Accepting applications until: 

19 September 2025

Job Description

Job title: Senior Commercial Inventory Operations Manager (12 month FTC)

 

At Global, we think big, work hard, and never stand still. We’re the proud home of the best media and entertainment, driven by our talented and passionate people. Our mission? To make everyone’s day brighter - our Globallers, our audiences, our partners, and our communities. Whether we’re in the studio, building world-class technology, or securing record Outdoor advertising partnerships, we make sure we’re 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 Radio’s broadcast inventory. The team’s objective is to manage capacity ensuring there is enough space to deliver the commercial forecast whilst adhering to Programming guidelines. To effectively manage Global’s 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 Global’s 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 You’ll 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 Gold’s 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, you’ll 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 You’ll 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 celebrated. We know that we can’t serve our diverse audiences without first celebrating it in our people, which is why we’re 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 approach. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments during your recruitment process, drop us an email at [email protected], we’ll be happy to help.