Licensing Sales Manager - FashionApply Now Apply Later Job ID 10123227 Location London, United Kingdom Business Disney Experiences Date posted 6月. 18, 2025Job Summary:
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About The Role & Team
Drive long-term and fiscal strategies while managing key commercial accounts. Streamline the licensee base to support focused growth and strategic planning. Identify and secure new licensees that significantly enhance category performance.
Success in this role hinges on strong internal and external relationships. You’ll lead engagement and joint business planning with partners to negotiate regional contracts and grow EMEA licensing sales.
Apply creativity and commercial insight to product development, leveraging digital, social, and retail marketing trends. Use consumer insights to shape agile, cross-functional strategies and seize new opportunities.
This role requires being in the Hammersmith, London office 4 out of 5 days per week.
What You Will Do
Support long-term softlines strategy with senior leadership and key partners
Use trend, consumer, and commercial insights to shape agile, cross-functional plans
Lead annual planning and forecasting for softlines licensees, aligning with category, franchise, and finance teams
Manage and grow EMEA softlines accounts through joint business planning
Negotiate and communicate softlines contracts across global, regional, and local teams
Partner with creative and marketing teams to support softlines product development and retail sell-in
Act as liaison for International Labour Standards (ILS) compliance in softlines
Drive new business pitches and research scalable softlines opportunities
Contribute to market meetings and share softlines best practices
Collaborate with Disney market teams to align softlines strategy and local needs
Build connections with global DCP teams to exchange softlines knowledge
Champion integrity, inclusion, and continuous improvement in softlines
Own your development and support training for direct reports
Recommend process improvements and leverage tools to enhance softlines performance
Build cross-functional links to broaden softlines business understanding
Promote an inclusive culture and ensure team access to training and resources
Required Qualifications & Skills
Background in fashion buying, product development, merchandising, or commercial sales
Degree or equivalent experience in a related field
Experience in consumer products, ideally softlines
Proven ability to build relationships, lead change, and collaborate cross-functionally
Team leadership and performance development experience
Strong financial and data analysis skills to drive business planning
Agile mindset with ability to spot and act on new opportunities
Resilient and adaptable in a fast-paced environment
Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Keynote)
Fluent in business English; other European languages a plus
Strong grasp of digital, social, and retail marketing
Strategic thinker with commercial problem-solving skills
Excellent planning, organisation, and influencing abilities
Trend-aware with ability to translate insights into growth strategies
Culturally aware with understanding of EMEA markets
Willingness to travel occasionally (UK, Europe, international)
Flexible to support ad-hoc projects and business needs beyond standard hours
The Perks
25 days annual leave
Private medical insurance & dental care
Free Park Entry: the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
Disney Discounts: entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
Excellent parental and guardian leave
Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, our new disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.
The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
About Disney Experiences: Disney Experiences brings the magic of Disney stories and franchises to life through theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, unique vacation experiences, products and more around the world. Disney shines in the travel industry with six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia; a top-rated cruise line; a popular vacation ownership program; and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Plus, Disney's global consumer products operations include the world's leading licensing business; the world's largest children's publishing brands; one of the world's largest licensors of games across all platforms; and Disney store locations around the world and on the web.
About The Walt Disney Company: The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with The Walt Disney Company Limited, which is part of a business we call Disney Experiences .
The Walt Disney Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.
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