Job Purpose - The Manager Licensing & Operations will work with the team and Business Head to develop & implement a plan for each brand, that is in conjunction with the overall business plan for the licensing business and manage the relationship with the team.
Job Responsibilities
Business Development
- Scout for new partnerships / license deals for new brands or current deals for additional categories within existing brands
- Negotiate and finalize new partnerships / license deals and document the same through a term sheet. Facilitate negotiations of a license contract for the new partnership / license deal
Operations
- Partner relationship management
- Participate in creation of a plan in line with the annual business plan along with the licensee
- Review the annual business plan on a quarterly basis
- Review the brand track/performance and other KPIs’
- Along with the marketing team work on marketing plans to implement with the licensee
- Coordinate with marketing agencies to support licensee marketing activities
- Ensure brand standards and guidelines are being followed by the licensee
- Generate monthly / quarterly and annual reports
- Coordinate with legal team for renewal of agreements / IP registrations etc.