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ENTERTAIN your best.

That's what you get to do every day with a career at Harrah's. We understand everyone has special talents. And we strive to help our people make the most of their abilities in the pursuit of their career dreams. After all, it's energy, excitement and entertainment that make Harrah's the leader in the hotel and casino industry.

With a family of widely-respected brands including Harrah's, Caesars, Horseshoe, Bally's, Flamingo, Grand Biloxi, Harveys, Imperial Palace, Paris, Rio and Showboat, we offer exceptional careers in properties around the country as well as in Canada and Uruguay. If you're looking to add fun, excitement and a lot of success to your career, Harrah's is the place.

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Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is the world's largest provider of branded casino entertainment. Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada almost 70 years ago, Harrah's has grown through development of new properties, expansions and acquisitions. On June 13, 2005, Harrah's Entertainment acquired Caesars Entertainment, Inc. and now owns or manages through various subsidiaries more than 54 casinos in five countries, primarily under the Harrah's, Caesars and Horseshoe brand names. With nearly 4 million square feet of casino space, more than 40,000 hotel rooms and nearly 100,000 employees, the Harrah's portfolio is the most diverse in the gaming industry.  Harrah's Entertainment is focused on building loyalty and value with its customers through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership.




This position will partner with the four Mid-West properties and the regional procurement function for the Mid-West to insure that the standard  Line of Supply/Procurement Process is implemented and operates at a consistently high level at all Region properties in support of the Company's strategic sourcing and purchasing strategy. The position will report to the Director, Regional Materials Management -Mid-West Region, be domiciled in either Hammond, Indiana or Joliet, Illinois, and will oversee and manage contract compliance, regional contract oversight and systems (Stratton Warren) for four properties (Harrah's Metropolis, located in Metropolis, Illinois, Harrah's Joliet, located in Joliet, Illinois, Horseshoe Hammond, located in Hammond Indiana, and Horseshoe Southern Indiana, located in Elizabeth, Indiana). Management of personnel with a direct reporting line is two Food and beverage buyers and two General buyers. This position will be responsible for four separate databases, EDI interfaces, general maintenance, profile maintenance and regional contract optimization.

 

The successful candidate will be an integral member of a cross-functional Supply Chain team and. will implement and direct all Procurement Systems [e.g. Stratton Warren, E-Procurement, and E-Commerce] for the Mid-West Region properties. This position will partner with Mid-West Region properties management and the Mid-West Region Procurement team to ensure that all Procurement-related goals and objectives are met or exceeded. This position will oversee and manage compliance to the Mid-West Region's Procurement programs [systems, processes, purchasing programs], each individual States Regulatory Compliance and all Diversity requirements. The individual will need to utilize contract development strategies with the objective of maintaining Harrah's leverage and flexibility while reducing the overall operation risks.

 

 

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  • Responsible for the communication and implementation of  standards and programs for procurement systems set-up, maintenance,  and utilization with the objectives of best supporting the Line of Supply and the goals of  user departments, Mid-West Region properties, East Division and Harrah's Entertainment.
  • Responsible for the coordination and support of the entire Mid-West Region properties Stratton Warren user community with specific emphasis on the procurement process.
  • Responsible for the utilization of procurement systems [Stratton Warren, E-Procurement, E-Commerce] to maximum positive impact in the Mid-West Region [e.g. ensuring that Stratton Warren features such as EDI, generic requisitions, automatic order for inventory replenishment, recipes/cost transfers, blanket purchase orders/auto-fax are communicated, implemented and effectively utilized; partnering with Accounting to ensure that the variance reporting/Inventory controls are correctly set-up, communicated, implemented;
  • Responsible for exploring, identifying and implementing E-Commerce initiatives and programs - e.g. EDI/Internet, pay-on-receipt, pay-on-order; exploring and implementing system-system interface/interaction - e.g. Stratton Warren/point-of-sale interface] for individual system users, user departments, Gulf Coast properties and Harrah's overall.
  • Develop processes and techniques for targeting sourcing efforts for most appropriate products/services to ensure shareholder value by performing analysis, baselines, make-buy, and total cost of ownership models
  • Review and assess product/service needs and ensure alignment of the product/service procurement programs to the strategic, business and product plans of the Company
  • Collect and analyze market intelligence about suppliers and products/services, and use such information to develop and/or improve sourcing solutions
  • Prepare requests for proposals ('RFPs') and analyze supplier responses. Negotiate, implement and manage Regional supplier agreements and/or contracts.
  • Develop, facilitate, and present a process for supplier evaluation, selection and measurement
  • Measure supplier performance and manage critical product/service/supplier issues
  • Prepare suppliers for, and transition suppliers to, new business/procurement processes
  • Continual monitoring and assessment of 'total cost' implications of products/services

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Yes

 



Job Requirements

EXPERIENTIAL/EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Bachelor's Degree in Business or IT discipline such as Finance or Purchasing; some graduate work preferred

  • 5 years of sourcing and systems experience required in areas such as Food and Beverage and/or General Goods and Services, systems interface, procedures and processes
  • Ability to consult and champion change management programs for product/service with and properties' personnel
  • Experienced in contract negotiation
  • Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills with exposure to communicative and cross-functional team building skills
  • Good oral, written, and presentation communication skills
  • Strong computer and systems literacy with special emphasis on Stratton Warren
  • Customer (Internal/External) Centric
  • Capable of handling multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Working knowledge of Supply Chain Management
  • Excellent contract implementation skills
  • Proactive mentality & flexibility


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Ability to read, write, speak and understand English. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complains from customers and employees. Ability to communicate one-on-one and to groups to explain policies and procedures, and to persuade others to accept or adopt a specific opinion or action. Ability to effectively present information and/or a convincing argument to executives.

 

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Ability to read, analyze and interpret financial reports. Ability to accept ambiguous circumstances and take action where answers to a problem are not readily apparent. Ability to analyze information, problems, situations, practices or procedures to: define the problem or objective, identify relevant concerns or factors, identify patterns, tendencies and relationships, formulate logical and objective conclusions, and recognize alternatives and their implications. Skill in managing multi-faceted projects to a successful conclusion. Ability to multi-task




Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or marital status.

 

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