Head of Brand Partnerships | Food & Beverage

Looking for the Head of Global Brand Partnerships, Food and Beverage to join the business' newly formed Global E-Commerce Key Accounts and Partners Team.

The team will play a critical role in establishing and leading strategic e-Commerce partnerships between the company and the world's top-tier brands or agencies. The ideal candidate should be comfortable with global accounts/brands senior managements within the Food and Beverage industry, proficient in high-level strategic thinking, and deeply passionate about problem-solving and business growth enablement.

This role requires the ability to work across different time zones and cultures and bring a philosophy of client-centricity to the role both internally and externally. The successful candidate is a builder, intellectually curious, creative, entrepreneurial, resilient, comfortable with ambiguity, strategic, and has deep experience leading through influence.

Responsibilities: -KA services and expansion: Recruit and nurture long-term relationships with top global Food and Beverage brands senior management at global HQ level and regional HQ level; build and shape the vision, brand growth strategy and approach, global and regional coordination, solutions planning, and success metrics -Planning & Execution: Produce KA-based, Key Metrics-oriented solutions hands-on; participate in the process of design and execution; support the implementation to ensure the completion of the objectives; summarize the blockers, challenges and solutions, methodologies into tangible documents -Analyzing business & objectives: Responsible for KA's seller experience from front end (driving traffic) to back end (operation, fulfillment), identifying areas of improvement in products and services based on data and user feedback; driving the optimization of products and services by building mechanisms and standard processes; Familiar with approaches and policies in the e-commerce industry; provide robust support for growing Key Metrics of the global key brands in US, Europe and Asia, sorting out priorities, and monitoring project progress; analyze the output and efficiency of projects through in-depth analysis and able to produce results -Build communication mechanisms: Sustain close communication and alignment with clients and internal counterparts to maximize client strategies, engender trust and ensure smooth landing of collaborative projects.

Requirements:• Bachelor's Degree and above; 15+ years work experience with 10+ years of experience in team management• Proven experience working in global brands and eCommerce platform's key accounts solutions. • Have a solid understanding of e-commerce, both front end (traffic driving) and back end (integration, operation, fulfilment, governance, etc). Experience with content is a plus• Strong capabilities in relationship building; Able to produce effective presentations and influence clients• Have experience leading a sizable team and leading via influence of cross-functional partners• International work experience is a plus; willingness to travel abroad for business