Purpose

Lead sourcing activities to achieve cost savings, internal and external CSAT and launch new suppliers and services in in his/her geographies

Main responsibilities

Sourcing strategy and market engagement

• Plan and implement sourcing strategy to engage suppliers based on market knowledge and requirements from business units
  • Explore new revenue stream with new countries and/or services, and be the first to launch a service (time to market)
  • Sustain competitiveness in existing countries, optimize cost and challenge incumbent suppliers on a regular basis
  • Communicate and promote use of selected suppliers based on sourcing strategy
  • Implement sourcing strategy in compliance with Orange’s "7 Steps" process

Drive new service launches

• Drive sourcing process, and facilitate fast implementation of new suppliers and services with relevant stakeholders
  • Conduct commercial negotiation with suppliers (pricing, commercial T&Cs, SLA penalties, etc)
  • Engage stakeholders to ensure buy-in on supplier selection, and validation of new suppliers and services
  • Actively lead contracting process with Legal
  • Ensure compliance with governance requirements

Stakeholder engagement

• Establish a close relationship and collaboration with relevant stakeholders
  • Business units to structure the demand plan activity and prioritize actions
  • Regulatory to ensure compliance
  • Network and operations to define, monitor and drive carrier performance financial and operational KPIs

Supplier management

• Manage relationship with suppliers (supplier owner)
  • Drive regular business reviews
  • Monitor and track supplier’s business performance, broadly and with Orange only; supplier business with Orange, such as evolution of spend, volume, unit cost, shall be monitored in collaboration with relevant stakeholders on a monthly basis
  • Act as a single point of contact to supplier for commercial issues, and synchronize with other buyers purchasing commodities from the same supplier

about you

• Proven track record in sourcing enterprise and wholesale data and voice services in his/her geographies for large service providers
• Expert knowledge of the enterprise and wholesale markets and its evolution, regulatory environment, technology, market competitive landscape, etc, in his/her geography
• Ability to work and negotiate in an international and multi-cultural environment internally and externally
• Self-motivated and autonomous, comfortable to give recommendation and make decision
• Structured, detail oriented and results driven person
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English and preferably another language of the region he/she is responsible for
• Well versed in Excel and Powerpoint

additional information

department

OBS Sourcing

contract

Regular