Licensing Intern - Woking, United Kingdom - McLaren Racing

McLaren Racing

Verified Company

Woking, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Purpose of the Role:

As part of McLaren Racing's Partnerships team, the Licensing and Merchandise team operates a broad and diverse consumer merchandise and licensed product programme through its partners, authorised resellers, B2B activities and an expanding eCom business.

The purpose of the role is to support the Licensing Team in the day to day running of the department.

The role will involve working with a wide variety of contacts at all levels - across the business internally with Marketing, Racing and Automotive and with License and Sponsor partners.

This role could suit someone looking for a year in industry as part of their degree or someone who has recently graduated and is looking for their first role.

We are looking for someone to join the team in May or June 2023.

Role Dimensions:

You will support our B2B Sales and Special projects team taking responsibility for critical administrative and operational tasks that are fundamental to the successful running of our B2B sales division.

Your day to day tasks across licensing will include key tracker maintenance, assisting with product approvals, marketing campaigns and the smooth on timely running of the department over all.

General Tasks:

Support team across general department administrative tasks
Assist with meeting arrangements
Manage incoming and outgoing deliveries
Manage product sample room and tracking
Process department purchase orders
Assist with department projects
Undertake market analysis, researching trends within the fashion, Motorsport / international sports and wider licensing landscape to identify new merchandise categories, to help maintain awareness of trends and commercial landscape to help inform our strategy
Remain up to date with the latest industry developments and best practices
Support at events and photoshoots / filming as required
Assist with coordination of product launches
Coordinate data management over key documents, tracker updates and circulate update reports to team weekly (approval trackers, launch planners, critical paths and range plans)
Proactively contribute ideas to the team
Process relevant systems work for B2B orders including POs, Goods receipting and sales orders
Maintain and update the B2B ecommerce sales platform
Manage internal product order windows across racing departments

Knowledge, Skills and Experience**:

You could be studying, or have studied, a range of disciplines including business, marketing, data or economics but this isn't an exhaustive list
Excellent IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong numeracy skills
High level of attention to detail and problemsolving skills
Ability to prioritise tasks and handle multiple ongoing projects
A well organised and proactive work approach

Personal Attributes:

Interest in Sports Merchandise, marketing and branding
Resourceful and able to independently problem solve and find solutions
Ability to prioritise tasks and handle multiple ongoing projects
Highly organised with a keen eye for detail
Desire to learn and develop within a small and growing team
Enthusiastic, selfmotivated with the ability to show initiative
Team Player
Flexible

What can McLaren offer?

We strive to provide a fun, innovative, collaborative and open culture where everyone's input is welcome, and everyone feels part of our achievements.

We work hard to create a culture of continuous improvement and support this with a proactive approach to management and personal development.

McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre on the edge of Woking.

Our large campus includes a gym, swimming pool, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break-out areas, as well as direct access to park land.

MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is a 32min train ride.

We encourage hybrid working patterns to give you options to balance your home life and hobbies with your work, and offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension contributions.