Head of Brand - Value Licensing at Next Plc

Market Harborough, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

17 Sep, 26

Salary

80000.0

Posted On

19 Jun, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Yes

Skills

Brand Licensing, Strategic Planning, P&L Management, Negotiation, Stakeholder Management, Financial Forecasting, Team Leadership, Market Trend Analysis, Brand Governance, Commercial Decision Making, Budget Oversight, Category Expansion

Industry

Description

The Role We are launching a dedicated Value Licensing team, a high-growth initiative designed to establish NEXT as the destination for affordable, licensed products across Womenswear, Menswear and Childrenswear. This brand-new team will focus on securing new partnerships, expanding our category reach, and delivering ranges that capture global market trends. This is an incredible opportunity to be part of something new and extremely exciting. As the Head of Brand, you’ll lead your team in creating and delivering a profitable and commercial value range to maximise sales. With an inspirational and motivating management style, you’ll get the best out of the team, supporting them to achieve excellence and continue growing the department’s success. You will possess sound knowledge and awareness of key market trends, including styles, shapes, fabrics, and colours. This is a senior leadership opportunity based at The Barn (our Market Harborough office), responsible for building a new value licensed business. The core purpose of the role is to ensure the long-term viability and profitable expansion of establishing NEXT as a destination for value licensed products in brand licensing across Womenswear, Menswear and Childrenswear. What You’ll Take On Strategy and Portfolio Growth: Own, develop, and present the brand licensing strategy to the Brand Director. This includes directing category expansion, leading negotiations for new global licensing partnerships, and prioritising brands, categories, and markets for sustainable, profitable growth. The role involves defining and implementing a clear, robust brand architecture and pricing direction to prevent internal competition and enable incremental growth. Commercial and Financial Oversight: Take full P&L ownership for the value licensing portfolio. Responsibilities include overseeing the departmental budget, driving financial forecasting, and implementing processes for licensee reporting. Brand Governance and Compliance: Define, implement, and enforce brand guidelines and a governance and approvals framework across the value licensed products. Leadership: You will have responsibility for the recruitment and growth of the team. You will manage, lead, and inspire a high-performing value licensing team. What You’ll Bring * Can you lead, inspire, and motivate a team? * Are you someone who identifies and seizes opportunities, demonstrating an enterprising and responsive approach to work? * Are you resilient? * Are you comfortable taking intelligent risks? * Do you demonstrate clear and concise communication skills? * Are you analytical and numerate? * Do you have the ability to influence and take initiative when others don’t? You will be a seasoned leader in brand licensing products, with a proven track record of managing a significant product business area. The role requires expertise in developing commercial ranges and negotiating high-value agreements. With a proven track record, you excel in making confident commercial decisions. Highly organised and self-motivated, you are also adept at handling senior stakeholder management. Sponsorship Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship for this role will be required to meet the Home Office sponsorship requirements. For further information please see: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa [https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa]. We encourage early applications for our roles, as our recruitment process begins as soon as the role is advertised. If we successfully fill the position, this advert may close earlier than planned. At NEXT, we believe the best work happens when there are no barriers to collaboration. That’s why we are a Google-powered workspace. From your very first day, you’ll be using the full Google Workspace suite; Docs, Drive, and Meet, to stay connected and move fast. If your previous experience is rooted in other software suites, don’t worry! We’ll point you to a digital Google toolkit the moment you join, packed with handy guides and insider tips to help you transition smoothly and hit the ground running. #LI-Onsite You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people across the Next group. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 450 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 80 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global! * 25 days holiday plus bank holidays * Profit-related bonus - based on company performance * Management share options * Company car or car allowance * Private medical insurance * Sharesave scheme - make savings from your net pay to buy NEXT shares at a discount * Pension - fixed contribution rates from both an employer and employee perspective, but you're also able to make additional voluntary contributions (AVCs) if you wish to save more. * Life assurance * Group income protection * Wagestream - helping you make the most out of your money * Salary finance - offers access to affordable loans repaid through salary, simple savings and free financial education. * 25% staff discount on most NEXT products - plus discount on other products * Direct to work - NEXT orders delivered free to the office for collection * VIP sale - early access to the NEXT sale * Access to NEXT staff shops * Octopus energy - like cycle-to-work, but for electric vehicles * Free parking (excluding London locations) * Travel2NEXT - bus services dependent on location * On site dining facilities (excluding London locations) * National and local discounts on goods and services - this includes things like discounted cinema tickets * Wellhub - includes access to discounted gym membership * Simply health - a healthcare subscription service * Aviva Digicare Workplace+ healthcare service - 7 Free services including Digital GP appointments and an annual health check. * Onsite GP - Leicester Head Office * Onsite Physio - Leicester Head Office * A range of dedicated 3rd party wellbeing partners * Free eye testing - voucher to use at specific locations Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change. We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email headoffice_careers@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.

Responsibilities

Lead the creation and expansion of a new value licensing business across womenswear, menswear, and childrenswear. Responsible for P&L ownership, securing global licensing partnerships, and managing a high-performing team to deliver profitable commercial ranges.