fanaticscollectibles · Sunnyvale, TX, United States · Sunnyvale, Texas, United States
<div class="content-intro"><h2 class="job-details__description-header text-color-secondary font-family-secondary" data-bind="i18n: 'job-details.employer-description-title'">About Us</h2> <div class="job-details__description-content basic-formatter" data-bind="html: pageData().job.corporateDescription"> <div>Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally. </div> </div> <p> </p></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the Company</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fanatics Collectibles is a new company operating at the intersection of collectibles, culture, and technology. Backed by world-class investors, operators, and sports & entertainment partners, we are building the global leader in next-generation collectibles. As part of the broader Fanatics ecosystem, we leverage a digital sports platform that spans over 900 sports properties and engages more than 81 million fans. Together, we are reimagining every part of the collectibles experience for fans, partners, and creators.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Role Summary</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fanatics Collectibles is hiring a Senior Manager, Business Operations to help plan, build, launch, and <strong>scale a new U.S. manufacturing facility in the Atlanta or Indianapolis market</strong>. Reporting to the Senior Director, Transformation, this person will be a core member of the launch team and the day-to-day program leader connecting internal functions with real estate, design and construction, equipment, and other external partners.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>The role will initially be based at our Texas facilities, primarily in Sunnyvale, Allen, or Coppell - to allow local flexibility</strong>, where the Senior Manager will learn our end-to-end operating model and help lead site planning, lease execution, design, buildout, and launch preparation. <strong>The position will transition to the selected market (Indianapolis or Atlanta</strong>) once the facility shell is substantially complete and the work shifts onsite to equipment installation, commissioning, hiring, training, operational readiness, and startup. After launch, this person will remain at the new facility as a strategic and operating partner to site leadership, helping the operation stabilize, scale, and achieve operational excellence.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Within the first 6-12 months, you will...</em></strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Embed in our Texas operations to understand the end-to-end manufacturing system, document critical controls and lessons learned, and convert them into clear requirements and a practical launch playbook for the new site.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Build and manage the integrated master plan for the facility launch, including scope, critical path, budget, stage gates, workstream dependencies, risks, decisions, and executive governance.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Coordinate internal teams and external partners through site and lease diligence, facility programming and design, permitting, utilities, construction, IT, security, environmental health and safety, quality, and buildout readiness.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, equipment suppliers, and contractors to define layout, material flow, and equipment requirements and to coordinate procurement, delivery, installation, commissioning, qualification, and handoff to operations.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Translate demand and capacity requirements into the operating design, including production flow, shift and labor models, organization and hiring plans, supply chain, logistics, warehousing, and inventory strategy.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Coordinate systems and data readiness, including ERP, production and warehouse systems, master data, integrations, operating reports, and KPI dashboards required to run the new facility effectively from day one.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Establish the knowledg