Licensing Coordinator

The grass is greenerat Joules

We have an eye for detail. We care and we challenge. We are creative and commercial, passionate and practical. We are flexible and generous. We inspire hard work and lead with kindness. We have big ambitions and are never afraid to give it some welly.

Step into a role within our Licensing team as a Licensing Coordinator where you will play an important & influential part within the Licensing team, interacting with all other relevant functions in the Department and supporting the Merchandisers with building the Licensed product offer

**As Licensing Coordinator you will**:
Supporting the Licensing Managers & Licensing Merchandisers on all Commercial aspects of Licensing Range Build & the Joules buy:

- Develop & maintain Seasonal Range Overviews and/or Product Catalogues
- Collating line lists and pricing from Partners for Merch, ensuring margins align with licensing contracts
- Share and update live Range Plans with ecomm team to ensure full visibility of upcoming ranges. Highlight any new product categories
- Demonstrate thorough working knowledge of the end to end Licensing NPD process and the Joules buy process to keep issues to a minimum
- All product information to be stored and organised effectively, with clear view of what we are taking for Joules channels (for Photography)

Centric &/ Next systems for Joules ecomm & stores:

- Ensure all licensed product is uploaded onto Next systems, working with Licensing Merchandisers
- Work closely with the Ecomm team/Next team and Merch to identify missing product from the website and resolve any upload issues
- Identify opportunities to increase ecomm sales by merchandising product better, working with Ecomm team/Next team

Supporting the Licensing Manager with Department activities relating to other functions within the business:

- Updating Next warehouse teams on new ranges, identifying any H&S issues, packaging concerns
- Support the Licensing Managers on each partners' Licensing Critical Path
- Supporting Boots with identifying suitable product for Boots gift sets, creating design sheets and supporting with tracking samples etc
- Supporting the delivery of the Licensing Strategy, working closely with Licensing Managers on any new business projects
- Product & category research - competitor analysis, creating sales presentations and booking in sales meetings with prospective partners
- General admin support with diary and meetings
- Topline financial support - chasing royalty reports when required

Sample Management:

- Regularly in the office to collect/decant samples and organise in the Licensing room/basement storage
- Maintain sample tracking system we have and where they are stored, responsible for lending samples out to other teams eg. Photography
- Working closely with Marketing & Partners to ensure the Photography have samples they need in time (web shots/lifestyle)

Marketing support:
What we are looking for:

- Degree educated ideally. Licensing experience not essential
- This individual can complete day-to-day task with mínimal input from the Licensing Manager
- The Coordinator at this level will take a higher level of responsibility to support the Licensing Merchandisers
- Excellent planning & organisational skills; able to prioritise tasks and communication
- Commercial acumen; be able to demonstrate a good understanding of competitor activity and environmental factors
- Personal drive, motivation and resilience; show determination and enthusiasm
- Team work; embraces working within a team and understand relationships within relevant internal departments
- Creative thinking; be able to offer solutions and options
- Initiative & Proactivity; Willing to step out of comfort zone and fearless in approach
- Communication skills; Displays self-management of mood and how to control emotions under pressure, Is conscious of tone and impression in all communication channels, both written and verbal
- Attention to detail and accuracy; Always achieves high levels of accuracy and can understand the knock-on impact of inaccuracies, Takes time to fully understand process: can retain information where process is repeated regularly

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