BA EA Licensing Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage Europe, APAC & MEA licensees and help them grow their licensing business
• Liaise and build relationships with key internal stakeholders including product line, legal, marketing, design, and licensing team colleagues in other countries
• Work with Head of Global Brand Licensing to manage the Licensing Agency relationship
• Provide day-to-day support on other general inquiries/information requests from the Licensing Agency and Licensees
• Traffic brand licensing agreements and domain name agreements for signing to increase speed and efficiency
• Support and promote licensing program within Electrolux through events, outreach, and newsletter communications as well as external opportunities (industry awards, reviews of licensed products in the media, etc.)
• Lead planning efforts for local licensee summits
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Brand/Marketing

• Work with Marketing Manager to ensure product and packaging approvals and style guides are consistent with brand guidelines
• Work with the design team to ensure licensed products are compliant with design brand guidelines

Legal

• Work with legal for trademark use requests and manage NDA requests
• Work with legal on drafting and negotiating contracts and amendments

Licensee Management/Licensee Relationships

• Manage and update licensee Product Road Map and Retail Road Map to clearly identify licensed products in the marketplace
• Work with Head of Global Brand Licensing to manage the Licensing Agency relationship
• Licensing Agency to bring in new partners
• Licensing Manager to manage existing partners

Other

• Present licensing program to internal stakeholders on a regular basis
• Some domestic and international travel may be required
• Any other duties and projects as required

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree
• 7+ years of experience in licensing, consumer products, business development, sales, or related field
• Strong communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Detail-oriented self-starter with a drive for results. 
• Excellent follow-up skills.
• The ability to communicate at all levels and to present to senior management concisely and with command of detail.
• A strong sense of urgency, drive, and passion to take ownership of projects
• Disciplined, determined to succeed, proactive and demonstrably positive attitude
• Able to multi-task and prioritize
• Consumer focused with a drive to succeed
• Enjoys working with others and able to form strong working partnerships
• Strong organizational skills and detail oriented
• Personal enjoyment of working with people and building strong relationships 
• Experience in managing product development processes and marketing initiatives, ideally with licensing experience preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator skills desirable, but not essential
• Preferred experience in working with royalty software and/or online approval systems