Sales – Senior Manager, Licensing OEM

Duracell is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of high-performance alkaline batteries, specialty cells, and rechargeable batteries. A wholly owned Berkshire Hathaway company and operating in over 100 countries, Duracell is a trusted consumer brand with a growing portfolio in home energy, power accessories, and portable power solutions. The company’s licensing programme extends the Duracell brand into adjacent product categories through strategic partner relationships worldwide.

 

This is a senior individual contributor or manager-level role within Duracell’s Global Licensing function, based in Europe. The primary mission of this position is to drive Duracell’s growth in the home energy storage sector — one of the company’s highest-priority strategic areas — by identifying, signing, and managing licensee partnerships across solar, inverters, and battery storage systems. This new role will be Duracell’s home energy storage expert globally. 

 

In addition to leading home energy globally, the role carries oversight responsibility for an established portfolio of licensees across complementary categories including EV charging, flashlights, powerbanks, and consumer electronic accessories in Europe.

 

Duracell is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of high-performance alkaline batteries, complemented by a portfolio of high quality, market leading specialty, rechargeable and professional batteries. Duracell’s products power numerous critical professional devices across the globe such as heart rate monitors, defibrillators, telemetry devices, smoke detectors, fire alarms, automated valves and security systems. As the leader in the professional power category, Duracell has a rich history of innovation, continuously introducing batteries that are smaller, thinner, with more energy and longer lasting than competitive brands. Since March 2016, Duracell has found its permanent home within Berkshire Hathaway (ranked #4 World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune Magazine and #3 in the Fortune 500), and will continue to focus on sustainable growth, industry-leading innovation while creating long-term value for our customers and consumers. At Duracell, integrity, end-to-end accountability across all levels, fast decision-making and a “can do” attitude is highly valued.