Sports Travel Services Planner

This is a Full Time Job

WBD Sports - Sports Travel Services Planner (Maternity Cover Contract)

Location: London, United Kingdom

Warner Bros. Discovery Sports represents WBD's portfolio of sports brands, channels and platforms. It collectively reaches 130 million people every month, engaging fans and broad audiences in more than 200 markets and in over 20 languages across all platforms where consumers are spending time -free-to-air TV, pay-TV, streaming, online and social.

Your New Role...

WBD Sports team is seeking a Planner to join the Sport Travel Services team, reporting to the Senior Manager, Sports Services . This is a key role proactively supporting the team, taking responsibility for crucial administration tasks to ensure the team is able to functi on efficiently. This role will be required to work across the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as well as other ' ' Business As Usual' (BAU) spor ts . The successful applicant will have excellent attention to detail, experience of a fast-paced environment and demonstrate administrative and organisational skills.

This role is offered on a maternity cover contract for a minimum of 6 months from April - November 2024

Your Role Accountabilities...
• Proactively manage administrative tasks relating to logi stics planning and overall strategy for all events, from planning to delivery
• Create purchase orders and process invoices to ensure timely vendor payments
• Reconciling budgets post-event
• Work closely with Sports Travel Services tea m and assist with day-to-day tasks, such as rooming list management, flight bookings and car rentals
• Confidently work onsite, assisting with Sports Travel Services responsibilities as wel l as with tasks required by Production Manager
• Assist with the management of areas of planning related to Olympics and BAU
• Testing and development of Games Management System
• Manage Sports Travel Services inbox

Qualifications and Experience...
• Administration experience with a meticulous eye for detail and accuracy
• Confident working with large amounts of data
• Ability to organise tasks effectively and deliver to a high standard on time
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships with strong interpersonal skills.
• Prioritise and effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Willingness to assist wherever required both in the build-up and during events
• Initiative, proactivity and motivation a must
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, constantly changing environment
• French language skills would be an advantage but are not essential
• Ability to work onsite in Paris during the Olym pic Games ( Onsite dates: 15 July – 12 August 2024)



The Legal Bits…

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.