Brand Manager, Brand Management

Responsibilities

• - Manage Licensee & Brand Owner Relationships: Serve as a primary point of contact and relationship manager for licensees and brand owners; develop a strong understanding of partner business models, product development cycles, and commercial objectives.
• - Drive Licensing & Business Development: Identify and pursue strategic licensing opportunities across relevant food and beverage categories, including co-branded, mono-branded, brand extension, and Direct-to-Retail opportunities.
• - Develop Licensing Programs: Partner with stakeholders to develop and execute licensing strategies aligned with client objectives, brand DNA, guidelines, and business goals.
• - Support New Business & Deal Negotiations: Assist with the development and negotiation of new licensing agreements and participate in sales, marketing, client, and retailer presentations as needed.
• - Lead Product & Program Development: Oversee product development and licensing program execution, coordinating internal and external stakeholders to ensure projects are organized, efficient, commercially viable, and aligned with business needs.
• - Develop Sales & Business Development Tools: Lead or support the creation of brand presentations, retailer-specific materials, and other tools that support growth.
• - Analyze Market & Business Opportunities: Monitor consumer trends, industry developments, sales forecasts, and market data to identify new categories, growth opportunities, and strategies that support retail profitability.
• - Facilitate Licensing Operations & Best Practices: Support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of licensing processes, templates, systems, and reporting mechanisms to drive efficient, scalable program management.
• - Manage Financial & Performance Reporting: Partner with Finance and licensees to obtain, analyze, and monitor sales forecasts and performance; maintain accurate reporting and tracking of client and licensing activities.
• - Support Day-to-Day Program Management: Manage calendars and scheduling; prepare meeting agendas and materials; participate in internal and external meetings; document key decisions and action items; and prepare meeting recaps and follow-up as needed.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years in a results-orientated licensing, brand management or consumer products role, ideally with food and beverage brands
• Experience working on high caliber IP’s
• Ability to work effectively within a complex matrix organization and drive results from a team that may not report directly to you
• Demonstrable ability to build and maintain strong relationships with key partners across categories and regions
• Professional, personable, adaptable, creative, timely, hard-working, with a high level of integrity, a self-starter work ethic and enjoyment of fast and dynamic pace
• Mature time management and prioritization capabilities
• Financial (budget) management, analysis, and reporting capabilities; ability to read, analyze, and report on licensee sales, royalties, and forecasts/budgets
• Demonstratable multi-tasking organization skills - when juggling tasks and managing priorities across a growing account base and “moving ball forward” across different support functions (PD, legal, finance, creative)
• Focused attention to detail skills
• Strong sales skills with quantitative, analytical, and business justification ability

Benefits

• At CAA, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits* package for all regular full-time employees:
• Benefits where the company pays 80%-100% of the cost include:
• - Medical Insurance
• - Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
• - Telemedicine
• - Employee assistance and mental health counseling in person, virtually or through text
• - Paid Vacation / Holidays
• - Paid Sick Time
• - Paid Parental Leave and Other Paid Leaves of Absence
• - NICU leave