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Title:    Senior Category Manager, Toys & Games
Based:  London
Salary   Competitive + benefits

Description

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Category Manager or Key Account Manager looking for the next challenge in their career. This broad role involves overseeing, strategically managing and developing the Toys & Games category in our UK Consumer Products team.

About the role

Working closely with the UK’s General Manager and EMEA Category Director, you will be responsible for managing existing Toys & Games partners as well as developing new retail partners and sectors and identifying strategic alliances.

Main responsibilities include:

·    Managing existing Toys & Games partners - both global/ regional Key Accounts and local partners
·    Identifying new strategic partners
·    Targeting specific retailing partners and retail sectors
·    Selecting distribution and toys partners to bring on-board chosen retailers/retail sectors
·    Managing a Licensing Executive
·    Developing local tailored presentations
·    Conducting sales presentations to selected retailing, distribution and toy partners
·    Negotiating contracts
·    Regular liaison with the US Global Toy team to ensure strategies are aligned
·    Working with toys and games licensees in order to ensure that product development is consistent with each property’s brand objectives and meet retailer, consumer and BA requirements
·    Maximising cross-promotional, trade PR/media efforts and presentations to retailers
·    Carry out regular line reviews
·    Establish, maintain and develop relationships with buyers with key retailers
·    Co-ordinate opportunities across the business
·    Monitor competitor activity
·    Monitor local market developments for each area of business to ensure that programmes launched address local market requirements.

About you

With a strong sales planning background, your will have worked in Key Account Sales, retail or new product development.  A clear understanding of buying and product development is essential, ideally with experience of how character and licensing works in retail.

A credible communicator, you will be able to influence people at all levels, be a strong Time Manager and organiser with proven strategic planning skills and a strong understanding of marketing. A team player, you will be highly computer literate, bring energy and passion to the role and be able to cope with the fast –paced change of the industry.

About us

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. is the entertainment arm of the world’s leading communications company, Time Warner.  Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. comprises numerous separate divisions including Television, Home Video, Theatrical, On-line and Consumer Products. 

Warner Bros. Consumer Products license the intellectual property rights of the Warner Bros portfolio, including the Looney Tunes, Harry Potter, Scooby Doo, Thundercats, Batman, Superman, Tom & Jerry and Flintstones. 

Our licensing business covers many categories spanning publishing, food, toys, apparel, housewares, accessories, personal care, domestics, gifts, stationery, promotions and interactive games.

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