Category Coordinator Food, Beauty & Care, Fashion & Living

ABOUT US

Universal Products & Experience globally drives expansion of the company's intellectual properties, franchises, characters and stories through innovative physical and digital products, content, and consumer experiences. Games, fashion, and toys only scratch the surface of ways we take Universal stories and characters from the screen and put them into fans' daily lives around the globe. Along with franchise brand management, Universal Brand Development's core businesses include Consumer Products and Games and Digital Platforms. We take properties such as Jurassic World, Minions, Back to the Future, and Trolls from our creative content engines like Universal Pictures, Illumination and DreamWorks Animation partner with best-in-class category leaders (e.g. Mattel, Lego, Reebok, Target, Microsoft, etc.) to create amazing products for our fans. Universal Products & Experience is part of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. https://www.universalbranddevelopment.com/

Universal Products & Experience 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.

At Universal Products & Experience EMEA, we are proud of our unique culture. We are inclusive, curious and creative; channeling a growth mindset in order to drive the commercial and develop our people. In order to achieve this culture, we live by our 3 values:

• Being Human Matters to Us
• Together We Can Achieve Anything
• We Always Keep Growing

JOB DESCRIPTION

As part of the Universal Consumer Products team, this is an outstanding opportunity to join the dynamic category team. Supporting the EMEA Senior Directors of Fashion & Living, and Food, Beauty & Care, you will work with the team driving the strategic priorities to achieve Company’s annual goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting with overall execution and implementation of category strategy across Food, Beauty & Care (FBC), Fashion & Living (F&L). Reviewing ongoing progress against key KPI’s.
• Cross-functional data collection to compile weekly FBC, F&L reporting and quarterly budget updates.
• Weekly sell-through line analysis to drive conclusions and actions (internal & external data/info sources).
• Data analysis and sharing (Box Office, Broadcast scheduling, Home Entertainment, Retail, Category), sharing reports internally and approved reports, externally.
• Supporting Senior Directors with Product Development. Managing seasonality, tracking projects to deadline.
• Process management: including licensee contract status reports (business-plan submission to contract execution - according to the Company’s timelines and procedures).
• Provide administrative support including calendar management (cross-category Activity Calendar).
• Cross functional collaboration across Hardlines, Franchise, Retail Marketing and Promotions teams, EMEA UP&E direct offices and other NBCUniversal divisions.
• Cross category collation of best practices to share across FBC, F&L and other divisions when required.
• Building decks in PowerPoint and Keynote.

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  Excellent administration skills combined with the ability to balance and prioritize workload across multiple categories. Ability to work under pressure, multitask and prioritize to frequent deadlines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to communicate at all levels, fluent in English
• Data entry experience and proven attention to detail are essential
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Creative flair with experience in creating presentations and reports (MAC & Keynote preferable)
• Knowledge in an individual category would be beneficial
• Energetic self-starter with a passion for collaboration and building partnerships, active contributor to a high-performance culture

About You

• Willing to learn – open to new skills, ways of working, how things work and why.
• Good communicator – honest, transparent, and flexible depending on the audience. The ability to influence stakeholders.
• Relationship builder – able to flex style, understand needs, build a strong network and work within a matrixed environment.
• Entrepreneurial – a self-starter, who is tenacious, independent, driven and proactive.
• Willing to get stuck in – hard worker, who is not rigid with the ability to prioritise, manage own time and respond quickly and efficiently.
• Conscientious – consistent with clear attention to detail.
• Trusted to deliver – autonomous, taking on ownership and responsibility for tasks.
• Passionate – energetic, engaged, positive and desiring to make a difference.
• Sociable – actively develops relationships, making time to get to know people. Easy-going and fun.
• Celebrates Others – team-spirited, lifting others up to succeed.

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