Fast Track Management Program

About Our Business:

NECA, LLC is known as National Entertainment Collectibles Association, one of the leading manufacturers for licensed merchandise. Since the inception of its toy division in 2002, NECA became synonymous with the horror genre, releasing some of the most sought-after collectibles for slasher icons such as Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Krueger, while shining a light on niche characters like Sam from Trick r Treat. In the years since, NECA has also become a staple collectible manufacturer for the Alien & Predator franchises, and more recently, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

Working with the most talented artists that have a passion for film, TV, music, and video games, NECA strives to provide highly detailed and innovative collectibles at an affordable price. With over two decades of experience in the toy industry and a wide selection of licensed merchandise, NECA presents something for every interest. In possession of 50+ licenses, NECA has produced thousands of products, offering retailers and distributors worldwide a variety of beloved pop culture characters in the form of 7" scale action figures, prop replicas, and everything in-between.

Enesco, LLC is an international global leader operating under the brand and portfolio trade names of Enesco Gift and Department 56, and is renowned for designing, licensing, producing, and distributing creative, fun, and engaging high quality gifts and home décor items for every occasion. Enesco is Marketing through its own dedicated headquarters, field, and in-house salesforces together with international distributors and eCommerce channels, Enesco sells to large store chains, mass market channels, online retailers, direct-to-consumers, specialty card and gift retailers, and home décor boutiques in over 50 countries serving markets in Europe, Canada, Asia, The Americas, and Australia. The Company's portfolio holds some of the world's most recognizable brands, including Jim Shore Heartwood Creek, Lolita, Foundations, Our Name is Mud, Walt Disney Archives Collection, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, The Original Snow Village, and Possible Dreams, among others.

Kidrobot is acknowledged worldwide as the premier creator and dealer of limited-edition art toys, signature apparel and lifestyle accessories. An innovative cross between sculpture and conceptual art, Kidrobot offers not only a powerful medium for today's international fashion designers, illustrators, and artists, but also the creative canvas for emerging street trends and pop art. Our products can be found online and in select retailers worldwide. More importantly, we are human. We are a group of dreamers who want to create a space where art, design, and surprise meet. In a store. On our website. In a conference room. Or living room. Where the conversations about art and design take place. But it's the element of surprise - the nod, the magic - that finds its way into all we do, which creates our point of difference. It keeps things interesting, making people want to stick around to see what's next.

RUBIES II is the world's largest designer, manufacturer and distributor of Halloween costumes and accessories. RUBIES II offer a vast selection of products that extends well beyond Halloween helping people around the world celebrate holidays and special occasions from Easter to Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day to Christmas, New Year's Eve to bachelorette parties and everything in between. With costumes and accessories from the hottest licensed properties and our stellar in-house design team, RUBIES II offer something for everyone in the family... even your pets! With our finger on the pulse of pop culture, RUBIES II's 2022 license portfolio includes collections from movies and TV Shows like The Batman, Hello Kitty, The Suicide Squad, Sonic the Hedgehog, Baby Shark, Paw Patrol, That Girl Lay Lay, Star Trek Discovery, and iconic characters like Wonder Woman, JoJo Siwa, Supergirl, SpongeBob SquarePants, Sonic and many more.

WizKids is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NECA, is more than your typical game and collectable manufacturer - by utilizing many of the world's leading licenses, WizKids has produced numerous award-winning games and successful products since its founding in 2000. WizKids has enhanced the tabletop gaming experience and propelled brands with continuous product development, additional line extensions and complementary accessories to accompany almost all its products, thriving on innovation to satisfy the desires of gamers and collectors, new and old alike. WizKids is also one of the largest sculpting houses in North America and have sold over 750,000,000 of its HeroClix™ figures worldwide.

ABOUT THE POSITION - OVERVIEW

The Fast Track Management Program is a management development role designed to give the employee an immersive and extensive business experience across a variety of our Companies and departments. With 6-9 month assignments across multiple disciplines, this program allows the participant to emerge after 3 years with deep business knowledge and developed and tested leadership skills. This role prepares the participant for a leadership role within the organization.

POSITION SUMMARY

The position will rotate through various departments on 6-9 month assignments. These assignments will provide meaningful insight into a wide variety of business functions. Beyond the insights gained in these assignments the position will lead and participate in multiple projects using analytical skills to conduct research, challenge current assumptions, provide new insights, and/or confirming current assumptions are still valid. The rotational design of this position will create strong cross functional relationships. Cross functional collaboration is vital to the success of this position.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Sales Rotation- learn selling model, selling dialogue, analyze customer characteristics, target adjacent customers
• Merchandising Rotation-learn the product development process, partner with a Brand Manager, lead research project on the customer
• Marketing Rotation- eCommerce projects focused on B2B and B2C revenue, analyze digital marketing spend and efficiency, brand marketing opportunities
• Finance/Business Analytics Rotation-learn accounting and finance processes, participate in the monthly/quarterly close process, lead an analytics project based on business needs
• Customer Service Rotation-shadow CSR, see how the CSRs take opportunities to upsell, identify more upsell opportunities
• Logistics/Order Management Rotation-supply chain understanding the flow of port to water to port to rail to arrival, understand systems seek opportunities for improved efficiency, work with buyers/procurement on Pos.
• Project Management work in various functional area designed to deliver significant process improvements resulting in better efficiency and cost savings
• Research projects in various functional areas

QUALIFICATIONS

• This is a great opportunity for a new graduate i.e. undergraduate or recent graduate with a degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Design, Visual Arts, Finance, Accounting, Marketing or other relevant field of study.
• • Note: Must be an exceptional student with strong GPA, Student Leadership involvement, and impressive internships
• Leadership Competencies required for the role:
  • Decision Quality-Makes good decisions (without considering how much time it takes) based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; most of his/her solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time; sought out by others for advice and solutions.
  • Intellectual Horsepower-Is bright and intelligent; deals with concepts and complexity comfortably; described as intellectually sharp, capable, and agile.
  • Drive for Results-Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results; especially in the face of resistance or setback.
  • Curiosity-Is curious about how things work and why we do them. Digs in to find answers without being given all the answers up front.
    

PHYSICAL DEMANDS / WORK ENVIRONMENT - Hillside, NJ Office (In-Person)

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Light physical effort equal to frequent lifting or moving of lightweight materials.
• Regularly required to sit or stand, bend and reach, use hands to handle objects, tools or controls, climb ladders, and move fixtures.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate