EMEA Category Manager, Fashion & Living

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Job Description

JOB OVERVIEW

The Category Manager, EMEA Fashion & Living will partner with the Senior Director, EMEA F&L/FBC to shape and drive the long-term EMEA growth strategy, identifying and unlocking new revenue opportunity to increase/expand NBCUniversal’s market share and building a high-value portfolio of strategic partnerships across the Fashion & Living portfolio.

With a strong focus on business development within key growth categories including Accessories, Footwear, Infant and Homeware , the role will proactively identify whitespace opportunities, securing best-in-class partners, and leveraging NBCUniversal’s rich content portfolio to maximise commercial potential. Partnering closely with local market teams, and cross functional partners, the individual will identify and build a pipeline of key licensees and collaboration brands, negotiate partnerships, launch innovative product programmes, ensuring NBCUniversal is positioned as a partner of choice within the Fashion & Living landscape.

With ownership of these categories across the EMEA region, the role will also ultimately use market insight, consumer trends and commercial performance data to support accurate forecasting, drive retail sell-in, and ensure the delivery of cohesive product strategies that achieve revenue targets.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy & Growth

• Drive the long-term EMEA Fashion & Living growth strategy and market share expansion.
• Contribute to the development of long-term strategy and business development across Accessories, Footwear, Infant and Homeware, in partnership with Senior Director.
• Identify and unlock whitespace opportunities through new partners and collaborations, in partnership with local markets, to maximise regional potential
• Leverage NBCUniversal IP, driving the Evergreen strategy & Tentpole moments to drive category growt…