Please Note: If you are a current Spin Master employee with access to Workday, apply to this job via the Workday application. Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company? At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you Job Description: What will you work on? The Assistant Brand Manager (Contractor) will be part of the GAS Marketing Team based in our Munich office, working on marketing execution and promotional activities of Spin Master’s brand portfolio. This is a hands-on and high-responsibility role that will challenge you to manage a diverse team of 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 a current member of the team / a Brand Manager (colleague): 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 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, P&L, 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 Planning and Finance. How will you fit into the team? 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. 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 customers across multiple markets. 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 of 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. Working knowledge of a variety of marketing tactics from media, in-store and consumer promotions. Proficiency of Microsoft Office Suite. Knowledge of image and video editing software is a pre. Native in German Fluent in English. LI-ND1 LI-Hybrid and LI-Spinmaster LI-Germany LI-Munich 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. Sp in 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 JobsEUspinmaster.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.