Do you love licensing and marketing? Are you a creative problem solver with passion for working with external partners and iconic CPG and entertainment brands? You want to be part of a performance culture dedicated to building technology for a purpose that matters. You want to work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. If you answered “yes”, this is the role for you. We are looking for a Sr Manager, Strategic Licensing and Marketing Partnerships to manage KC global licensing partnership with Disney (and other partners as required) to help embed it as a core commercial capability for KC. In this role, you’ll work with global K-C leaders, in our K-C matrixed organization, via global partnership management, strategic negotiations, marketing and contract compliance, as well as ensuring sustainability, capability build, and measuring as appropriate within the global team.
It starts with YOU.
Key Responsibilities include:
Global Partnership Management including
* Supporting the Strategic Licensing Director in managing the partnership with the global network of stakeholders from Disney, K-C Baby and Family Care to achieve business objectives. Scope consists of 80+ stakeholders
* Manage quarterly worldwide licensing process – from capturing regional product needs to finalizing amendments
* Understand K-C and Disney business requirements, brand guardrails and procedures
* Maintain up-to-date records of licensed intellectual property and key activations per category / region
* Manage the global community, and liaison with the K-C global Marketing teams, through weekly and monthly cadence
* Assist in developing the joint Disney Planning
* Track marketing asset approvals to ensure compliance across all brands
Strategic Negotiation
* Supporting the Strategic Licensing Director with managing process and global contract negotiations, developing presentations and relevant analysis
* Manage additional contracts as needed, including Publishing, Parks, Music, Content Sponsorships
Marketing Contract Compliance
* Establish a process for tracking marketing compliance in partnership with regional and global leads
* Maintain relevant job aids related to all licensing processes
* Manage implementation of the Disney Health Check
* Ensure Marketing understands contractual requirements and work collaboratively across Legal, Marketing, Finance, Functions, and Business Units
Building Capability, Marketing Activation, Measurement
* Lead or support in the development of training presentations to on-board new Marketing team members to the partnership, activating best practices, contractual requirements, key processes and resources
* Manage the quarterly cadence of trainings across a variety of licensing topics
* Manage Disney Activation Scorecards to help ensure adherence to best practices
* Maintain a database of character effectiveness and Disney Activation best practices, provide insights to the business on demand
To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
* BA in Marketing or Business required, MBA preferred
* Proven licensing and marketing experience in multiple categories and geographies with demonstrated success in managing marking projects and governing licensing agreements within a global matrix organization
* Strong working knowledge of entertainment properties, licensing agreements management and contract change
* Solid communication and presentation skills
* Strategic thinking mindset
* Strong influencing skills
* Organizational agility, capable of working in a matrix organization, driving collaboration across businesses and functions and with all levels of the organization
* Demonstrated personal credibility and positive energy
* Enthusiastic, resilient and able to manage stressful situations
* Ability to manage conflict and inspire action
* Exceptional analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to analyze business processes and workflows
* Demonstrated problem solving, facilitation and business acumen skills
Total Benefits
We offer competitive pay and benefits to employees and reward excellence and performance. Our belief in promoting a healthy work-life balance drives us to support our employees’ total well-being, offering comprehensive benefits not limited to gym memberships, private medical insurance, dental cover, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, critical illness cover, travel insurance and a market leading defined contribution pension scheme.
Certain benefits, such as flexible work schedules and parental leave, can be tailored to meet specific individual needs, giving our employees the flexibility to manage their commitments inside and outside of work.
To Be Considered
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