Group Category Manager

1 week ago

Southbank, Victoria, Australia Crown Resorts Full time

BETTER BEGINS HERE


Crown Resorts is a great place to visit and it's an even better place to work, a place where you can play your part in creating joyful experiences for our guests and our people.

We value passion, creativity, and an appetite for change - for the better.

Here, you'll be part of the team, empowered to explore more, experience more and supported by your leader to grow and develop.


Crown Resorts has an exciting opportunity available for an experienced procurement professional to lead the IT & Gaming category, supporting our Sydney, Melbourne and Perth properties.

Reporting to the Head of Strategic Procurement, you'll provide guidance and direction in your category, including supplying market analysis, commercial management and development, strategic long-term planning and execution, and contract and risk management activities, to meet business needs across Crown's integrated resorts at a group-wide level.


This role can be based in Sydney, Melbourne or Perth.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

  • Drive strategic sourcing events with the key focus on optimizing cost, quality, delivery & technology standards to the business with a focus on bringing a local (site by site) perspective to a national category
  • Develop genuine relationships with the BUs to gain a better understanding of product and service offering needs, provide solutions to issues and provide strategic procurement advice to maximise commercial outcomes
  • Drive continuous improvement and KPI performance reviews with key suppliers (via Supplier Relationship Management Program) and correctively action poor performing suppliers
  • Improve property performance via supplier consolidation, negotiating commercial supplier arrangements and developing strategic partnerships
  • Oversee the daytoday sourcing of new services and special sourcing to ensure they are in alignment with overall category strategy
  • Prepare monthly status reports on work undertaken and planned
  • Build and maintain productive internal and external relationships to facilitate the delivery of Category Strategy and objectives
  • Lead, mentor and develop direct reports as well as driving KPI performance where required

Key selection criteria:

  • 5+ years in a Contract Management or Sourcing role, or similar
  • Demonstrated experience working in a fastpaced, FMCG or formal purchasing environment
  • A track record in identifying and delivering sustained cost reduction opportunities
  • Excellent supplier relationship management skills
  • Highly skilled in influencing and negotiation with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
  • Strong ability to work at pace, adapt with ease and work at strategic level
  • Welldeveloped communication and presentations skills
  • Has or is able to obtain all required Casino Employee Licenses

What we offer you:

  • Fulltime opportunity, based in Crown's corporate offices
  • Hybrid working flexibility
  • Complimentary meals at our onsite staff restaurant
  • Generous discounts across Crown hotels and restaurants Australia wide
  • Opportunity to be part of a high performing team and contribute to the groupwide transformation of Crown Purchasing and Procurement
  • Access to discounts with our various corporate partners

Additional Information:

What you can expect from us
On top of exciting career possibilities, we offer better exposure to experiences and learning. To see our range of benefits and opportunities visit Crown Resorts Careers.

Our Crown Community celebrates uniqueness and embraces diversity.

We welcome the creativity, insights and experiences from people of different race, age, religion, cultural background, gender, people with disability, people who identify as LGBTIQ+ and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; people like you.

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