Associate Licensing Manager

The Coca-Cola Company

Post Date: 03/02/22

Location: Atlanta, Georgia, GA- US | Job ID: R-69411

Position Overview:

The Associate Licensing Manager will assist with the day-to-day management of The Coca-Cola Company's (TCCC) food licensing portfolio as well as other licensing team related tasks as assigned. This position will be responsible for understanding category trends, management of new and existing licensees and various project management tasks to ensure that the licensing business is exceeding predetermined revenue targets and growth objectives. The role will report into the Senior Manager, Global Food Licensing.

Key responsibilities:

Project & Partner Management

• Builds and manages relationships with licensees and internal business partners

• Supports day to day communication with assigned licensed partners

• Disseminates corporate and brand marketing direction, strategies and priorities to all partners 

• Becomes expert on TCCC contract management software system

Category Management / Business Planning:​

• Research & understand competitive landscape: Analyze market & consumer trends, retailer and industry needs

• Support with day-to-day responsibilities such as contract and amendment process, financial analysis, packaging approvals, presentation development and other projects as assigned

Product Development:​

• Collaborate with licensees to develop compelling products that are commercially viable and ensure all key milestones are being met for planned product launches

• Collaborate with Brand, Legal, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Research & Development and PACS organizations to gain approval on product, packaging, and marketing concepts

New Business Development:

• Research and identify key category opportunities by brand

• Cultivate relationships with potential licensees

• Generate ideas for new business opportunities

Financial Planning:

• Ensures royalty revenue targets and sales performance objectives are met for assigned licensed partners

Quality and Compliance Manager

The Coca-Cola Company

Post Date: 02/22/22

Location: Atlanta, Georgia, GA- US | Job ID: R-68919

Job description summary:

This leader is responsible for setting the strategic direction and governance of licensed products (merchandise and food) quality, safety and compliance worldwide.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leads product safety standards for licensed products - including setting guidelines, defining the testing requirements, responding to consumer/customer issues, managing records, product recalls and legal issues.   

• Interfaces with regulatory agencies around the globe to inform consumer product design as well as safety and reliability standards to mitigate risk associated with the sourcing of licensed merchandise.   

• Provides governance over merchandise safety, quality, reliability and social compliance for 300+ licensees.  

• Develops environmental and recycled merchandise standards to align with Company sustainability platform.   

• Provides subject matter expertise to multiple functions of the Company as it relates to product performance, safety and reliability.  Acts as a regulatory consultant to legal and risk management. 

• Audits licensees to ensure product integrity and compliance to approval process. 

• Communicates with licensees to support Company’s Supplier Guiding Principles (SGP), expectations, and processes for social compliance audits.  Maintains accurate records of audits and monitors corrective action plans. 

• Evaluates SGP audit findings and makes recommendations to stakeholders.  Facilitates discussions with Company approved auditing firms as needed. 

• Interfaces with Human Rights Governance team to share global licensing processes and needs. 

• Develops guidance documents and tools to support global licensing and its partners. 

Manager, Brand Licensing

Morton Salt, Inc.

Post Date: 02/18/22

Location: Chicago, Illinois, IL - US | Job ID: -

Position Overview:

As the Licensing Manager for the Brand Marketing group at Morton Salt in Chicago you would be responsible for the following:

Strategic Planning & Internal Key Stakeholder Alignment:

• Owning and refining the brand’s strategic licensing plan  

• Establishing financial objectives for the US licensing program, licensee criteria, product quality guidelines, and brand identity and guidelines that convey the voice of the brand

•  Communicating the licensing strategy and aligning with key decision makers to address prioritization of categories and retail channel and account• guidelines 

•  Keeping brand owner’s key stakeholders informed and gaining approval for new licensing initiatives

• Collaboration and communication with internal cross functional teams to keep internal and external stakeholders apprised of current brand and licensing initiatives.

US Licensee Management:

• Conducting brand immersions to engage new food and lifestyle partners and keep them abreast of brand development

• Working with agency and external partners to develop licensed product strategy, including product line-up and positioning, pricing strategy, distribution plan and marketing support

• Reviewing and providing feedback into partner’s annual business plans to ensure plans meet internal business and brand objectives

• Assisting licensee partners to utilize brand owner’s current and future marketing initiatives

• Updating and enforcing brand assets and guidelines to ensure consistency across licensed categories 

• Manage the approval process for licensing products, packaging and collateral

• Supporting retailer sell-in, when appropriate

• Support market research/consumer insights, when appropriate

Associate Partnerships (Licensing) Manager

Life is Good

Post Date: 01/27/22

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, MA - US | Job ID: 67749953F3

Position Overview:

Join a growing team with a huge strategic impact on an iconic brand - Life is Good. This business unit is leading our brand connections by partnering with other great brands. Our future is incredibly exciting! Check out this new role and be prepared to answer questions meant to "hand you the mic" so you can tell your own story. Read on...

