We are looking for a Senior Procurement Category Manager – Content, to join our established Procurement team and growing global business.
The key purpose of this role is to optimise 3rd 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 will 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 Global Head of Content Procurement, you will be part of our Global Procurement team influencing £200+m spend across multiple categories for Content.
Key Responsibilities
- As needed, deputise for Head of Content Procurement
- 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 and revenue improvement opportunities
- Using stakeholder and supplier networks, identify continuous improvement and step-change opportunities to improve product and service specifications
- Financial reporting of cost improvement on a P&L basis, interpreting CAPEX, OPEX, depreciation and cash flow
- Contribute and uphold the agreed values/behaviours of the team