Manager - Brand Licensing - Retail/Fashion/Licensing/Leasing

Brand Licencing

Only Retail / Fashion licensing / Leasing

- Develops a strategy for the brand in alignment with the corporate plans and overall marketing plans.

- Understands & defines the brand identity & align all the brands plans accordingly

- Coordinates with advertising & research agencies as well as consultants to develop suitable brand initiatives to position the brand in keeping with the above identity

- Plans ATL & BTL so as to deliver the required value proposition, as derived from the above brand identity

- Scans the business environment to explore options for revenue generation from new and existing customers

- Develops and executes plans for brand extension.

- Develops annual plans and budgets for the brand.

- Keeps track of all brand related expenditures vis-a-vis budgets.

- Provide strategic guidance to brand executives to develop these strategies into detailed marketing plans and executions (with special emphasis on-the-ground activities).

- Coordinates with internal & external media agencies for implementation of the Brand's strategy.

- Coordinates with other departments like Sales, Product, Service, Manufacturing, Finance, etc for product & brand related requirements.

- Conceives, develops, proposes, implements & controls attractive sales promotional drives across various levels of trade & consumer franchise.

- Monitors, tracks & evaluates market & competitive dynamics.

- Develops systems within brand teams which facilitates better MIS and synergy of operations

- Assists in developing market entry strategy for previously untapped geographies based on market intelligence

- Undertakes all market research for obtaining feedback on various aspects of the brand

- Monitors and tracks of performance of brand based on specified criteria.

- Plans and ensures required marketing support for brand in terms of advertising, promotion, schemes etc in co-ordination with sales team.

- Develops various schemes incentive / discount to increase the contribution of the brand.

- Ensures that the team is adequately trained in both functional and behavioural aspects on a regular basis

- Supports development of a performance driven culture among all employees within the team

Desired Skills & Competencies :

- Marketing Strategy

- Branding

- Advertising

- Promotions

- Planning

- Communication

- Leadership

- Creativity

- Analytical ability