Licensing Specialist

Arrow McLaren is McLaren Racing’s IndyCar team, located in Indianapolis at its new McLaren Racing Center headquarters on the northwest side of the city. By joining our team, you’ll be part of an exhilarating racing program that aims to set the standard for high performance in sport. Our values define what matters most to us: **Innovative – Respectful – Inclusive – Energetic – Brave** Every day, we want members of this team to come to work with a simple goal in mind: Build better race cars and develop better ways to go racing. Focus on the process, enjoy the process of continual improvement and the results will take care of themselves. **Purpose of the Role:** The Licensing Specialist supports the execution of Arrow McLaren's licensing and merchandise programs in collaboration with the McLaren Racing Licensing team. Serving as the primary day-to-day liaison between Arrow McLaren and McLaren Racing's global licensing function, this role helps bring licensed products, retail initiatives and merchandise programs to life for the INDYCAR market. The Licensing Specialist is responsible for supporting licensing initiatives, managing key retail and vendor relationships, maintaining sales and royalty reporting, identifying opportunities to maximize fan engagement through licensed products and merchandise, and contributing to the licensing marketing plan and content. This role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to collaborate effectively across multiple internal and external stakeholders. **Principal Accountabilities:** **** **Licensing Administration & Coordination** - Serve as the primary day-to-day Arrow McLaren contact for the McLaren Racing Licensing team. - Support the execution of McLaren Racing's licensing strategy within the INDYCAR market. - Coordinate licensing initiatives, product launches and promotional activities between McLaren Racing, Arrow McLaren and licensing partners. - Facilitate product approvals, artwork and branding reviews and licensing requests through established approval processes. - Maintain strong communication with internal stakeholders and external licensing partners to ensure timely execution of projects and initiatives. - Provide market insights, sales performance updates and consumer feedback to support McLaren Racing's licensing objectives. **Merchandise Operations** - Manage team’s merchandise ordering processes, including annual order windows and special event merchandise requests. - Coordinate purchase orders, inventory requests and product fulfillment with vendors and licensing partners. - Oversee the team's partner B2B merchandise store, including product assortment updates, inventory coordination and order management. - Support merchandise planning and execution for key events, including the Indianapolis 500 and NTT INDYCAR SERIES race weekends. - Assist with inventory planning and product availability to support internal stakeholders, partners and fans. **Retail & Vendor Management** - Serve as the day-to-day contact for the team's trackside merchandise vendor. - Liaise with INDYCAR's merchandise team to support Arrow McLaren product visibility and availability across trackside and e-commerce retail channels. - Monitor inventory levels, product performance and retail execution throughout the season. - Assist in identifying opportunities to improve the fan retail experience and merchandise performance. **Reporting & Commercial Insights** - Compile, maintain and distribute monthly, quarterly and annual licensing sales, royalty and revenue reports through Brand Comply platform. - Track key performance metrics and provide actionable insights to Arrow McLaren and McLaren Racing stakeholders. - Support forecasting, budgeting and business planning efforts through accurate reporting and analysis. **Marketing & Promotional Support** - Collaborate with Marketing, Communications and Social Media teams to support merchandise and licensing campaigns. - Coordinate wit…