Analyst, Sports Inventory
The Inventory Analyst will be responsible for tracking commercial inventory, coordinating internal sales processes with Sales ASR & Sales Planners and work closely with Planning in supporting the Ad Sales Strategic Planning Group. Duties and Responsibilities Track and report on media inventory 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). Assist Inventory Managers with strategically maximizing revenue through inventory utilization including evaluating linear stewardship Manage effects of programming changes, including deal changes and shifts through systems approval queue Create and maintain selling names and syncing b/t logs and sales plan building system Interact and communicate effectively with multiple teams - Account Services, Account Management, Sales, Planning, Operations, Marketing and Programming departments Ensure that all deals that are guaranteed together are reflected accordingly within NBC’s systems Maintain and manage reports for Sales and Planning on a routine and ad hoc basis On an as-needed basis, project-based work (systems and process improvement) to support department Directors and VP Routine meetings with Manager to discuss pending issues, resolve problems, and forecast inventory Keep abreast of industry news via trades to increase and strengthen knowledge of Ad Sales and get a general/broad understanding of industry, including relevant sports properties.