Philip

Senior Director & Head of Division
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Work experience

  • Senior Director & Head of Division

    Samsung Australia
    2021.03-Current(4 years)
    6 years 1 month (3 years 11 months) Leading one of Samsung Australia’s fastest growing businesses. Designed go to market and continue driving consumer sales of monitor and memory products through retail, IT channel partners and ecommerce. Simultaneously running an enterprise sales function selling ‘visual’ solutions to major corporate and government institutions. Leadership | Change Management | Team Development | Market Leadership | Product Management | Retail Sales | Ecommerce | Channel Management | Enterprise Sales | Services and Solutions | Forecasting and Logistics | P&L Management
  • Director & Head of Division, Display and Memory Solutions

    Northamber Plc
    2019.01-2021.03(2 years)
    (2 years 3 months)
  • Director, Audio Visual Solutions

    Samsung Australia
    2017.04-2018.12(2 years)
    (1 year 9 months) Created a new autonomous business within a well-established UK IT distributor. Recognising a significant market opportunity, secured support and investment from key stakeholders to build an Audio Visual distribution business supplying meeting room and classroom solutions to IT resellers. Establishing the business involved significant supplier negotiation to build a portfolio. Cash flow management was critical balancing the costs of establishing and operating a new business and delivering the committed return to stakeholders. Business Start-up | Business Planning | Vision Setting | Securing Funding | Stakeholder Management | Supplier Negotiation | Contract Management | Team Creation | Sales Management | Customer Acquisition | CRM |
  • Commercial Director & Head of Division, Display

    Samsung Electronics
    2013.01-2016.10(4 years)
    (3 years 10 months) Headhunted to lead the Samsung display business. Responsible for sales of small screen TV and computer monitors via a multi-channel route to market, including high street retail, grocer and online. In parallel charged with establishing Samsung in the ‘Professional Audio Visual’ market supplying projection and screen technology to B2B customers in various vertical markets including retail, automotive, manufacturing and finance. Delivered significant growth in B2C and B2B segments resulting in market leadership in all key categories. Recognised with two major global CEO awards for sustainable growth and profit contribution. Leadership | Change Management | Team Development | Market Leadership | Product Management | Category Establishment | Product Launch | Retail Sales | Ecommerce | Channel Management | B2B Sales | Forecasting and Logistics | P&L Management
  • General Manager & Head of Division, Display

    Acer
    2010.11-2013.01(2 years)
    (2 years 3 months) 4 years 4 months
  • Head of B2B Division

    Acer
    2009.04-2010.11(2 years)
    (1 year 8 months)
  • Business Unit Manager, Peripherals Division Head

    Acer
    2008.04-2009.03(a year)
  • Business Unit Manager, Notebook Division Head

    Sony UK Ltd
    2006.08-2008.03(2 years)
    (1 year 8 months) 7 years 7 months
  • General Manager Information Technology

    Sony UK Ltd
    2004.08-2006.08(2 years)
    (2 years 1 month)
  • Senior Sales Manager [VAIO Computing and AV]

    Sony UK Ltd
    2002.08-2004.08(2 years)
    (2 years 1 month)
  • National Account Manager [VAIO Computing]

    Sony UK Ltd
    2001.01-2002.08(2 years)
    (1 year 8 months)
  • Area Sales Manager [VAIO Computing]

    Pegasus Software
    1999.02-2001.01(2 years)
  • Account Executive

    Sony UK Ltd
    1997.08-1999.02(2 years)
    (1 year 7 months)

Educational experience

  • Politecnico di Milano

    Masters, General Management
    2008.01-2010.01(2 years)
  • University of Staffordshire

    Marketing
    1999.01-2000.01(a year)
  • University of Humberside

    Business Studies
    1993.01-1997.01(4 years)
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