Sales Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

Location: Munchen, Germany

Hybrid work: Employees work in a hybrid model balancing collaboration in our office and remote work.  

Find a job that let’s your imagination run wild!  

Join our WildBrain CPLG team, part of the global WildBrain organization, to make us part of your story! WildBrain CPLG is a world-leading entertainment, sport and brand licensing agency, with offices in the UK, Europe, India, the Middle East, the US and Asia. With over 45 years of experience in the licensing industry, WildBrain CPLG provides its clients with dedicated licensing and marketing professionals and fully integrated product development, legal and accounting services. WildBrain CPLG believes that collaboration is about clarity, openness and trust, and is widely known for its no-nonsense, straightforward approach. The agency’s ASPIRE division is a leader in Corporate & Lifestyle brand representation and management.

About the Role 

WildBrain CPLG GAS is looking for a Sales Manager (m/f/d) to join our team to develop and strategically grow our license partnerships and new business across agreed product categories and secure consistent contact with national and international licensors.

Reporting to the Managing Director GAS, the Sales Manager will work closely with other WildBrain CPLG offices and the Partnerships team in our head office in London securing licensees for each property and maximising retail activity.

Job Description

  • Be the main commercial contact for all business across brands and defined categories as well as securing new business up to contract realisation
  • Develop and execute brand presentations and execute the company´s licensing and retail strategies to drive significantly increase revenue
  • Create and implement product strategies in cooperation with our license partners
  • Maintain relevant market monitoring to identify trends and opportunities
  • Close contact with other commercial teams of WildBrain CPLG
  • Responsible for relevant product areas with regards to the achievement of the defined sales targets.

Qualifications

  • Demonstrable experience in the licensing industry, marketing, retail and/or FMCG sector
  • Enthusiastic, independent with a strategic vision
  • Distinct understanding of brands and trends
  • Entrepreneurial spirit, team-player and can communicate at all levels
  • Pragmatic and proactive way of working
  • Very good verbal and written skills in German and English
  • Very good knowledge of MS Office programs

Additional Information

What We Offer  

Working at WildBrain is more than a job — it’s the opportunity to join forces with extraordinary, insightful and imaginative people who will recognize your talents and encourage your professional growth and development in a work environment that promotes creativity and individuality. We offer competitive family-focused benefits, we invest in our people and their future with generous RRSP matching, plus bonus time-off, because you deserve it!  

Our Commitment  

Diversity and Inclusion are in our DNA. As a global leader in kids and family entertainment, we strive to reflect and honour the diversity of our audiences around the world. We believe that creating diverse and inclusive content & brands begins with fostering a culture of belonging at WildBrain. To us, a culture of belonging is one where we celebrate and welcome the diversity of all employees, stakeholders, and external partners and strive to create an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and brings their authentic self to work.   

We demonstrate our commitment to this by striving to provide a supportive work environment and a corporate culture that welcomes and encourages equal opportunities for all employees. We recognize that people bring experience and talent that goes beyond the technical skills and requirements of a job. If you possess similar experience that is close to what we’ve listed here, we encourage you to please still consider applying. We strongly believe that diverse experience, transferable skills, and passion are key! WildBrain accommodates people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. Applicants are encouraged to make their needs known in advance if accommodation is required.  

About WildBrain:  a parent company of Wildbrain CPLG

At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. As a leader in 360° IP management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands with kids and families around the world. With approximately 13,000 half-hours of filmed entertainment in our library—one of the world’s most extensive—we are home to such treasured franchises as Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Caillou, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi. WildBrain’s mission is to create exceptional entertainment experiences that captivate and delight fans both young and young at heart.  

Our studios produce such award-winning series as The Snoopy Show; Snoopy in Space; Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City; Sonic Prime; Chip and Potato; Teletubbies Let's Go! and many more. Enjoyed in more than 150 countries on over 500 platforms, our content is everywhere kids and families view entertainment, including YouTube, where our network has garnered over 1 trillion minutes of watch time. Our television group owns and operates some of Canada’s most-viewed family entertainment channels. WildBrain CPLG, our leading consumer-products and location-based entertainment agency, represents our owned and partner properties in every major territory worldwide.   

WildBrain is headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at wildbrain.com.  

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