Senior Commercial Inventory Operations Manager
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19 September 2025Job Description
Job title: Senior Commercial Inventory Operations Manager (12 month FTC)
At Global we think big work hard and never stand still. Were the proud home of the best media and entertainment driven by our talented and passionate people. Our mission To make everyones day brighter - our Globallers our audiences our partners and our were in the studio building world-class technology or securing record Outdoor advertising partnerships we make sure were doing it as a team.
Your new role: Senior Commercial Inventory Operations Manager (12 month FTC)
Sitting within Commercial Operations the CIO team manage all Global Radios broadcast inventory. The teams objective is to manage capacity ensuring there is enough space to deliver the commercial forecast whilst adhering to Programming guidelines. To effectively manage Globals commercial inventory the team analyse data and work closely with the Commercial Team to ensure demand is sustainable and matches available capacity/supply.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Commercial Teams (50%): Be on hand to help and support the Sales Teams with gPlan bookings and help secure airtime. Provide pro-active guidance to the Media Executive and Account Managers to ensure bookings have an optimal laydown.
- Inventory Management (20%): Use Globals inventory management tools and dashboards to ensure that our inventory systems/allocations are configured correctly.
- Analysis (30%): Build and use gLabs dashboards and MS Excel to analyse planning and scheduling data to make informed decisions and justify an approach.
What Youll Love About This Role
- Think Big: Make a commercial difference by successfully managing our broadcast inventory and booking process - 22M per month
- Own it: Sole responsibility for Smooth and Golds commercial inventory and helping make every minute matter.
- Keep it Simple: A chance to simplify our booking process and give guidance to help others.
- Better Together: Work with the Commercial Team to deliver the best possible bookings that benefit Global and our customers.
What Success Looks Like
In your first few months youll have:
- Mastered our inventory management systems and tools.
- Learn to use and build dashboards to help make data informed decisions.
- Built strong relationships with internal teams from Commercial Scheduling and the Commercial Agency Trading and Partnership Teams.
- Embraced our workflows ensuring smooth efficient project execution.
- Thrived in a supportive passionate team.
What Youll Need
- Problem Solving: A good problem solver with a growth mindset that questions the status quo and aims for operational excellence
Project management: An organised and methodical approach to project delivery.
Foster and build great relationships: Work across many teams and departments demonstrating confidence and strong influencing & negotiation skills.
A keen eye for detail: Ensuring systems are configured correctly.
Effective communication- Excellent verbal and written communication to teams within Global - being clear and concise is key. A fair and consistent approach is important too.
A curiosity to learn: An open mind to learn new approaches systems and software including Tableau and/or Excel to use data to help make better decisions and understand why.
Creating a place we all belong at Global
We are dedicated to creating a place where different voices are represented amplified and that we cantserve our diverse audiences without first celebrating it in our people which is why were passionate about creating an inclusive culture where every Globaller can belong. So no matter who you are or where you are from you can find your place at Global.
As a business we believe in the importance of a healthy work-life balance and the value of a flexible and agile workforce. Therefore we operate a Smart Working you need us to make any reasonable adjustments during your recruitment process drop us an email at well be happy to help.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
