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Responsible for procurement of the company’s products and services from regional vendors, in order to support internal stakeholders, by establishing and maintaining long-term beneficial relationships and strategies.

 

 

 

Job Title: Carrier Relations Manager
Location: JHB – Northern Suburbs
Reference: PE009694-Podu-1

Job Summary:
Duties & Responsibilities:
Key stakeholder Relationship:
Internal
Finance, Procurement, Operations, Sales, Project Managers, Quality Assurance, Contract Manager

External
Customers, Vendors/suppliers, Attorneys

Experience & Qualifications:
Minimum Qualification:
ITIL basic foundation certification
Bachelors degree in commerce, supply chain or related tertiary qualification preferable
Project management or service delivery background advantageous

Minimum Experience:
5 years’ experience in telecommunications industry, data networking products (MPLS, Ethernet, WAN, etc.).
Experience in procurement from international suppliers, predominately in Africa and Middle East (preferable)

Other Requirements:
Valid passport
Willing to travel internationally on an ad hoc basis
Prepared to work overtime, if required

Key Performance Areas & Indicators:
PROCUREMENT
Tasks
Fully engage with Commercial Manager to confirm any technical requirements, SLA and delivery lead times for all firm requests
Ensuring services are sourced and negotiated at market-related prices or less.
Monitor escalations received from Commercial Managers to ensure pricing requests completed within the timeline for the respective country matrix.
Negotiate further discounts, based on firm order and obtain an official quote for all requests at 100% probability
Submit a final offer to Commercial Managers accurately
Ensuring pricing books are up to date and communicated with management if any price changes take place.

CARRIER RELATIONS MANAGEMENT:
Tasks
Work with global suppliers, ensuring open and transparent communication of supplier feedback
Develops, reviews, and refines supplier score cards and procedures for vendor rules of engagement.
Leverage score card analytics to make data-driven decisions and recommendations to stakeholders and leaders.
Manage and resolve supplier escalations from internal departments
Responsible for resolving Supplier invoice holds and payment issues from suppliers.
Retrieve reports from the system and generate monthly reports to measure trends

Package & Remuneration:
R 1 – R 1 – Monthly

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