Manager/Core Network Procurement

Job Description

Implement the strategic sourcing for specific ‘Global Procurement Categories’ which shall deliver the greatest value for ‘global’ and ‘local’ procurement categories by developing a plan, in liaison with ‘Budget Holders’, Group/OpCos’ Procurement and relevant stakeholders at e& UAE & OpCos to gain a competitive advantage for e& promoting a sustainable sourcing to preserve good performance and quality in purchasing products and/or services from third parties, and reducing costs which have a directly impact on the bottom line (EBIT)

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the data collection historical spend per category in liaison with OpCos procurement, OpCos’ Budget Holders and Group/OpCos’ Finance functions, including the forecasted launch of new products/services in the market by OpCos and/or the adoption of new technologies in OpCos’ technology infrastructures for the purpose of consolidate the demand in a group wide ‘Master Procurement Plan’ where all sourcing initiatives are planned and cost saving’s targets and drivers have been identified.
• Responsible for the ‘Strategic Sourcing Category Execution’ and RFx process from RFx preparation to RFx execution in liaison with Budget Holders and Finance.
• Responsible for the reduction of the direct and indirect cost by building long term partnerships with strategic and approved vendors understanding the vendor's business rational and promoting vendor rationalization and consolidation on strategic vendors to create mutually beneficial and cost saving opportunities leveraging on strategic vendor’s area of excellence.
• Responsible for drafting and negotiating commercial terms and contractual clauses based on e& standard templates to ensure that before the award to vendor the final agreement is in order and properly drafted, the execution process has been duly fulfilled in compliance with P&Cs processes and policies, BoQ or BoM are clear and accurate, delivery date (including intermediate milestones) are carefully indicated in the contract and linked to liquidated damages, service levels are properly drafted (including key performance indicators, key performance objectives, calculation formulas linked to service credit mechanisms, etc.), and scope of work legally enforceable.
• For ‘Revenue Contracts’, responsible for empowering e&'s revenue generator capabilities by managing the procurement ‘major bid’ task force ensuring that (i) the commercial model, scope and contractual terms proposed or that shall be proposed to the client and validate/identify the vendors that may serve to our scope of work among those that are strategic or preferred vendors for each specific category; (ii) e&’s profitability is preserved against discounts requested by the client during the commercial proposition process; (iii) Acceptance, invoicing and payments term to reduce e&’s financial exposure, working capital; (iv) Back to back policy between client agreements and vendors’ agreement is always duly implemented by the Category Manager acting in liaison with relevant stakeholders; and (v) scope of work doesn’t have gap between what the vendor can deliver and what we promise to deliver to the client in the client agreement.
• Responsible for ‘Transactional Procurement’ in compliance with strategic sourcing guidelines and existing global/local framework and rates agreements to promote their execution and spot buying through the adoption of e& standard terms and condition for the procurement of goods or services.
• Responsible for minimizing the time requirement for the issuance of purchase orders from the purchase requisitions’ receiving date to ensure the execution on a timely matter the prompt engagement of vendors safeguarding service performance, time to market and company reputation.
• Responsible to ensure a superior consistent delivery against the contract commitments, safeguarding the reputation of both contracting parties by ensuring that (i) both parties understand their respective responsibilities under the contract; (ii) the contract’s deliverables and vendor performance are constantly monitored; (iii) communications are managed consistently by authorized personnel; and (iv) deviations from the contractual terms are promptly identified, notified and corrected.
  
  

Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field of Procurement / Supply Chain

10~12 years of experience in procurement operations at a large multinational telco or technology organization, with at least 4~6 years in a managerial/team lead position (Civil works/Construction, Mechanical & Electrical Projects and Fixed Site Infrastructure etc.)