Area Category Manager - Central and North Africa, Consumer Business

Area Category Manager - Central and North Africa, Consumer BusinessDescription -Responsibilities: Broad understanding of the category product, business management and sales challenges and strategies.Actively contributes to the definition of the category business plan.Establishes relationships and represents team with sales force and other partners at senior level.Product line and quota responsibility for a significant share of the product range, or a specific customer segment.Functional responsibility for the team in one or several areas (market analysis, marketing engagement, SF communication etc).May participate in engagement/partnership with external IT vendor.Education and Experience Required: University or Bachelors degree in Marketing or Finance.Typically 5-8 years of professional experience with a combination of Marketing, Sales, Business Planning experience preferred.Consumer and/or Commercial Partner management expertise.Knowledge and Skills: IT industry knowledge.Business planning skills, multidimensional.Financial planning and modelling skills, comfortable to manage high complexity business planning and reporting.Strong communication skills at senior management internally and externally.Knowledge of promotional marketing processes and practices.Negotiation skills and ability to frame the product value proposition to customers/partners.Leadership skills and cross functional expertise (sales, supply chain, marketing.Disclaimer for South Africa based candidates: Preference will be given to members from designated groups, i.e. EE in accordance with the Employment Equity Act. However, this does not suggest that the process of recruitment excludes members from non-designated groups.Job -SalesSchedule -Full timeShift -No shift premium (Morocco)Travel -Relocation -EEO Tagline - HP Inc. is EEO F/M/Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.