Assistant Vice President, Capacity Management

Console Connect; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Console Connect is seeking a senior AVP to plan and augment global submarine cable capacity to meet business needs, while achieving performance targets for the company.

The role leads cross-functional teams, conducts market analyses, negotiates with providers, and builds business cases for capacity investments, upgrades and expansions, plus budgets and forecasts. Fluency in English and Chinese is required.

Qualifications

• University degree in Business / Engineering / IT or related discipline.
• At least 8 years experience in global Telecommunication industry.
• Strong knowledge of submarine cable systems, IPLC and Ethernet Services, OSS/BSS processes and latest telecommunication technologies.
• Strong results orientation with a track record of achieving goals within budget.
• Self-motivated, analytical with good business judgment.
• Strong project management, presentation and interpersonal skills with ability to mobilize a global cross-department virtual team.
• Proficient in English and Chinese (spoken and written).

Responsibilities

• Act as a team leader and interface with peers to align the cable investment portfolio with performance targets.
• Source and prepare market analysis for new subsea cable planning and investment.
• Negotiate terms and conditions with submarine cable providers on agreements, contracts and order forms.
• Prepare business cases and profitability analyses for capacity investments, upgrades and expansions.
• Prepare regular Capex/Opex budgets and usage forecasts per inventory status; analyze revenue and costs for ongoing forecast and AOP.
• Provide regular KPI performance reports to Finance and Management.
• Monitor inventory utilization and trigger capacity upgrades to maintain thresholds.
• Manage PCCWG's submarine capacity across all cable systems with 50+ entries; maintain accurate inventory.
• Update Sales/Presales and internal teams on available capacity and planned expansions.
• Interface with Cable Planning and Transmission Engineering to ensure lit capacity and costing accuracy.

Skills

Team leadership

Market analysis

Negotiation

Capex budgeting

Opex budgeting

KPI reporting

Inventory control

Cross-functional

English & Chinese

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business/Engineering/IT

Job description

The AVP is responsible to plan and augment the global submarine cable capacity to meet current and future business requirements in a cost-effective manner. The position will be responsible for achieving product performance targets set by the Company.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a team leader and interface with peers to ensure the cable investment portfolio align with the performance target
• Source and prepare market analysis for new subsea cable planning and investment
• Negotiate the terms and conditions with submarine cable providers on agreements, contracts and order forms
• Prepare business cases and profitability analysis for management approval on capacity investment, upgrade and expansion projects
• Prepare regular Capex / Opex budget and usage forecast according to the inventory status. Analyze the revenue and costing to prepare for on-going forecast and AOP
• Provide regular and ad-hoc KPI performance reports to Finance and Management
• Track and proactively monitor the inventory utilization and its trend, and initiate capacity upgrade to maintain the capacity threshold
• Manage cable portfolio and maintain accurate inventory of PCCWG’s all submarine capacity including subsea and terrestrial cable systems with more than 50 cable systems
• Provide regular update and briefing on the available, planned new capacity and new cable systems to the Sales, Presales and internal teams
• Interface with Cable Planning and Transmission Engineering teams to ensure the accuracy of the lit up capacity and associated costing for the own cable investment

Requirements

• A University Degree holder or equivalent in Business / Engineering / Information Technology or related discipline
• At least 8 year experience in global Telecommunication industry
• Well versed and knowledgeable on submarine cable systems, IPLC and Ethernet Services, OSS/BSS business process and latest telecommunication technologies.
• Strong results orientation, with a successful track record of timely achievement of aggressive goals within budget
• Self-motivated, creative, initiative and analytical with good business judgment/acumen
• Good project management skill, presentation skill and interpersonal skill with ability to mobilize a global cross department virtual team
• Good command of English and Chinese, both verbal and written