Retail Operation Associate
About Camelot Illinois
Camelot Illinois has been awarded the contract as the new private manager of the Illinois Lottery. The company is restoring transparency, integrity and responsibility to the Illinois Lottery. In partnership with the state, Camelot will operate a modern lottery that truly benefits the people of Illinois. The company’s innovative approach places consumers and social responsibility at its core, providing funding for schools, capital projects and special causes. Camelot is committed to building an organization with the strength and experience to grow the lottery and reinforce its rightful position as a force for good.
Camelot Illinois is a subsidiary of Camelot Global, a leading technology and professional services provider to lotteries around the world. Camelot Global’s portfolio of work includes the Irish National Lottery, Loterie Romande (Switzerland), the California State Lottery, the Kentucky Lottery and the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, among others.
Our sister company, Camelot UK, has operated the UK National Lottery since 1994. Camelot UK has an unrivaled track record for success, helping the UK National Lottery deliver over $80 billion to winners and $46 billion to good causes to date.
About the Team:
The Retail Sales team will implement a comprehensive refresh of the in-store experience for both customers and consumers. 8000 retailers across Illinois will receive transformational sales support reinforced by better products and better media advertising resulting in a transformation of sales performance and overall brand image.
Requirements
Position Overview:
Within Camelot Illinois, the Retail Operations Associate will be responsible for the end to end coordination of all installations, de-installations, changes to terminals and related activities within the retailer.
Responsibilities:
- Ensuring that the maximum number of terminals are trading at all times.
- Manage the flow of Retailer Application, Licensing Approval & Installation.
- Audit application to ensure accuracy and complaince.
- Communicate to teams involved of status of project and communicate to involved parties of application moving into next steps.
- Help resolve any issues or concerns with all functions (internal/external) to ensure application process gets approved.
- Manage flow of Retailer openings & closings.
- Working closely with and aligning field and key account sales, technology providers, Camelot Illinois staff and state employees.
- Improve retail channel capabilities, tools and reporting.
- Provide relevant and timely management information to the retail channels and the wider business, including compliance measurement of the retail engagement program.
- Participate in cross-functional projects on behalf of the retail channels.
- Coordinate retailer training for new and existing retail outlets, including maintaining tools and reports.
- Communicate regular operational updates and centrally hosted information for all retail teams.
- Build and supply content for a library of retail best practices and problem resolution.
- Support the retail operations manager and retailer support director to shape and implement the overall retail strategy and prioritize activities.
- Work productively with key contacts across all teams to ensure effective and efficient working processes.
- Support Camelot Illinois’ commercial plans by providing leading-edge tools and insight to the retail teams.
- Support new and innovative ways of maximizing Camelot Illinois’ retail performance.
- Develop ways to deliver great in store execution of the Illinois Lottery within customers.
- Deliver agreed objectives within investment and cost budgets.
- Ensure external insights align with retail development plans.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelors’s degree
- 2 -5 years of experience in a retail operations or analyst role.
- Proven knowledge of sales impact analysis.
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of retail execution including brand activation.
- Previous experience developing and managing business processes.
Preferred:
- Demonstrable experience in data and database management and development.
- Ability to think and act independently to develop enhancements to current and future ways of working.
- Foster excellent cross-departmental relationships to forge future plans and resolve current issues.
- Ability to articulate and present with impact to senior colleagues.
- Skilled in prioritization and multi-task management under pressure.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience within CPG environments.
- Ability to use Google Suite.
Benefits
Career Growth
We want people who thrive in a relaxed, autonomous, results-driven environment to join our company. We believe the way to attract and retain the best talent is to offer a fulfilling career in an organization committed to growing its own future leaders. Career Development is a top priority and we will partner with employees to grow and progress their professional skill sets.
Benefits and Employee Policies
We will bring our experience of working with European lotteries to Illinois. We will also bring a European influence to paid time off, family leave and so on. We have created a strong ethical culture which is translated to each of our employees and business dealings globally. We aim to offer a package of benefits and policies which will compete with any private sector employer in the state. We ensure that every employee is engaged and has the necessary support to understand and implement the responsible gaming principles in their job.
Moreover, we pledge to have the highest standards of respect, diversity and inclusion at our company and will support and encourage our partners to do the same.
Camelot Illinois is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.