Manufacturing Company Buyer

$117,600.00 yearly Full-time Neste Live! is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Talent Buyer to join our Fairs & Festivals Division. This individual will be responsible for maintaining strong industry relationships, managing artist bookings, and supporting fair and festival clients throughout the talent buying process. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of the country music industry and a passion for live events. What This Role Will Do: Build and maintain strong relationships with artists' teams, agents, publicists, and clients in the fairs and festivals space. Negotiate client contracts, artist offers, deal points, and terms. Research and recommend up-and-coming talent based on market trends and artist availability. Serve as a service agreement facilitator and ensure proper documentation and execution. Manage, input, and update internal systems, including ROME, and show folders with accurate and current event data. Provide marketing recommendations and consult to clients as requested. Coordinate advance calls and show logistics to ensure smooth execution. Attend select events onsite as a Neste Live! service representative. Review invoices and confirm payment. Participate in post-event reviews and provide input on future planning. Stay current on industry pricing and booking trends in the fair and festival space. Delegate tasks to the Talent Buyer Assistant as appropriate and oversee follow-through. What This Person Will Bring: Required: 3+ years of experience in live entertainment or talent buying (preferably in country music or festival booking). Extensive knowledge of the country music genre and artist landscape. Strong negotiation, organizational, and communication skills. Experience working with booking platform ROME. Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, client-facing environment. Willingness to travel occasionally for onsite event support. Preferred: Prior experience in the fairs & festivals industry. Existing relationships within artist agencies and management teams. Working knowledge of marketing strategy for live events recommended but not required. Our motto is 'Taking Care of Our Own' through 6 pillars of benefits: Health: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA) Yourself: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days Wealth: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program Family: New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support Career: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment Others: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age, ancestry, color, religious creed, family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability, marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin, race, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and/or applicable laws in other areas. We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and/or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case‑by‑case basis. Hiring Practices: The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms. The 10 cities near Nashville, TN that have the most job openings are: Murfreesboro Clarksville Chattanooga Knoxville Birmingham Huntsville Lexington Memphis Louisville Evansville The 10 most popular job searches in Nashville, TN are: amazon work from home bartender music non profit nurse government cnm registered nurse rn #J-18808-Ljbffr