Senior Retail & Licensing Manager

Senior Retail & Licensing Manager

• Job reference: REQ(phone number removed)
• £40,479pa
• Woking GU21 4LL / Hybrid Working

This is a UK based contract and as such, you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Evidence of your Right to Work will be checked prior to interview.

If you have experience in purchasing, retail, or online trading this is a tremendous opportunity to use your skills to save the world we live in. At WWF, our mission is to create a world where people and nature can thrive. To achieve this, we are fighting to prevent further environmental degradation and restore the natural environment. You too can be part of the fight by joining us as Senior Retail & Licensing Manager and generate vital income by bringing the WWF brand to life through our retail product offering.

As Senior Retail & Licensing Manager, you will manage the day-to-day running of our online shop as well as lead on product development and retail and licensing opportunities. We will look to you to help achieve retail and licensing objectives and income targets by researching, identifying and engaging suppliers, artists, manufacturers, designers and licensees to produce ‘must have’ products. At the manager of a small team, you will deliver new products, build relationships with key suppliers and stakeholders and ensure that customer service is first class and SLAs are met. You will also collaborate with colleagues to make sure a robust marketing plan and schedule is in place, oversee product quality control and guarantee retail items meet our sustainability criteria.

To play your part in helping save our world, you will have experience in purchasing, retail, or online trading. Comfortable navigating brand and design requirements, you will be familiar with product design and development processes and used to controlling budgets. You will possess sound knowledge of sustainability and ethical trading too. You will also have experience of using Photoshop, In Design or other design packages.

Your technical abilities will be complemented by excellent interpersonal, negotiating and communication skills. Good at building relationships, you will also be effective at coaching and developing others. Of course, you will be able to show a commitment to the natural world and WWF’s core mission.

If you are enthusiastic about making our world a better place through your work, we would love to hear from you. Please click on the link and apply via our website by submitting a copy of your up-to-date CV and Supporting Statement to highlight what makes you a good fit for us.

Application closing date : 28/01/2024

WWF UK are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. As a Disability Confident Employer, we acknowledge that some candidates may require additional support to overcome barriers experienced during the application process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team.

Our policies and benefits reflect the importance of people being able to have a good work-life balance and being able to bring their ‘full self’ to work.

WWF-UK believes anyone who is involved in our work or connected to it, especially children, should be safe from harm. Our first priority will always be to safeguard anyone at risk of harm or abuse.

WWF-UK operates robust recruitment practices to ensure candidates for all roles are suitable. Our process includes values-based questions during interviews and annual performance reviews, reference checks that we verify orally, criminal records checks (at the appropriate level) and pre-employment declarations. We do not tolerate any form of abuse or exploitation and act robustly to any allegations or concerns.

Our world needs you like never before. We are the first generation to know we are destroying the world and we could be the last that can do anything about it. We are looking for people who are passionate about making it politically, socially and economically unacceptable to destroy our planet’s natural resources. We need you to join us in the fight for our world.