College Partnership Manager

Unrivaled Teamwear LLC; Lenexa (KS); Remote; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Unrivaled Teamwear LLC in Lenexa, KS seeks a manager of college partnerships to own day-to-day contact with select partners and licensing agencies. You’ll analyze opportunities, oversee agreement obligations, and coordinate across finance, merchandising, and marketing to ensure contractual success.

You will drive collaboration with schools and agencies, represent the company at events, and help craft proposals and program strategies aligned with retailer and brand goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Sports Management, or related field preferred, or equivalent.
• 3-5 years of experience in account management, partnership management, licensing, or related field.
• Experience with collegiate licensing, sports apparel, retail, or consumer products preferred.
• Experience managing external business relationships and coordinating cross-functional projects.
• Experience analyzing business performance, tracking financial commitments, and preparing reports.
• Ability to travel as needed to attend partner meetings and industry events.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business against annual guarantee commitments and develop trackers.
• Oversee execution and update leadership on a monthly/ad hoc basis.
• Collaborate with finance, accounting, merchandising, sales, and marketing to execute licensing obligations.
• Be licensing expert for select schools and agencies, handling questions and requests.
• Conduct frequent touch bases with schools and agency partners.
• Represent Unrivaled Teamwear at school/agency events and recommend products and programs.
• Manage planning and execution of meetings, including agendas, samples, attendees, and prep.
• Coordinate partner summit and industry events, supporting regional programming.
• Partner with the team on creation of proposal decks.

Skills

Relationship management

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Presentation skills

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Sports Management, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The manager of college partnerships will be the primary day-to-day contact for select long term, collegiate strategic partners and licensing agencies. This will include ownership of business and market analysis of opportunities and overseeing the execution of agreement obligations. #LI-Remote

About Unrivaled Teamwear

Unrivaled Teamwear is the fast-growing parent company behind Gear for Sports and Knights Apparel. Headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas, we design, decorate, and deliver team gear - tees, fleece, performance wear, outerwear, headwear, and accessories - for customers ranging from big box retailers, college bookstores, golf courses and resorts, and national retailers.

We've grown quickly over the past year and expect that growth to continue. We are looking for motivated candidates looking to grow their career alongside the business.

• Analyze business against annual guarantee commitments, developing trackers to monitor
• execution and updating leadership on a monthly and ad hoc basis.
• Collaborate with all cross-functional partners including finance, accounting, merchandising, sales, and marketing teams to successfully execute all licensing contractual obligations.
• Be licensing expert for select schools, fielding questions related to contractual rights and responding to business requests for school and agency partners.
• Conduct frequent touch bases with schools and agency partners.
• Represent Unrivaled Teamwear at school, agency and industry events/meetings, recommending
• products and programs that are consistent with retailer and brand strategies.
• Manage planning and execution of meetings with both internal and external partners, including
• building agendas and presentations, securing samples, determining attendees, and running prep
• meetings.
• Assist with coordination of Unrivaled Teamwear activities such as, but not limited to, the annual partner summit, ICLA Winter/Tailgate programming and social functions at industry events.
• Collaborate with the partnerships team on the creation of proposal decks

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Sports Management, or a related field preferred, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in account management, partnership management, licensing, business development, or a related field.
• Experience working with collegiate licensing, sports apparel, retail, or consumer products preferred.
• Experience managing external business relationships and coordinating cross-functional projects.
• Experience analyzing business performance, tracking financial commitments, and preparing reports.
• Ability to travel as needed to attend partner meetings, collegiate events, and industry functions.

Job Requirements

• Strong relationship management skills with the ability to build and maintain effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret sales data, evaluate business performance, and monitor contractual commitments.
• Ability to understand and interpret licensing agreements, contractual rights, and obligations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to develop financial trackers, reports, and presentations.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and partner commitments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present information effectively to business partners and leadership.
• Ability to collaborate across finance, accounting, merchandising, sales, and marketing functions.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to ensure accuracy in reporting, documentation, and execution of contractual obligations.
• Ability to independently identify issues, recommend solutions, and exercise sound business judgment.
• Knowledge of collegiate licensing practices, retail distribution, and sports apparel industry trends preferred.
• Ability to plan, coordinate, and facilitate meetings, presentations, and partner events.

EOE/AA: Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the associate. Other duties will be assigned as needed.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing as well as participate in E-Verify.