Responsible for supporting the development of commercial brand partnerships across the European region with a Global remit for the develeopment of JD Sports License agreements. The Strategic objective of this role is to build and strengthen our new and existing brand partnerships, enhance brand commercial terms and support business development opportunities. This role will support the Brand Relationship Director and will be working closely with key stakeholders from Buying and Merchandising, Retail, Marketing and Finance as well as senior leadership members across the JD Group fascias.
· Job Title – Head of Commercial Brand Partnerships, EMEA
· Location – BL9 8RR
· Working rota – Monday Friday
· Working hours – 40
What You'll Be Doing:
- Managing and nurturing ongoing relationships with assigned brands, acting as the lead point of contact at defined levels
- Leading on long-term strategy for assigned brands
- Regularly meeting with brand representatives to discuss performance, address challenges and promote collaboration
- Developing a deep relationship and understanding of portfolio brands goals, positioning and market needs to drive mutual success
- Identifying and managing key strategic priorities for each brand to ensure alignment with business objective
- Developing operational scorecards to track performance against monthly, quarterly and annual KPI’s
What We're Looking For:
- Experience of working in Commercial or Finance management roles at a senior manager position
- Expert knowledge of the retail industry is key.
- Strong business acumen is essential along with experience of forecasting, annual budgeting, cost control, trade analysis and reporting on an EMEA marketwide scale.
- Proven experience of negotiation excellence
- Strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills; superior verbal and written communication.
- Ability to work as part of a growing multi-cultural team in a fast-moving environment
The Company:
The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 90,000 colleagues over 4,500 stores across several retail fascia's in over 36 countries around the world.
We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.
To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day.
We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:
- Incremental Holiday Allowance
- Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
- Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
- Discounted Gym membership
- Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
- Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications
Interested?
If you are interested in this position, then press the Apply Now button.
Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of your application, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion
Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.
Thank you again for your time.
