Sales Planner Job Description

Sales Planner Job Description Template

Our company is looking for a Sales Planner to join our team.

Responsibilities:

  • Customize reports for Account Executives and track their client’s overall delivery;
  • Proactively address inventory issues, revenue at risk and CPM analysis;
  • Troubleshoot potential issues that would cause loss of revenue by working with the Traffic team and maintaining integration deadlines;
  • Provide support and research to VP, Pricing and Analysis and/or a person designated by Senior Management;
  • Manage interdepartmental workflow to ensure that all elements are handled according to process and schedule;
  • Work on inventory issues, revenue at risk etc. and revenue and CPM analysis reports weekly;
  • Manage inventory across all business’: :30s, :10s, Cable;
  • Monitor reserved inventory & determine with Sales team on reservation expiration;
  • Adhere to all department’s Service Level Agreements;
  • The most important functions of this job includes ensuring proper inventory levels to fill customer orders and ecommerce drop ship;
  • Drive communication between asset management, sales teams and commercial operations relative to advertiser deal points;
  • Communicate effectively with agency contacts in order to properly deliver proposals, revisions and fulfill any and all day to day requests;
  • Assist the marketing teams in executing creative elements in proposals, as well as help in communicating with producers and programming;
  • Develop, create and maintain sales proposals driving revenue through strategic packaging of assigned Disney network(s);
  • Ensure accuracy of all internal reporting for your assigned accounts, updating ordered/held/working status, liability, flight and programming changes.

Requirements:

  • Superior written and oral communication skills;
  • Experience developing and executing brand campaigns across digital advertising;
  • Expertise in media planning and ad product best practices;
  • Proven leadership & problem solving skills;
  • Has knowledge of Disney’s multimedia properties;
  • 1+ years of media planning experience in a related field or company;
  • Experience working with dynamic digital products such as Sponsorships, Audience Guarantee, Viewability & Programmatic a plus, not required;
  • At least 1-2 years of digital or TV media experience. Sales Planning or Yield experience preferred;
  • Digital media planning is a must;
  • Computer skills required;
  • Experience using Google Ad Manager or Quantcast would be a plus;
  • Minimum 2 years prior agency, network or media experience;
  • Proficiency in MS Office and experience with research tools such as: Google Analytics, comScore, Quantcast, and/or Shareablee;
  • Proficiency in MS Office and experience with research tools such as: Google Analytics and comScore;
  • Minimum 2 years work experience.