Senior Coordinator Relic Purchasing & Accounts - Fanatics Collectibles

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Job Description

Fanatics Collectibles is searching for a Senior Coordinator to join our Athlete Partnerships team. The Senior Coordinator is responsible for the generation, signing and accounting for relics. This is a full-time role, based on-site in our Milton Keynes office Monday through Thursday each week.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the generation, signing, accounting, and management of all relic-related interactions with teams and entities around European Football, F1, Cricket and other sports.
• Operate the relic acquisition program including negotiating/finalizing deals with teams, auction houses, talent, agents, and third-party vendors across sports and entertainment properties.
• Spearhead developing a new organizational procedure to accurately track relic purchasing data to share with inventory, finance, and brand departments.
• Work directly with brand teams to review product relic needs, provide insight on relic procurement details, outline cost information on a per-item basis, and manage operational deadlines.
• Communicate with inventory teams to consistently analyze the short- and long-term outlook of our current relic supply and develop a sustainable strategy for inventory turnover.
• Manage and communicate relic procurement developments and ongoing issues to brand and operation teams.
• Oversee the lifecycle of the organization's relic-related contracts while monitoring dates of legal significance such as expirations and options.
• Ensure compliance to contractual obligations and company procedures by verifying all services are executed on both sides.
• Foster and maintain relationships with European Football, F1, Cricket and other sports authentics leadership, individual teams' authentics departments, and relative industry contacts.

Requirements:

• Experience in related field (authentic sports memorabilia, relic acquisition).
• Bachelors degree in a related field.
• Schedule flexibility for travel and off-hour relic procurement deadlines including auctions.
• Self-confident, energetic, pro-active, independent, organized, highly detailed and goal-oriented.
• Creative thinker, excellent judgement, and professional demeanor.
• Proven track record of generating, negotiating, and finalizing deals.
• Work well under pressure, able to meet tight deadlines, and thrive in changing circumstances; enjoys a fast-paced environment.
• Team-oriented with a proven ability to interact with personnel across numerous departments within the organization.
• Strong passion and comprehensive knowledge of European football, F1, cricket and other professional sports.
• Exceptional written and oral communication; proven ability to manage relationships
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications.
• Knowledge of Topps business and product lines.

The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

Subject to applicable laws, Fanatics Collectibles may choose to run a background check.

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