Procurement Category Manager - Retail

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.

Role Purpose

Entain are looking for a Procurement Category Manager for Retail and Property, to join its growing global business. You’ll be working across the major areas of Retail spend including Property, Retail Technology, Facilities Management, Utilities and shop services. The key purpose of this role is to optimise 3rd party spend on all Retail & Property expenditure across Entain, creating short/mid and long-term value optimisation strategies aligned to the objectives of the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage Retail & Property community to understand business strategies
• Develop medium and long term Strategies, ensuring commercial tension across all areas of spend
• Using stakeholder and supplier networks, identify continuous improvement and step-change opportunities to product and service specifications
• Identification of revenue improvement opportunities
• Own and embody the team’s values, including the promotion and embedding within the team
• Financial reporting of cost improvement on a P&L basis, interpreting CAPEX, OPEX, depreciation and cash flow
• Operate agile and effective commercial processes
• Optimise buying channels, to ensure efficient transactional procurement
• Identification of global synergies
• This will specifically include:

• Creation of global Retail & Property commercial strategy identifying all sources of benefit short/mid and long term
• Provision of strong commercial leadership on all areas of costs
• Develop and conduct Rfx’s for market activity ensuring size and complexity are fit for purpose
• Creation and buy in to key supplier management strategy to drive improved performance across the supply base
• Develop an understanding and knowledge of all industry specific technology solutions
• Become a “trusted advisor” member of the Retail community
• Maximise contract compliance and spend under management

Specialist Skills and Experience Required:

• Exceptional commercial experience (including strategy creation, implementation and benefit delivery)
• Building of Retail & Property strategies
• TCO modelling to define optimal cost structures
• Excellent people and influencing skills across all levels of the organisation
• Highly organised
• Self-motivated and can-do attitude

Qualifications

• Graduate calibre with Bachelor’s degree (desirable but not mandatory)
• Post-graduate qualification (e.g. MSc/MBA) or a professional qualification such as MCIPS is desirable but not essential

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. Working for us in the UK, you can expect to receive great benefits like:

• Private medical insurance
• Ability to buy and sell holiday
• Free subscription to wellbeing app Unmind
• Additional “It’s Your Game” day off to use at either Christmas or New Year
• Entain & Enhance days – 2 paid days off to focus on your professional or personal development
• Share save scheme

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.

We comply with all applicable recruitment regulations and employment laws in the jurisdictions where we operate, ensuring ethical and compliant hiring practices globally.