Procurement Director - Content

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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.

Job Description

As a Procurement Director - Content you will be responsible for Leading the team in optimising Content expenditure across Entain globally; through the creation & delivery of short/mid/long-term value & commercial optimisation strategies aligned to the objectives of the business.

Reporting to the Chief Procurement Officer you will be part of the Procurement Team, who partner with Entain globally to support their procurement needs.

What you will do:

• Own and embody the Procurement team's values while growing capability and embedding best practise within the group
• Play a key role in the Procurement Leadership team, leading the function's strategy development, transformation agenda and driving acceleration of procurement influence & capability
• Create & communicate strategies for identified procurement priorities such as SRM, Spend Management, Talent management, Demand Management & Stakeholder Engagement
• Define plans & objectives for all Content spend by supplier, BU and geography globally - including International & Joint Venture activities
• Engage & influence the global Content community, including Exco and Board, around business strategy and ensure commercial alignment
• Create a Global Content strategy, ensuring commercial tension and a clear roadmap of activity & benefits
• Financial reporting of cost improvement on a P&L basis, interpreting CAPEX, OPEX, depreciation and cash flow
• Build a cutting-edge knowledge of the supply base, providing value adding insights to the Content community
• Understand critical areas for Innovation and build a pipeline of opportunities to be shared with the supplier community
• Identification of global synergies and content M&A Opportunities Identification of revenue improvement opportunities Using stakeholder and supplier networks, identify continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Significant Commercial/Procurement experience at management level
• Exceptional commercial experience (including strategy creation, implementation, and benefit delivery)
• Strong negotiation planning & execution experience
• Thorough knowledge of Category Management approaches & techniques Solid contractual skillset: Drafting and reviewing across different constructs
• Experienced in building of digital, transformation & commercial strategies
• Data driven analysis & TCO modelling to define optimal cost structures
• Excellent people and influencing skills across all levels of the organisation
• Team leadership & people development experience
• A strong understanding of the varying content market types & dynamics
• Commercially rounded, demonstrating comfort in all types of models & value (revenue/cost reduction etc) with experience in writing board level business cases

Additional Information

At Entain, we know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire peak performance. Join us, and a competitive salary is just the beginning.

Depending on your role and location, you can expect to receive benefits like

• A regular bonus
• Healthcare support
• A stake in our success through our ShareSave scheme
• Great development opportunities
• Wellbeing support, and so much more.

And outside of this, you'll have the chance to turn recognition from leaders and colleagues into amazing prizes, join a winning team of talented people and be a part of an inclusive and supporting community where everyone is celebrated for being themselves.

Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.

At Entain, we do what's right. It's one of our core values and that's why we're taking the lead when it comes to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive future - for our people, and the wider global sports betting and gaming sector. However you identify, our ambition is to ensure our people across the globe feel valued, respected and their individuality celebrated.