Director, Business Development, Lifestyle - Mexico
Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
What You’ll Do
As the Director, Business Development, Lifestyle -Mexico, you’ll be developing and executing strategies for expanding Authentic’s base of licensing partnerships, increasing the footprint of the company’s brands, and ultimately delivering top-line revenue for the organization in the LATAM region. If you’re a strategic thinker with a creative spirit and are driven to win, we’d like to meet you.
What you’ll be working on
Generate Qualified Leads
Learn and understand Authentic's brand strategies.
Research the market to identify prospective new licensing partners that map to your brand portfolio and meet Authentic’s partner qualifications.
Identify target contacts and decision makers inside target companies and establish contact via cold calling, email outreach, and other means, as necessary.
Build and Manage Sales Pipeline:
Continually drive prospects into leads through high-volume outbound sales activity.
Utilize detailed discovery to learn about the prospect’s interests and capabilities.
Partner with Business Development leadership and Brand Marketing to develop pitch decks that clearly align the brand value proposition with the prospect’s interests and capabilities.
Drive the Licensing Deal to Close:
Work in partnership with Brand Management and Business Development Leadership teams to develop business plans and formulate product licensing proposals.
Lead and manage efficient and productive negotiations of deal terms, taking full ownership of the deal process.
Assemble detailed term sheets with concise business terms.Work closely with legal counsel to draft licensing agreements.
Sales Management:
Track sales activity in CRM consistently and accurately.
Manage productive and goal-oriented deal processes.
Prepare accurate sales forecasts per Authentic’s sales reporting process.
Prepare reports and presentations of sales performance as needed.
Responsible for quota attainment in assigned business pillar
Must Haves:
5-8 years experience in business development and sales in licensing for Lifestyle, Beauty, Fashion markets in the Mexico region
5-8 years experience in full-cycle sales from lead generation through closing the deal in the LATAM region
An accomplished communicator; you’re great on the phone, via email, and in-person
Possess an eager demeanor with a fearless and professional drive to win; substantial cold calling and other forms of outreach are required
Has a curious, research-oriented mindset
Is a confident and successful negotiator, creatively developing new business ideas
Has exceptional organization, attention management, and time management skills
Has a bachelor’s degree; a legal background is helpful
Must be willing and able to travel occasionally as the role requires
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