Lifecycle Product Innovation Sr. Manager Position Information Company Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA)Location San Jose, CaliforniaTravel Required 6 - 10%Description PositionSummary Starting 2010, Samsung Electronics is expanding home appliance product portfolio. Samsung home appliance product categories planned to be sold in the US in 2010 will include total kitchen solutions such as, dishwasher, refrigerator, stove/oven, microwave, etc. as well as washers and dryers and vacuum cleaners. (With the help of market intelligence staff,) the sr. manager /manager will be analyzing consumer lifestyle data related to food/kitchen, clothing and cleaning trends and needs and will develop insights relevant to the American consumers. This individual will be tasked with generating market relevant and market driven (as suppose to engineering driven) new product concepts that are relevant to the US market and that can contribute to the growth of our home appliance/lifestyle product. In short this is a position for a market driven fuzzy front end concept generation professional for the home appliance products. Common EssentialDuties & Resp.

Design, conduct and analyze findings from quantitative and qualitative market research to understand competitive landscape, market trends, consumer trends and needs and formulate market driven consumer insights

Work with outside design and innovation agencies (such as IDEO) as well as internal design group to develop market driven concepts, driven by functional value proposition.

Internally collaborate with design group, North American market research team, technical team and the sales and marketing team to get inputs for developing concepts and ideas.

Interact with the channel partners such as Best Buy and Rowes to conduct joint research and/or to collect channel partner related insights and requirements

Construct insight to product concept document collaborating with outside creative resources and manage content, creative assets/visualization

Lead communication between the business unit in Korea, the regional sales and marketing team in the US when developing product concepts

Lead communication with creative agencies and manage agency alignment and performance

Advise the business for optimizing strategy and roadmap for home appliance/lifestyle products for US product portfolio

work with American Lifecycle Center in Chicago and other home appliance related industry organization to understand the standardization, technical trend and requirements in products to reflect on to the new concept generation activities

Participate in trade shows, seminars and workshops related to home appliance products and lifecycle trends Necessary Skills /Attributes ? Must have genuine interest and passion in consumer driven new concept generation and interest in lifecycle products ? For sr. manager position, minimum 10 years combine experience in product management, product planning, product design or design/innovation consulting with top design or market research firms. ? Solid knowledge in fuzzy front end new concept generation, consumer research methods and knowledge in product planning ? Ability to generate insights from consumer data ? For manager position, minimum 7 years experience in the same field as above ? Must be able to create product strategy document, including ability to put ideation and concept frameworks using market insight data ? Must be able to understand or capable of understanding basic and core technology that drives lifecycle products and be able to match with consumer needs ? Must be highly creative, innovative and design/consumer minded ? Minimum Bachelor's degree from four-year College or University, advanced degree preferred. Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered with good track record ? Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office ? Knowledge in graphic tools such as InDesign highly recommended but not a must ? Must have good networking into market research firms (tranditional and non-traditional), innovation agencies (e.g., IDEO) ? Must be willing to travel internationally ? Must be comfortable working with multinational team members and must be able to navigate through working environment where collaboration partners might not be able to communicate fluently in English ? Requires frequent conference calls between overseas office during evening hours ? EXCELLENT presentation skills and the ability to effectively deliver information to senior executives. ? Ability to run ideation session and have knowledge in ideation methods and tools ? Excellent workshop facilitation skills Directions Refer FriendYou have selected referral friend” .You have the option to either upload their resume or forward a job opportunity link.If you upload their resume you will be referenced as their referral.You will need to create ID should be their current email addressand password[ to be changed when they login].Please verify required information has been populated from resume. You must proceed through all steps 1 - 7. Step 7 will initiate submission and an email notification will be sent to your referral to complete application.Go backNextGo backApplyEmail to FriendSamsung is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Samsung is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms/agencies for this employment opportunity unless contracted with the Staffing Department. Agencies must work directly with Staffing as the primary point of contact and follow the Samsung application process to be considered for business. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Samsung via-email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at Samsung in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Samsung, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Samsung as a result of the referral or through other means. Note: Any search agreement entered into with Samsung before January 2009 is null and void. Search firms are essential to the recruitment and staffing efforts at Samsung and we value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors.For this reason, Samsung has established and regularly maintains a preferred vendor list. Please note that even preferred vendors need to have a written search agreement signed by a Staffing Department representative, at Samsung in place for the specific position in order for a fee to be paid for any candidate referrals. Thank you for your cooperation on this matter.