YOUR OBJECTIVE: You are a key member of the team responsible for strategically extending Life is Good into categories beyond our core lifestyle apparel. You will work with our partners and internal teams to grow these businesses, delight our existing customers with a broader offering of products, and introduce new customers to our brand and mission.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Brand Licensing

• Manage item setup information for all partnerships products, sold on Lifeisgood.com and Life is Good Wholesale, via a Product Management system

• Manage and request all photography needs, both internally and externally

• Track all incoming PO’s and communicate all updates both internally and externally

• Assist in researching new and existing Partnerships product categories

• Responsible for on-boarding new partners by communicating all required documentation

• Oversee Quality and Testing Reports for all Partners and ensure that all information is up to date and valid

• Work with the Marketing team to optimize and update sell-in materials (LIG Brand Decks, LIG Brand Videos, etc)

• Update and manage Partnerships Brand Decks

Corporate Sales​

• Assist VP Strategic Partnerships in delivering Corporate Sales Revenue goal by:

• Fielding all inbound Corporate Sales requests and managing the internal processes to execute these orders.

• Act as point person for external Corporate Apparel partners, to answer any operational questions accurately and in a timely manner.

• Track Corporate Sales revenue on a quarterly basis, assuring progress toward annual revenue goal

Analyst Human Rights

The Hershey Company

Post Date: 01/20/22

Location: Hershey, PA / Remote candidates considered | Job ID: 112918

Position Overview:

The Hershey Company is seeking a talented and passionate human rights professional to join the Global Sustainability Team. As a member of the team, the individual will support the delivery of The Hershey Company’s enterprise human rights program including monitoring trends in the field, ongoing strategy development and co-developing high-impact solutions to address human rights risks and impacts in Hershey’s own operations and supply chain. The Global Sustainability and Social Impact team has strategic responsibility for Hershey’s ESG activities and works with business partners across the organization to implement Hershey’s ESG policies and programs.

Key responsibilities:

• Support delivery of the Hershey Company’s enterprise human rights agenda including assessing the impacts of human rights risks; developing mitigation strategies, policies, and remediation plans; and supporting on human rights reporting and stakeholder engagement efforts

• Support delivery of key initiatives focused on Hershey’s salient human rights issues including:

  • implementation of current living wage & income programming in Hershey operations and supply chain

  • implementation of current responsible recruitment and worker engagement strategies including identifying continuous improvement opportunities in current programming

• On an ongoing basis, monitor and track human rights and business trends and best practices including peer commitments; the legal & regulatory, and policy environment; and NGO and activist activity as well as engage in collaborative industry groups such as AIM-Progress to inform strategy

• Review performance on human rights related ratings and rankings to inform opportunities for improvement in programming and current strategy

• Identify the ongoing need for human rights education and training within the organization 

• Collaborate closely with Responsible Sourcing and procurement teams to align on human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) best practices and opportunities for continuous improvement in current programming.

IP Sales & Licensing Business Developer

HP Inc.

Post Date: 01/11/22

Location: All Cities, Texas, TX - US| Job ID: 3089921

Position Overview:

At HP Inc. we believe that one thoughtful idea has the power to change the world. We aim for excellence through collaboration and believe that by melding the best and the brightest talent, enriched by diverse backgrounds and perspectives of every kind, we can succeed in understanding what matters the most to our customers and to every individual across society.   While HP’s roots started in Silicon Valley, today we have a broad reach that spans around the globe, and the HP brand is known worldwide as a symbol of innovation and highest ethical standards. HP was recognized as one of the 2021 World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute, and the brand was ranked 65th on Interbrand’s Best Global Brands list for 2020. HP’s primary business lines include home and office printers, print supplies, personal computers, OMEN gaming computers, HyperX gaming accessories, industrial printers, and 3D printing technology. HP has a fantastic opportunity for a talented licensing professional to join its patent, technology, and trademark licensing team within the Global Legal Affairs organization. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and on-going management of trademark and technology licensing programs.  Duties include activities such as business modeling, RFP development, licensee scouting, contract negotiations, and ongoing licensee relationship oversight.

• Direct and participate in opportunity sizing analysis of concept areas. 

• Assess and report on the suitability of proposed licensees with regards to HP’s policies and standards.  Provide business model analysis and approval request of license arrangements.  Coordinate HP legal review of licenses and present licensing deals/programs to HP‘s approval committees.

• Provide oversight and review of licensee product and service proposals, product reviews and approvals, marketing and advertising materials and packaging review and approval, and other product and marketing related processes. 

• Collaborate with our licensing agency.

• Research HP's patents or technology to identify high-value hybrid trademark licensing opportunities.

• Maintain regular communications with multiple business unit executives.