What will you work on?

You will be part of the Benelux Marketing Team based in our Amsterdam office, working on marketing execution and promotional activities of Spin Master’s brand portfolio. A hands-on role that will challenge to manage a diverse group of brands working with cross-functional peers.

How will you create impact?

The Assistant Brand Manager is responsible for the following tasks in an autonomous way, supported by and reporting into the Senior Brand Manager:

• Develop and manage the marketing plan for the assigned brands, including brand and product marketing strategy, product positioning, packaging strategy, creative strategy briefs, market research and consumer insights, advertising, in-store POP, public relations, licensing relations, e-comm, and targeted consumer/trade outreach and promotions.
  
• Work closely with media agencies to develop and execute marketing plans. Where appropriate, work closely with licensors to drive the growth of the licenses across the region.
  
• Forecasting closely working with Supply/Demand Planners and Sales Team to review and implement monthly changes as part of Forecasting Reviews.
  
• Manage the financial aspects of a portfolio of the brand, including costing and pricing, PL, budgeting, SKU rationalization and profitability analysis.
  
• Participate in sales presentations for retailers and provide sales tools supporting successful sell in of the brands.
  
• Manage close collaboration with marketing, sales, supply/demand and finance.
  

How will you fit into the team?

• We are looking for a candidate with experience of development and execution of strong marketing plans.
  
• You have strong project management skills and know how to manage multiple projects at hand without losing details of each project out of sight.
  
• You combine a creative mind with strong analytical skills; you love working with Excel and know that numbers are as important in effective marketing as a creative plan.
  
• You are pro-active and a result-driven person, who loves to learn and exceed expectations (of those around and first of all, of yourself). You simply get things done. No-nonsense.
  
• You are a real team player and are willing to succeed together in a friendly and fun collaborative environment. You are open to learn from your colleagues and share the knowledge with your team members to ensure we grow together.
  
• You are a real relationship builder and ideally have experience in working with multiple stakeholders across cross-functional teams and geographies, and customers across multiple markets.
  
• We are looking for a culturally sensitive and tactful person, who has travelled the world and/or worked in an international environment and has a deep respect to different cultures.
  
• You are stress resilient, ready to be challenged and ready for a new exciting challenge.
  
• Working knowledge of a variety of marketing tactics from media, in-store and consumer promotions.
  
• Experience managing multiple projects at once in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment.
  
• Strong team player – working across all departments, especially Marketing and Sales. The ability to empower the people around you.
  
• A strong level of passion and willingness to be awesome!
  

What are your skills and experience?

• Bachelor or Masters Degree in Marketing /Communications/ Business/Economics.
  
• Minimum 1-3 years relevant marketing experience ideally in the Toy Industry, other kid-related industries (for example toy retail or kid licensing - marketing/licensing/entertainment business) or FMCG / Fashion.
  
• Strong knowledge of software including: MS Windows, Word, Excel, Power Point.
  
• Knowledge of other software like Photoshop is a pre.
  
• Native in Dutch.
  
• Fluent in English.
  
• Knowledge of the French language is a pre.
  

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What you can expect from us:

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

• Growth and Career Opportunities
• Flexible Work Hours
• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
• Comprehensive Benefits
• Other fun Perks!

What’s it like to work here?

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at Jobs EU@spinmaster.com and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.