Position Overview:The organizers of the World Baseball Classic are looking for a highly motivated candidate with a tireless work ethicto fulfill the role of Coordinator, Global Consumer Products, for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. This positionrequires coordination of all Licensing-related activities with Tournament organizers and National Teamrepresentatives.Responsibilities:
- Create purchase orders and coordinate the ordering, tracking and delivery of WBC team and venueuniforms, equipment, and provisions.
- Work with fulfillment and logistics companies to coordinate delivery and shipping from WBC vendors toteams and venues.
- Compile all documentation for international shipments including commercial invoices, packing lists andany other required documents.
- Track and cross reference all WBC product credit usage and WBC applicable invoices. Create andmaintain a summary report of licensing expenditures across all suppliers.
- Create and maintain database of WBC team and venue uniforms, equipment, and provisions, as well asother WBC product orders (including a visual inventory of all provisions).
- Ensure that all uniform needs are met across all federations, sizes, quantity, quality for both qualifiersand main tournament.
- Review Federation Uniform submissions jointly with MLBPA to ensure they are within WBC guidelines.
- Regularly follow up with Federation team coordinators, Tournament organizers and teams regardingdeadlines and completion of tasks.
- Review Quality Control artwork submissions and assist in the enforcement and protection of WBCtrademarks and property rights.
- Support on-site concessions and facilitate discount purchase opportunities for players.
- Assist with WBC domestic and international retail marketing initiatives.
- Coordinate all ticket, hotel and gifting needs for Licensing staff and licensees.
- Compile a WBC sales recap of all licensing revenue and on-site concessions sales.
- Create a comprehensive WBC recap to ensure that all issues are documented in advance of nexttournament.
- Communicate with internal departments coordinating required information and documentation.
Skills:
- Hands-on experience working in operations and logistics for various sporting events/special events.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently and work with many different areas throughout thecompany.
- Ability to work in a demanding and fast paced environment.
- Ability to work well in high pressure environments.
- Excellent organizational and record keeping skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Willingness to work weekends and evening
Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree
- Experience working in a professional sport and/or special events environment.
Preferred candidate qualifications:
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
- A collaborator with strong interpersonal skills and problem-solving capabilities
About the World Baseball Classic:The World Baseball Classic is the premier international baseball tournament, sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation and features the best players in the world competing for their home countries and territories.About World Baseball Classic, Inc.:World Baseball Classic, Inc. is a company created at the direction of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) to operate the World Baseball Classic tournament. The tournament, which is sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF), is supported by MLB, the MLBPA, Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the Korea Baseball Organization(KBO), their respective players associations and other leagues and players from around the world.Per the NYC pay transparency law, the hiring range for this position is a rate of $65,000.The actual offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your work experience, education, skills and any other factors Major League Baseball (MLB) considers relevant to the hiring decision.If you are interested in joining our team and require a reasonable accommodation to assist with any part of the application and/or interview process, please contact us by email at:
[email protected].