**What a Office Print Category Manager does at HP**:- Deep 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 lead a subset of the team. May lead overall engagement with one or several sales teams.- May lead engagement partnership with external IT vendor.**Individuals who do well in this role at HP, usually possess**:- University or Bachelors degree in Marketing or Finance; advanced degree or MBA preferred.- Typically 8-12 years of professional experience with a combination of Marketing, Sales, Business Planning experienced preferred.- Consumer and/or Commercial Partner management expertise. End User Acct management as an alternative.- 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.Li-PostAbout HPYou're out to reimagine and reinvent what's possible—in your career as well as the world around you.Soare we. We love taking on tough challenges, disrupting the status quo,and creating what's next. We're in search of talented people who areinspired by big challenges, driven to learn and grow, and dedicated tomaking a meaningful difference.HP is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries around the world united in creating technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere.Our history: HP's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion - it's just who we are.From the boardroom to factory floor, we create a culture where everyone isrespected and where people can be themselves, while being a part ofsomething bigger than themselves. We celebrate the notion that you canbelong at HP and bring your authentic self to work each and every day.When you do that, you're more innovative and that helps grow our bottomline. Come to HP and thrive!
