Licensing Coordinator – Branded Goods

Job description

Job Description

An ever-evolving heritage. A truly exciting future. Two of the world’s most iconic brands. Jaguar Land Rover is revered across the globe. Continually pushing the boundaries of innovation and redefining the benchmark for excellence, we set the standards others want to follow. We want to keep it that way too. Which is where you join the journey.

What to expect:
The Licensing and Branded Goods department is a team with a global focus within the Special Operations division of Jaguar Land Rover. The vision is to design, create and retail a range of premium and luxury products ranging from apparel to luggage, model cars to furniture; reflecting the Jaguar and Land Rover Brands and supporting the company’s lifestyle brand positioning.

A rapidly growing area of the department, the licensing team works with market leading companies and internationally recognised brands from a variety of industries to co-create collections for retail under license. The team works with a variety of stakeholders across JLR to help partners to develop their co-brand and mono-brand ranges whilst constantly reviewing new opportunities. License partners are categorised into 4 areas:

Model Cars
Interactive Games
Technical Publications
Lifestyle

This is an exciting role which will appeal to anyone with a keen interest to develop a career in brand partnership and relationship management.

Key Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Global Licensing Manager, the Licensing Coordinator is a key role in supporting the existing license partner base, working with them to develop and promote products which appropriately represent the Jaguar and Land Rover brands. Key responsibilities include:

• Day to day management of a selection of partners across all 4 categories
• Develop, manage and help implement a JLR licensee marketing support pack and style guide
• Work closely with JLR Design and marketing teams to efficiently process product and marketing approvals
• Source and maintain CAD data for model car and interactive game licensees
• Work with finance to provide regular reporting of royalties and partner sales performance
• Support the Global Licensing Managers with various administrational tasks including; Car bookings, contract admin, legal customs enquiries, partner set-up, sample management, meeting organisation and courier despatch.

This role offers excellent opportunities to develop a broad range of business and commercial skills, focusing on the growth of an exciting business unit. There is a great deal of interaction with many areas of the business - specifically Global Design, Product, Legal, Finance and Marketing teams

Desired profile

Candidate Profile

What you’ll need:
• Degree qualified in a business related field with an interest in marketing and relationship management
• A proven background in partner and/or supplier management
• Enthusiasm and drive, with commitment and confidence to achieve goals on time
• Absolutely key is the ability to adapt in a fast moving, exciting and involving environment
• Must be highly motivated and able to build a strong cross functional network
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous organisation and planning skills

Personal Characteristics
• Strong team player
• Attention to detail, analytical and precise thinking
• Clear and concise communicator

Please note, we reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.

Benefits

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you will find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team. Our employees have access to a privilege car purchase scheme, membership of a competitive pension plan, performance related bonus scheme and 26 days holiday entitlement. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.