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Panasonic Holdings

Diversified technology holding company

Associate Product Specialist

Product ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNewark, NJ, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's degree is required.
  • Zero to two years of consumer electronics industry experience is preferred.
  • Experience working with product management, sales, and marketing teams is preferred.
  • Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel and PowerPoint, are required.
  • The ability to improve or eliminate manual processes is required.
  • Strong analytical ability and attention to detail are required.
  • The ability to multitask and manage time is required.
  • The ability to work outside regularly scheduled hours as needed is required.
  • The ability to identify areas for improvement and solve problems is required.
  • The ability to adapt quickly to change or challenges is required.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
  • The ability to communicate across organizational departments and with Japan business units is required.
  • The ability to travel up to 10%, potentially including overnight travel, is required.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with updating the promotional roadmap.
  • Follow guidelines to update promotion cost simulations.
  • Review weekly point-of-sale performance and report exceptions versus forecast.
  • Coordinate updates to basic product setup information with the Japan business unit.
  • Track competitive product launches and campaigns and report findings to the product manager.
  • Maintain product specifications and the product transition chart, including model details, timing, and status.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of technical product details and product functions and features.
  • Collaborate with the sales team to understand sales forecasts and account situations and provide support.
  • Analyze the latest point-of-sale trends versus the sales forecast.
  • Assist in preparing PowerPoint presentations for monthly meetings.
  • Access the point-of-sale data system to generate weekly reports.
  • Analyze data and generate monthly reports with key findings.
  • Update the weekly competitive market report.
  • Update the weekly report on market promotion history.
  • Publish Circana market reports to track category and subcategory market size, market share, pricing trends, and competitive performance.
  • Work with the product manager to submit requests for approval and follow them through.
  • Document requests for approval and track them against the budget to ensure completion and compliance.
  • Create purchase requisitions and process purchase orders associated with approved requests for approval; coordinate with appropriate teams to help ensure timely payment.
  • Order and track samples for the assigned category.
  • Work with the product manager and marketing team to identify support requirements and provide support for events as needed.
  • Support account-meeting preparation with presentation data in coordination with the product manager.

About the Company

Panasonic Holdings

Diversified technology holding company

Panasonic Holdings operates as the holding company for the diversified Panasonic group. Its operating companies work across consumer appliances, industrial systems, supply-chain technology, energy, batteries, components, and related solutions. In practice, the holding structure sets group direction while distinct businesses develop, manufacture, and commercialize products and services. This is Panasonic Holdings, not Panasonic Corporation of North America; the stored North American iCIMS board is subsidiary-scoped. Work across the group includes engineering, research, manufacturing, software, sales, supply chain, and corporate disciplines.

Company size
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Company stage
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Total funding
$8.7M
Headquarters
Kadoma, Japan
Founded
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