a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times.
Take a look at our video tour of the Weybridge site here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwbMOzjoVA
Life at Sony
We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.
We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.
You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!
Bring your uniqueness to Sony
We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.
We are Sony Europe
Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.
With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.
Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.
Equal Opportunity
Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.
Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe
Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at
AccommodationRequest@eu.sony.com
or by mail to: Sony Europe B.V, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.

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REQUIREMENT SUMMARY

Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)

Marketing/Advertising/Sales

Sales / BD

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Weybridge, United Kingdom