Samsung cuts general manager for retail sales
- 30 July, 2009 10:45
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Samsung Electronics Australia has announced a major restructuring of its sales and marketing teams. As a result, general manager of retail sales, Mark Beard, has been made redundant.
The former director of sales, Michael Richardson, has become director of retail sales and marketing while the former business unit manager for notebooks, Emmauele Silanesu, has been promoted to national product and marketing manager for IT.
“We recognise the significant contribution and commitment that Mark Beard has provided to Samsung Australia over the last decade and wish him all the best for the future,” Samsung managing director, K.Y. Choi said.
Beard’s dismissal comes despite the vendor recently reporting its highest quarterly net profit in two years amid the doom and gloom of the global financial crisis.
Samsung used the statement to talk up its performance, claiming “continuing strong YTD results”.
“Samsung Electronics Australia has achieved ongoing growth in sales and market share over the past two years, reinforcing its position as a leading consumer electronics brand,” the release said.
A Samsung spokesperson said the company would not comment beyond its media release.
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Anonymous
More to come?
rumours are rumours, but with their notebooks not selling well, their monitor PM leaving and some other staff cutbacks,it must be a nervous time for the people who are still left.
IT COYOTE# 3 GENERAL LIAO
They must have found out there is no requirement for hiring so many koala in the company, all these direct retail account can simply go thru a by distribution. That way is more cost effective, estimate the entire division would have cost SAMSUNG over 2million on salary pay out.
PIMP MY HARB
Emmauele got promoted twice since joined SAMSUNG beginning of this year, I suppose SAMSUNG must have an incredible way to encourage their staff and unique way to measure the staff performance
DO RE MI notebook
Some ex BENQ & Mitsubishi staff are joining SAMSUNG, can imagine they will soon all get promot in speedy way
Ghandi of IT
there is a lot of other big names who have slipped into samsung recently in cushy positions doing sweet F.A.
its one confusing company to deal with
Anonymous
Notebook must be going so well that business manager get promoted so quickly. Samsung monitor is dominant in market, I wonder why PM leaving and who can do a better job ?
Anonymous
is it too late to join mitsubishi and get automatic entry to SAMSUNG
Anonymous
I can tell you from experience it is the worst place to work in the entire industry.
Ghandi of IT
you obviously havent worked at many distributors
Anonymous
from what I have heard there are more people wanting to get out of samsung than who want to get of distributors
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