Commercial Partnerships Manager – Sports Suppliers

Job DescriptionAs a Commercial Partnership Manager - Sports Content, you will grow several of Entains third-party Sports Content relationships which underpin the global sportsbook offering. You will sit within the wider Group Procurement Department. The role's responsibilities will encompass full end-to-end supplier and commercial management, including sourcing, contract negotiation, in-life monitoring, financial analysis, performance management, and SRM. You will be important to the continued success of Entains sportsbook offering being the central conduit between multiple company partners and third parties. Reporting to the Senior Manager, you will be part of our Commercial Partnerships team influencing £Multi Million spend across multiple sports content categories including data, streaming, trading, virtual and ops. You Will: Lead the relationships between Entain and its third-party sports content providers.Design and implement commercial strategies to ensure value for Entain during contract negotiations with third parties.Manage the full negotiation process with selected third parties, including; contract pipeline, requirements gathering, supplier selection, contracting and approval.Undertake and maintain financial analysis on our third parties, the products they provide and how they perform for Entain.Organise or attend forums with company partners and suppliers to resolve issues and strengthen cross party working.Contribute to overall strategy for how Entain works with its Sports Content third parties both now and in the future.Maintain a deep working knowledge of those suppliers and services assigned to you as well as the wider sports Entain ecosystem. The expectation is you will eventually become an SME on the third parties and services which power the Entain sportsbook.