Location: Florida - Tampa

Employment Type: Salaried

Team: FB Corporate

Company Overview

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform to ignite and harness the passions of fans and maximize the presence and reach for hundreds of partners globally. Optimizing these long-standing partnerships, a database of more than 80 million global consumers and a trusted, recognizable brand name, Fanatics is expanding beyond its position as a global leader for licensed sports merchandise to now becoming a next-gen digital sports platform, featuring an array of offerings for fans across the sports ecosystem.

The Fanatics family of companies currently includes Fanatics Commerce, a vertically-integrated licensed merchandise business that has changed the way fans purchase their favorite team apparel, jerseys, headwear and hardgoods through a tech-infused approach to making and quickly distributing fan gear in today’s 24/7 mobile-first economy; Candy Digital, a digital collectibles company that is partnering with prominent sports properties, including MLB and MLBPA, to build an official NFT ecosystem; Fanatics Collectibles, through Topps as a cornerstone of the business, building a new model for the collectibles and trading cards hobby with top leagues and players association partners; and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, a mobile betting, gaming and retail sportsbook platform. Fanatics’ partners include all major professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, MLS, PGA) and hundreds of collegiate and professional teams, which include several of the biggest global soccer clubs.

As a market leader with more than 9,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.

At Fanatics, we’re a diverse, passionate group of employees aiming to ignite pride and passion in the fans we outfit, celebrate and support. We recognize that diversity helps drive and foster innovation, and through our IDEA program (inclusion, diversity, equality and advocacy) at Fanatics we provide employees with tools and resources to feel connected and engaged in who they are and what they do to support the ultimate fan experience.

Fanatics Inc. is seeking Key Account/Sales Analysts to support our Account Planning & Analytics Team. This individual will work closely with Account Planners, Sales Managers, Buyers and Merchandisers, as well as our Retail Service teams, to drive sales, turnover and profit goals. The ideal candidate is analytical and results-oriented with high attention to detail and the intellectual curiosity to uncover sales opportunities through data.

This position has the option of being remote.

Responsibilities

• Assist with pre-book sales recommendation (review past season sell-in & sell-thru, find new category opportunities) in partnership with key customers and sales
• Develop long-range plans for key accounts at the brand, league, and category levels
• Forecast future sales and inventory based on in-season trends. Identity risk or opportunity to financial plan and provide actionable recommendations to improve results
• Identify potential sales opportunities (macro and item level)
• Lead monthly and quarterly business reviews with key accounts and cross-functional teams
• Analyze shifts and trend in sales within assortment at the gender, category, department and classification level - communicate changes to cross-functional teams to ensure fulfillment of key account demand
• Help make recommendations to leadership on financial impacts to the business based on business trends
• Provide timely and accurate reports / summaries on an ad-hoc basis
• Work with technology teams on reporting tools
• Attend vendor meetings with team as needed
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with internal business leads and outside vendors

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Merchandising or related field preferred
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in retail merchandise Planning, Inventory Management or equivalent required
• Provide exceptional customer service through professionalism, ownership and initiative.
• Show commitment to team through collaboration and positive, proactive communication
• Demonstrate productivity using time efficiently and effectively to deliver results
• Handle all responsibilities in a solution - focused and timely way
• Proficiency in MS Office suite required
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication and strong interpersonal skills required
• Proven ability to work in a fast paced, continuously evolving, and at times ambiguous environment

Tryouts are open at Fanatics! Our team is passionate, talented, unified, and charged with creating the fan experience of tomorrow. The ball is in your court now.

Ensure your Fanatics job offer is legitimate and don’t fall victim to fraud. Fanatics never seeks payment from job applicants. Fanatics recruiters will only reach out to applicants from an @fanatics.com or @fanatics.co.uk email address. For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at www.fanaticsinc.com/careers

Fanatics is committed to responsible planning and purchasing (RPP) practices, working with its business partners across its global and multi-layered supply chain, to ensure that planning, sourcing, and purchasing decisions, along with other supporting processes, do not impede or conflict with the fulfillment of Fanatics’ fair labor practices.

NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS/APPLICANTS : In connection with your application, we collect information that identifies, reasonably relates to or describes you (“Personal Information”). The categories of Personal Information that we collect include your name, government issued identification number(s), email address, mailing address, other contact information, emergency contact information, employment history, educational history, criminal record, and demographic information. _ _ We collect and use those categories of Personal Information about you for human resources and other business management purposes, including identifying and evaluating you as a candidate for potential or future employment or future contract positions, recordkeeping in relation to recruiting and hiring, conducting criminal background checks as permitted by law, conducting analytics, and ensuring compliance with applicable legal requirements and Company policies.