Sr. Manager, Fashion & Living, Key Accounts

This is a Full Time Job

NBCUniversal owns and operates over 20 different businesses across 30 countries including a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks and a premium ad-supported streaming service. Universal Products & Experiences Overview:

Universal Products & Experiences (UP&E) globally drives the expansion and elevation of NBCUniversal's iconic collection of brands, intellectual properties, characters, and stories based on the company's extensive portfolio of properties created by Universal Pictures, Illumination, DreamWorks Animation and NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. The division executes this through innovative physical and digital products, engaging retail and product experiences across our expansive global theme park destinations (for both owned and 3rd party IP), location-based venues, e-commerce product platforms, and retailers around the world. Along with global brand strategy and creative, UP&E's three lines of business include Consumer Products, Games and Digital Platforms, as well as Theme Parks Products & Retail. UP&E is a division of Universal Parks & Resorts, part of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. https://www.universalproductsexperiences.com/

Universal Products & Experiences is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce of the highest caliber. We are committed to fostering equitable and inclusive environments that honor the experiences, perspectives, and uniqueness of each colleague.

It is the policy of NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal's affiliated businesses to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Summary:

The Sr Manager, Fashion & Living key accounts, North America Consumer Products should have a minimum of 8 years' experience with Category Brand strategy, knowledge of the licensing and retail landscape in the fashion and home business. The candidate will have established relationships with manufacturers and / or retailers in this space, a successful track record developing and executing category strategies and tactics, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the breadth of skills required to help execute key initiatives & overall growth of the Fashion & Home business.

This position will be based in Bentonville Arkansas

Responsibilities include:
• Responsible for curating merchandise assortments for fashion and home for Walmart & designated accounts and drive quality and champion innovation in product development
• Responsible for identifying opportunities, and filling gaps by product category and related sub-categories, age segment, channel, and franchise for Walmart and designated accounts partnering with category and retail sales leads
• In line with the regional category strategy, develop, set, and execute category retail strategies for the Fashion & Living categories for Walmart and designated accounts in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, including plans for new business for each sub-category and franchise
• In partnership with category leads, develop and manage new business (i.e., specialty accounts, DTRs), including merchandising and planning
• Contribute to meeting Fashion & Living's annual budget planning by supporting category managers with quarterly forecasting process, category objectives and initiatives to drive growth
• Maintain current knowledge of industry trends, competitors, business opportunities, threats, and dynamics for key licensees, and buying cycles of retailers
• Support brand marketing initiatives including the development and execution of category plans

Qualifications

Qualifications/Requirements:
• Minimum of 8 years of industry expertise in licensing, apparel, home. Direct Walmart fashion and fashion specialty retail experience a plus.
• Strong understanding of brand and property positioning, retail business development function, retail distribution and the retail environment
• Strong category strategy, merchandising retail assortments and management/project expertise
• Understands product development lifecycle and merchandise planning
• Strong communication & presentation skills; persuasive selling
• Strong relationship building
• Strong analytical skills and strategic thinking
• Retail savvy
• Fluent in Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Office as well as Keynote
• Flexible/ability to adjust to changing business environment
• Innovative, entrepreneurial, and creative thinker
• Team player

Desired Characteristics:

• Retailer and/or vertical experience in fashion and home
• Comprehensive knowledge of apparel production timelines and creative capabilities/limitations
• Able to present to internal stakeholders, licensees, and external partners/retailer meetings and influence and persuade at all levels of an organization, both internal and external
• Flexible and adaptable; able to collaborate and work cross functionally with creative/PD, retail, and franchise counterparts
• Relationships in the licensed apparel and home industry

Additional Requirements:
• Must be willing to adhere to all Company COVID-19 workplace safety policies and protocols.
• In select work settings or where jurisdictionally mandated, must submit an attestation disclosing your COVID-19 vaccination status and be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or adhere to enhanced protocols.
• Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.

Additional Information

NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.