Associate Director - Supply Chain Management (Media Access Management)

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in telecommunications is seeking a professional to lead access delivery cycles. The role is pivotal in managing supplier relationships, optimizing costs, and ensuring efficient delivery solutions, significantly impacting business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in a telecommunication environment, managing Telco partners.
• Good understanding of global telecom networks and access technologies.
• Technical and commercial knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Identify regional access suppliers and lead negotiations.
• Design effective offnet access solutions tailored to customer requirements.
• Lead cost optimization initiatives and conduct performance reviews with suppliers.

Skills

Telecommunication management

Supplier relationship management

Cost optimization

Large project planning

Understanding of supply chain

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

The role is responsible for leading one or more stages during the offnet access delivery cycle i.e., identifying partners, access feasibility, delivery, account settlement, supplier management and service experience improvement. The objective is to ensure timely successful offnet quoting and delivery at optimal costs. This is a tactical role which contributes in defining the direction of the operating plans based on the business strategy, with a significant mid-term impact on business unit overall results.

Responsibilities

• Identify and regional level access suppliers/partners and competition in the region to deliver last mile delivery.
• Lead discussions and first level negotiations with potential access suppliers/partners on contractual capabilities
• Maintain strong relationship with access suppliers to improve the efficiency & cost of delivery.
• Look at avenues for increasing business with key vendors through new portfolios and new order types.
• Work out new technology solutions with partners in conjunction with product teams.
• Design effective and feasible offnet access solution (considering route maps, power , path etc., specific to customer's local market considerations) to meet customer requirement.
• Provide ad-hoc special support to sales / CFT to negotiate with Partners for any special pricing request, non-standard partner offering requirement, expedite delivery, etc. to support sales to bid on complex major deals and increase win rate.
• Finalizing and renewing of vendors contracts for maintenance and installation of network components for optimal levels of operation.
• Conduct quarterly/monthly reviews with key suppliers around overall performance experience from pre-sales feasibility and cost effectiveness, delivery to post-sales support.
• Lead cost optimization initiatives
• Plan and provide inputs to team for jeopardy & contingency management to be able to deliver as per timelines.

Minimum qualification & experience

• Experience in Telecommunication environment, especially experience in managing Telco partners.

Desired Skill sets

• Good understanding of Global Telecom Networks, Access Technologies
• Technical and commercial knowledge
• Large project planning and execution
• Region knowledge of access supply chain market
• Understanding of the supply chain process in the telecom services context of quote-to-cash, involving pricing, SLA, legal and commercial terms, and conditions.
• The role may be an individual contributor or may lead a small team.