Sales & Marketing Director with 19+ years of experience in strategy, product & software development, marketing and business development. Successfully track record for meeting growth targets across Asia Pacific.
Collaborative leader that thrives in growth environments. Proven ability to identify and capitalise on untapped opportunities. Highly driven go-getter with ability to continuously deliver sustained results.
Competent in strategy execution. Experienced in assembling multi-functional teams across several geographical locations. Adept at communicating objectives to teams and gaining support for on-going project execution as well as optimisation.
Deep experience in targeted product marketing and negotiating with senior management. Competent in B2B sales for various mobile, smartcard and semiconductor customers.
Highly experienced in development of software and products ecosystems including software architecture and end-to-end project management.
Experienced in negotiation, excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Proactive attitude, team builder and tactical planner with ability to consistently meet and deliver targets.
Sales & Marketing Director @ • Conceptualise and execute strategies to grow sales of Mobile components & Smartcard products
• Responsible for sales across South-East Asia & India with FY2013 turnover in excess of 80 million USD
• Lead sales team in Singapore and 10 staff spread across India, Indonesia and Philippines
• Analyse barriers to entry including competition analysis, certification requirements, new product lifecycle times and industry margins
• Identify key verticals to target and produce detailed individual market vertical analysis with clearly defined business cases and go-to-market strategy
• Initiate and develop business relationships with the senior management of potential customers.
• Liaise closely with product development teams & partner vendors to produce complete solutions for key clients.
• Conduct annual training workshops for sales executives and distributors.
Significant Achievements
• Instrumental in consistently growing revenues increased sales per annum by 32 million USD
• Spearheaded entry into low cost – medium performance market.
• Pivotal in creating ecosystems (mobile & tablet) for customers.
• Ensure all parties in synergy to provide full solution for end customers
• Identified key value chain participants.
• Managed key relationships between ecosystem stakeholders and solved collaboration issues to ensure win-win for all involved parties
• Successfully penetrated several key accounts including MicroMax, Lava, iMobile, Cherry Mobile From January 2013 to Present (2 years 9 months) SingaporeSales & Marketing Director @ • Led sales team to drive sales of Mobile (AP, CIS) and smartcard products to Tier 1 customers in China
• Conduct market analysis, identify trends and leverage on insights to drive sales of products to customers
Significant Achievements
• Instrumental in growing sales per annum in China by 200 million USD in 4 years. From March 2008 to December 2012 (4 years 10 months) South KoreaHead of Research Centre @ • Spearheaded development of customised media players and provided technical support to customers within China
• Led team of 40 staff to deliver 9 commercialised projects annually in addition to providing technical support
• Conceptualised and executed various research strategies to achieve business objectives and new product demands
• Actively studied research breakthroughs in various public journals and leveraged on discoveries to further accelerate R&D cycles at Samsung
Significant Achievements
• Successfully delivered turnkey solutions for new products with a 100% hit ratio From April 2004 to March 2008 (4 years) Hangzhou, Zhejiang, ChinaApplication Engineer @ • Supported development of firmware for MCU on Realtime OS, AP & multi-media processor for Optical devices & telephones
• Took part in end to end product development lifecycle.
• Supported development process from product planning, verification to final testing and development
• Developed various test tools such as emulators and simulators for firmware solution development of CDP, DVDP and DTV
• Showed excellent debugging skills to resolve customer queries and issues faced From September 1995 to April 2004 (8 years 8 months) South Korea
Master, Digital Media (Software) @ Sungkyunkwan University From 2000 to 2002 Kage Noh is skilled in: Embedded Systems, Mobile Devices, Product Management, Management, SoC, Product Marketing, Semiconductors, Product Development, Electronics, Competitive Analysis, Strategic Planning, Key Account Management, Eco-System Construction, B2B Technical Sales, Cross-functional Team..., Mobile Product..., Market Analysis, Collaborative Problem..., Sales Team Leadership, High Level Engineering, Negotiations, International Sales, Team Leadership, Strategic Leadership, Technical Leadership, Business Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Market Research, Research, Field Applications, Technical Support, Technical Training, Technical Analysis, Distributed Team..., Channel Sales, Pricing, Negotiation, Leadership