Inventory Strategy Lead
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Job Location:
Manila, UT - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Inventory Strategy Lead
Location: Remote (Philippines LATAM or South Africa)
Industry: Online Ticket Sales / Secondary Market E-commerce
Schedule: Full-time US business hours overlap required
About the Company
Our client is a US-based online ticket sales business specializing in the acquisition pricing and resale of event tickets across major platforms. Success in this business depends on disciplined capital deployment market timing and identifying profitable inventory opportunities in a fast-moving secondary market.
The team currently includes analysts and buyers responsible for sourcing inventory. The next step is bringing in a strategic operator who can guide purchasing decisions and help optimize capital deployment across the portfolio.
Role Overview
We are seeking an Inventory Strategy Lead who will act as the strategic decision-maker behind inventory purchasing and capital allocation.
This role goes beyond reporting or analysis. The successful candidate will evaluate market conditions identify high-probability opportunities and direct where purchasing capital should be deployed.
You will work alongside existing analysts and buyers helping guide their focus while making high-impact decisions around pricing floors demand velocity and risk management.
The ideal candidate has experience operating in arbitrage-driven environments such as ticket resale marketplace trading sports betting financial trading or similar high-frequency decision environments.
About the Ideal Candidate
You have experience operating in markets where timing pricing spreads and risk management determine profitability.
Rather than simply reporting on data you use information to make decisive calls on where capital should be deployed. You are comfortable identifying opportunities managing risk exposure and helping teams focus on the most profitable plays.
Experience with ticket markets is valuable but candidates from sports betting marketplace arbitrage trading or similar environments may bring equally strong instincts.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify high-value inventory opportunities by analyzing pricing spreads demand velocity and resale market conditions
- Direct purchasing strategy by advising analysts and buyers on where capital should be deployed
- Evaluate risk exposure and expected ROI before approving inventory purchases
- Monitor ticket market movements pricing floors and resale platform trends
- Use historical sales and real-time market signals to anticipate profitable buying windows
- Review performance of purchased inventory and refine purchasing strategies
- Guide the analytical team toward the most profitable inventory segments and events
- Provide strategic insights to leadership around capital allocation and purchasing risk
Required Hard Skills
- Strong understanding of market-driven pricing environments
- Ability to evaluate risk vs. reward in capital deployment decisions
- Experience analyzing pricing spreads demand signals or trading opportunities
- Advanced Excel or data analysis capability
- Ability to synthesize multiple data points into fast high-confidence decisions
- Comfort working with real-time market conditions and incomplete information
Preferred Backgrounds (Highly Relevant Experience)
- Candidates from the following backgrounds tend to excel in this type of role:
- Ticket resale or ticket brokering
- Sports betting or odds analysis
- Marketplace arbitrage or e-commerce flipping
- Financial trading or quantitative analysis environments
- Secondary market pricing or demand forecasting
Soft Skills & Traits
- Strong decision-making instincts under pressure
- Analytical thinker with a trading or arbitrage mindset
- Comfortable operating autonomously with minimal oversight
- Highly proactive and opportunity-driven
- Clear communicator who can guide analysts and buyers effectively
Why This Role Matters
Inventory purchasing decisions directly determine profitability in the ticket resale market.
This role ensures that capital is deployed strategically buying opportunities are identified early and purchasing decisions are made with a disciplined risk framework.
By guiding analysts and buyers toward the most profitable inventory segments this role helps the business scale revenue while protecting margins.
Key Skills
- Marketing
- Data Visualization
- Tableau
- Customer Segmentation
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Investment Banking
- Strategic Planning
- Financial Modeling
- Customer relationship management
- Management Consulting
- Google Suite
- Analytics
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