Assistant Manager, Business Planning

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support for sales/category teams to optimize deal renewals, assess prospective licensees and their business plans, and evaluate marketing investments
• Support sales planning process – deal analysis, sales planning, prospecting and pitching
• Help improve sales/category team efficiency and effectiveness – develop deal analysis frameworks, improve sales planning tools
• Support analyze new business opportunities and growth initiatives – new products, channel expansion, consumer segmentation, strategic partnerships
• Support identify market trends and insights (consumers, products, and channels) and help formulate positioning and expansion strategies
• Support the long term strategic planning process with market insights to help facilitate the generation and prioritization of the business’ long term priorities

Working Relationships

• Internal

- All DCP Licensing and Publishing members
- Key stakeholders in Corporate Strategy, Finance, Creative, Marketing, etc.

• External
  - Professional service personnel (consultants, investment bankers)
  - Potential and Existing business partners
  - Industry experts and Licensees

Requirements
Education:

• Graduate of a top Chinese or overseas university, preferably with a major in Business, Finance, or Economics.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in analytical positions at multinational corporations, with exposure to business development and product development in China
• Consumer Industry background preferred
• Strong experience with financial modeling
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and work in a fast paced environment

Core Skills:

• Working effectively with people from various backgrounds and levels
• Collaborate, partner and work within a team
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Initiative and follow through
• Communication capability (reading, writing, verbal) in English must