Manager, Sports Inventory

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You will be responsible for strategically managing linear Sports media inventory to ensure maximum revenue and value in our sports programming. There will be a heavy emphasis on advising Sales Planners on how to build plans to best optimize available linear commercial inventory in order to deliver specific property P&L goals. 

You will be required to develop strong working relationships with the sales, sales operations, marketing, and finance teams to ensure maximum usage and placement.  You will also be required to leverage your people management skills as you will 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).
• 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 re-expressions 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 non-unit form process from start to finish.
• Monitor deal stewardship reports and execution of Recap/ADU packages to fill upcoming avails, including referencing C-Suite 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)
• Manage Inventory Analyst’s 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
• Support various ad hoc reporting projects

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years experience in Media Planning/Buying or Cable/Broadcast Ad Sales/Sales Support 
• Demonstrated people management experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Internet research
• Strong media math skill set, excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills

Eligibility Requirements

• Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com 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 in a hybrid capacity
• 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: $85,000 - $100,000 + bonus eligible

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision.

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