EU Category Marketing Head for Lens & Accessories in Weybridge

We are seeking an EU Category Head for Camera Lenses and Accessories joining our Pan-European Product Marketing team. You should be someone with a deep understanding of cameras & lenses and how to drive business using our leading market position to ensure growth across your categories. Once you have established yourself within the company and developed an understanding of our ways of working we want your unique perspective, innovative ideas and creative expertise to find new angles and ways to improve sales profit and ultimately growth. You should have experience working with internal commercial teams forecasting, presenting and justifying analysis and proposals to leadership and working with country-teams to drive alignment and agendas.

You will join a high performing team of experts within a very healthy category which has some exciting unexplored areas and regular launches of new products for your category! You will enjoy the collaboration and quality of communication across colleagues in Europe and Tokyo and you will find that we can be very agile which you will be vital when steering business direction.

You will:

• Maximize Sales Profit and attachment ratio with camera body
• Define product line-up strategy for Europe and manage product lifecycle from Launch to EOL
• Define and implement Marketing strategy at European level
• Define and implement Channel strategy at European level
• In-depth market knowledge to identify opportunities and risks
• Implement sell-out driven operation to minimize inventory risk

You will bring:

• Experience in consumer and professional electronics or fast-paced industry
• Knowledge of the Digital Imaging industry is a strong advantage
• Experience in analysis-driven product/marketing/commercial position
• Experience to manage deal and influence within an international environment
• Previous responsibility over sales budgets
• Understanding and usage of critical metric setting and return on investment
• Experience and ability in presentations
• Willingness to travel to visit local EU markets (once per quarter)

Your new office: 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.

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 contribute 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.

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 or by mail to: Sony Europe Limited, 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.