Licensing Manager

GENERAL PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF POSITION: Responsible for the effective management and growth of the Health & Beauty Aids, Packaged Goods, Gifts and Seasonal categories including the development and marketing of quality product, identifying new licensing opportunities, negotiating agreements, managing the budget, analyzing the business and staying apprised of competitive and marketplace trends.

 

SKILL SET:

· Entrepreneurial

· Strong research and analysis leading to recommendations presented verbally and orally

· Strategic business planning and creative problem solving

· Understanding of the components of commodity business based on sales and gross margin profitability

· Ability to communicate and sell new ideas throughout the organization and with external clients

· Strong merchandising and product talent

· Strong negotiating skills

· Highly successful at building cooperative dealings across varying business platforms

 

POSITION BEHAVIORS:

· Sell ideas to mulit-levels of internal and external management

· Consumer awareness

· Team effort

· Affable

· Creativite

· Identify problems, seek multiple solutions delivering best results for client and service provider

· Client service orientation

 

CRITICAL POSITION BEHAVIORS:

1. Initiative: Effectively works within high pressure environment and acts professionally.  Can understand both short-term and long-term implications and opportunities and undertakes a pro-active path to success.  Follows through on ideas, assignments and open issues.

2. Flexibility/Adaptability: Not easily stymied by new situations and complex statures.  Can adapt to unique organizational needs.  Understands classic structures while utilizing ability to develop completely new ways to pursing goals.

3. Energy Level: High energy level and enthusiasm for the position.

4. Independent Worker/Thinker: Must have the ability to work independently and in a team setting.

5. Confident:  Must possess and exhibit a level of confidence in themselves and his/her work, but be able to take direction and criticism professionally.

6. Results Oriented: Focused on obtaining results as a first priority.

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS:

1.  Excellent oral and written skills

2.  Project and task management

3.  Bachelors degree

4.  5+ years of industry related management experience in retail, manufacturing or licensing

5.  Experience in the gift and seasonal business

 

To be considered for this position, please send resume and cover letter to: human.resources@sesameworkshop.org or fax to 212-875-6113.

EOE/M/F/D/V