James Russell

Digital and Omnichannel Director

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • Samsung Electronics (10 yrs 11 mos)
    • Digital & Omnichannel Marketing Director
      Jun 2026 - Present · 1 mo

    • Strategy, Operations & Supply Chain Director
      Jan 2024 - Jun 2026 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    • Head of Strategy & Central Operations
      Jul 2019 - Jan 2024 · 4 yrs 7 mos

      - Reporting directly to the UK Country Head and core member of the UK Leadership Team (LT) - Leading 3 functions across Consumer & Market Insights, Strategy & Business Management - Setting overall biz strategic direction, influencing and working with stakeholders at all levels - Developing & delivering strategic updates on behalf of the LT to the SEUK business - Responsible for multi-million £ research budget, delivering actionable consumer insight to inform decision making - Leading partnerships and relationships with external agencies and consultancies - LT sponsor of strategic cross functional taskforces to drive best practice and business change & results - Commercial and strategic mentorship of key sales and marketing professionals across the business Leading joint business planning strategy and implementation with core UK partners - Building channel sales strategy and target setting across all product categories - Developing sell-in materials and strategies for product GTM and promotions

  • Head of UKIE Sales Operations at Microsoft
    Dec 2014 - Aug 2015 · 9 mos

    - During the restructure post Microsoft purchase of Nokia, taken in-house acting as Head of Sales Operations. - Key member of the Microsoft Mobile UK strategic business planning alongside the UK commercial leadership team, with exposure to Microsoft UK board meetings. - Active participant of the executive level sales and marketing weekly review, personally taking ownership of sell-out and inventory forecasting. - Due to significant headcount impacts, also acted as Account Manager for the O2 and H3G accounts.

  • Microsoft Lead & Consultant to Microsoft Mobile at Jarmany Ltd
    Jul 2013 - Dec 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos

    - Responsible for 9 analysts working across sales and marketing functions within Microsoft. - Responsible for data consolidation and developing visualization tools, using a variety of tools and methods (including SQL, Tableu, Salesforce & MS Office Suite) - Significant experience in writing SQL scripts and data management during this time.