Location: New York,NY, USA
** Senior Sales Manager, Lifestyle WildBrain**
* Full Time
* New York, NY
* Posted 12/20/2021
**Job Categories:** Business Development, Licensing / Consulting
**Salary:** $90,000-124,999
**Application Deadline:** 01/28/2022
**Description**
Location: New York (Hybrid)
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With 14 offices covering 60 countries, WildBrain CPLG is one of the leading third-party licensing agencies, managing consumer products for some of the worlds best loved properties across lifestyle brands, entertainment, and classics. Since 1972 we have been providing our clients dedicated licensing and marketing industry professionals, and a fully integrated product development team. We are looking to add to our talented team of innovators that can help us manage some of the most profitable and enduring brands in the world!
We believe that our partnerships are about clarity, openness, and trust. We are widely known for our no-nonsense, straightforward approach. Come join us!
The Role
WildBrain CPLG is looking for a Senior Sales Manager, Lifestyle Brands to join our Lifestyle Commercial team! Reporting to Group Brands Director, you will demonstrate exceptional sales abilities to grow our lifestyle brands business by accelerating growth with our current and potential clients, in line with commercial strategies.
What Youll Do:
Work with Group Brands Director and Lifestyle team to research and identify relevant new business targets in line with agreed brand strategies
Negotiate, and continuously strive to secure suitable licensees, in accordance with agreed strategies
Work with Legal team to ensure License agreements are fully executed in a timely manner and review and resolve any licensee commercial comments
Work with the wider Lifestyle Sales Managers as appropriate to support sales activity
Conduct regular licensee business reviews and manage licensees on an ongoing basis
Identify and lead potential DTR negotiations and/or key retail initiatives
Build and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders such as licensees, licensors, partners, and retailers as required
Work closely with key licensees to ensure strong retail distribution and identify and secure cross-promotional retail activity
Work with Group Brands Director to conduct business reviews for Licensors and internal CPLG management to consistently high standards
Collection of relevant market information, identifying market opportunities
Respond to day-to-day Licensor requests for information on sales updates, marketing and retail plans.
Work closely with Group Brands Director and CPLG Finance to deliver financial analysis and forecasting to Licensor and CPLG senior management
Keep abreast of competitor activity to assist Licensors gain market-leading advantage
Attend trade fairs and conferences as agreed with CPLG Management
What Youll Bring:
Significant experience at a senior level in sales & marketing and/or brand management within licensing, CPG, FMCG, Home Improvement
Extensive experience working closely with retailers at a senior level, through marketing initiatives, with buyers and/or DTRs
Outstanding interpersonal and networking skills
Keen eye for detail, hands-on approach with a strategic vision
React quickly and effectively to unplanned opportunities
An innovative and creative manager/salesperson
Entrepreneurial spirit and can communicate at all levels
Creative approach with the ability to think outside of the box in order to deliver unique and creative opportunities.
The ability to manage a multitude of diverse projects
What We Offer:
Working at WildBrain CPLG is more than a job it is the opportunity to join forces with extraordinary, insightful, and imaginative people! We will recognize your talents, encourage your professional growth and development in a work environment, that promotes creativity and individuality.
Some of the perks we have are Health Insurance, Enhanced Pension, Income Protection, Subsidized Gym, Help@Hand, Extra Holidays, BenefitHub, Employee Share Purchase Programme, Flexible Working & Summer Hours etc.,
WildBrain CPLG is committed to providing a supportive work environment and corporate culture free from barriers to promote inclusion, equality, and diversity. WildBrain CPLG accommodates people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. Applicants are encouraged to make their needs known in advance if accommodation is required.
About WildBrain a parent company of WildBrain CPLG:
At WildBrain we make great content for kids and families. With approximately 13,000 half-hours of filmed entertainment in our library one of the worlds most extensive we are home to such brands as Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Caillou, Inspector Gadget, Johnny Test and Degrassi. Our shows are seen in more than 150 countries on over 500 telecasters and streaming platforms. WildBrains portfolio spans all areas of the entertainment industry: WildBrain Studios, where we develop and produce hit animated and live actions series; WildBrain Television, which is composed of prominent kids television channels in Canada (Family Channel, Family CHRGD, Family Jr. and Tlmagino); home to Peanuts Worldwide; brand management to some of the worlds most-loved kids brands; celebrated global licensing and distribution teams with WildBrain CPLG, and a leading childrens YouTube network in WildBrain Spark, one of the largest networks of kids channels on YouTube, with over 168 million subscribers.
WildBrain is headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit wildbrain.com to learn more!