Head of PM & Marketing – Southeast Asia & Oceania – Digital Appliance Office (Air Con)

Position Summary

The regional headquarter in Bangkok is supported by around 180 team members in the local Sales Organisations in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. From this sales office they will offer training, technical support and unique distribution operations for this market.

Internal Job Title: Head of PM & Marketing – SEADAO AC
Job Function: Southeast Asia, Digital Appliances Office Air Conditioning Product
Location: Empire Tower, Sathorn

Role and Responsibilities

Lead the team with a focus on enhancing the definition and growth of the products in its market supported by strong marketing actions. Primary driver of the group’s vision; overseeing the development and management of the product’s roadmap based on the adopted strategies and vision.

• Direct report to the Vice President and will be responsible for in total 3 employees.

• The role is cross-functional and international. Work closely with sales, engineering and operations to ensure effective delivery and support for products. Furthermore, the position requires an internal focus on the international board of directors and country organizations.

• Synthesizing various ideas on strategy, planning, building consensus and driving execution of next generation products technologies and capabilities.

• Expected to own the product roadmaps and specifications of product requirements for the entire product portfolio with the Southeast Asian and Oceania management team, HQ and Country organizations. Process and link the information to the Global product development & marketing roadmap.

• Overseeing the ongoing assessment of product development, innovation and improvement of the business’s product in a way that the product is constantly growing to suit the customer needs, technology trends, competitive positioning and Southeast Asian and Oceanian market requirements. Ensure that necessary steps are being taken to make any modifications that are being made in the product or strategy in order to bring out the best results for the business.

• Creating a New Product Innovation (NPI) process and oversees on-going development of the product vision and strategy for the region. Spearheading investigation and analyses on the product and the product market

• Strong sustainable task on influencing business and industry practices by driving innovative ideas, environmentally friendly solutions, energy efficient technologies and products by effective leadership and decisive action.

Skills And Qualifications

• A minimum of a master’s degree in Engineering preferably supplemented with a Marketing degree or an equivalent in working experience.

• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in a senior international commercial development role within a technical/mechanical building engineering environment (network) with preferably HVAC knowledge.

• Someone with a passion for engineering and is used to consultative marketing, knows what is important and is technical achievable to create an ideal situation for the customer.

• Who can demonstrate a high level of analytical and quantitative skills. He should possess the ability to use information/data and various metrics to develop a clear and informative business case.

• Someone who is used to work within complex matrix and international environments.

• Someone who has vision of the building/installation/HVAC market, is used to look ahead.

• Who takes responsibility for his actions and knows how to enthuse his team and country heads.

• A qualified candidate demonstrates strong leadership skills with an ability to convince the team and peers.

• An organized, effective and positive people manager who has proven experience in coaching and managing multicultural teams;

• Excellent communication skills are a necessity for this position. The position is a supervisory role and communication must be effective towards the team and also towards the international HQ in Korea and several local countries organizations.

• As a person he/she must be empathetic, persuasive, a real go-getter, confident, creative and a strong representative of the presales and business development team within the internal organization and also towards the external contact persons.

• An excellent knowledge (speaking and writing) of the English language is mandatory and preferably any additional language.

• Frequently travelling within Southeast Asia & Oceania (30%). 

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Skills and Qualifications

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