Manager Sports Inventory
Manager Sports Inventory
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Job Description
This person is responsible for strategically managing linear Sports media inventory to ensure maximum revenue and value in our sports programming. Heavy Emphasis on advising planners on how to build plans to best optimize available linear commercial inventory in order to deliver specific property P&L goals. This requires developing strong working relationships with the sales sales operations marketing and finance teams to ensure maximum usage and placement. Also includes the ability to oversee and manage inventory analysts including training & development.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Inventory guidance/approvals/feedback for sports media plans across NBC Golf Channel USA CNBC Telemundo and Universo. Sports could include Golf NBA B1G & ND Football College Basketball NASCAR Premier League US Soccer Chivas as well as other Tentpole Sports (Olympics World Cup etc).
- Support various ad hoc reporting projects proficiency in Excel is required to analyze and evaluate the data
- Approving media plans to hold/order in the system and ensuring each plan is labeled and booked correctly
- Analyze sales revenue pacing reports and apply your conclusions to inventory approvals
- Strategically Maximize inventory: move forward advertisers to fill avails and help clear watch list
- Manage reexpressions from schedule changes throughout the year
- Participate in the Ratecard process with suggestions on how to evaluate and edit in order to continue to evolve within the Sports marketplace.
- Sports sponsorship and invoice adjustment workflow approvals
- Management of internal added value and nonunit form process from start to finish
- Monitor deal stewardship reports and of Recap/ADU packages to fill upcoming avails including referencing CSuite for deals guaranteed with digital.
- Providing sales with most up to date plan building guide avails & programming information
- Coordinate Upfront materials (program descriptions and grids)
- Oversee the inventory analysts day to day responsibilities
- Contribute to the training & development of inventory analysts
- Creating tracking & maintaining our deal point documents
- Work with Subject Matter Experts to improve best practices and business processes
Qualifications :
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Excel Outlook Word PowerPoint and Internet research
- Bachelors degree
- 3 years of progressive related experience in media sales or buying
- Strong knowledge of media math and audience metrics
Desired Characteristics
- Position requires a minimum of 35 years working experience either Agency Planning/Buying or Cable/Broadcast Ad Sales/Sales Support
- Candidate should have had supervisory experience in a past work situation
- This position requires a strong media math skill set excellent interpersonal oral and written communication skills
- Strong computer skills required including proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite: (Excel Word PowerPoint and Outlook).
Eligibility Requirements
- Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV through to be considered
- Willingness to travel and work overtime and on weekends with short notice (if applicable)
- Must be willing to work in New York NY
- Must be willing to submit to a background investigation
- Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
- Must be 18 years or older
Additional Requirements
Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.
This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits including medical dental and vision insurance 401(k) paid leave tuition reimbursement and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $85000 $105000 (SIC eligible)
Additional Information :
As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an inperson interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity or expression age national origin or ancestry citizenship disability sexual orientation marital status pregnancy veteran status membership in the uniformed services genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
