Job Description

Job Overview:

This person will serve as a key facilitator in the licensed product and packaging approval process.  This person is responsible for ensuring timely licensed product and packaging approval from the Licensors while maintaining good working relationships between Amscan Inc departments and Licensors.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Act as liaison between all appropriate Amscan corporate departments: product development, creative design teams, packaging, customer service, warehouse, building maintenance team, mailroom.
• Maintain accurate records of comments, approval dates and due dates for each stage of development: concept, pre-pro, production, contractual
• Communicate Licensor comments with Product development and packaging
• Ensure timely approvals from Licensors
• Identify when submissions are at risk of getting feedback from Licensors and work with licensor partners to resolve issues.
• Handle/mail test reports submissions, all pre-production and production samples submitted to licensors
• Work with Amscan international divisions and factories as well as our American Greetings partner.
• Work with our Piñata division on approvals
• Place sample orders based on additional licensor requests.
• Educate product development teams so they understand the licensing product submission and approval process

• Manage all factory authorization : domestic and overseas

• Work with our team in Asia to obtain all documents for customs

• Work closely with our Product Safety Group to assure factories are compliant and communicate licensors manufacturer requirement updates
• Maintain documents with licensor manufacturer requirements

Leadership Influence:

This role is an individual contributor