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Company Description

Sports betting, gaming and interactive entertainment is changing, and we’re leading that change. By putting people first. By placing exciting, engaging and entertaining experiences at more fingertips than ever before. We're pulling into pole position by pushing boundaries further. With innovation. With technology. But most importantly, with people like you. Because when you join Entain, it’s your game. So let’s win together.

Company Description

Sports betting, gaming and interactive entertainment is changing, and we’re leading that change. By putting people first. By placing exciting, engaging and entertaining experiences at more fingertips than ever before. We're pulling into pole position by pushing boundaries further. With innovation. With technology. But most importantly, with people like you. Because when you join Entain, it’s your game. So let’s win together.

Job Description

Entain are looking for a Procurement Category Manager in our Content team, to join its growing global business.

The key purpose of this role is to optimise third party spend on all Content expenditure across Entain with the creation of short/mid/long-term value optimisation strategies aligned to the objectives of the business. There would be a clear focus on Sports Data & Streaming alongside a range of other products & services that help drive our global sportsbook offering.

Reporting to the Senior Category Manager, you will be part of our Global Procurement team influencing £Multi Million spend across multiple categories for Content.

Key Responsibilities

• Scope out of all historic and future Content spend by supplier, business unit and geography – including International
• Engage Product, Trading & Commercial teams to understand business strategies
• Create Content strategies, ensuring commercial tension across all areas of spend and a clear roadmap of activity based on contract expiry dates and business needs
• Build a cutting-edge knowledge of the supply base, providing value adding insights to the Product, Trading & Commercial communities
• Operate agile and effective commercial processes
• Optimise buying channels, to ensure efficient transactional procurement
• Understand critical areas for innovation and build a pipeline of opportunities to be shared with the supplier community
• Identification of global synergies
• Identification of revenue improvement opportunities
• Contribute and uphold the agreed values/behaviours of the team
• Using stakeholder and supplier networks, identify continuous improvement and step-change opportunities to improve product and service specifications
• Own and embody the teams values, including the promotion and embedding within the team
  
  

• Post-graduate qualification (e.g. MSc/MBA) or a professional qualification such as MCIPS is desirable but not essential
• Project Management qualification desirable but not essential
• Sports/sports betting experience advantageous but not essential
• Technically and commercially astute
• Commercial awareness and excellent negotiation skills.
  
  

• Generous group bonus scheme
• Hybrid working - 2 days in the office
• Private medical insurance
• Pension Scheme - matched to 6%
• Ability to buy and sell holiday
• Free subscription to wellbeing app Unmind
• Entain & Enhance days – 2 paid days off to focus on your professional or personal development
• Sharesave Scheme
• Paid Subscription to LinkedIn learning
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management

• Industries

  Entertainment Providers

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