Strategic Sourcing Manager
at Ericsson
Kuwait City, العاصمة, Kuwait -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 06 Aug, 2024 | Not Specified | 08 May, 2024 | 5 year(s) or above | Good communication skills | No | No |
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Description:
ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY
We are now looking for a Strategic Sourcing manager (SSM) to work in IT services. The role has a truly global scope and has impact on every single employee in the region, as we source to fulfill needs across the region, across 100+ countries.
The role entails to drive relations with key suppliers, drive knowledge leadership in the field together with stakeholders, to manage risks and contribute to drive cost and performance improvements in the category. You will drive negotiations, RFX’s and also support category projects and programs.
In the role, you will be working close with our internal Enterprise IT organization to evaluate and select products and business models for the category, as well as support globally on continuous basis with questions related to key suppliers and contracts.
You will join the UCDW (Unified Communications & Digital Workplace categories) sourcing team, which are consists of a set of categories related to telecom and digital workplace. We are a diverse team which has true global presence across the globe, with 11 colleagues based in Stockholm, Mexico City and Johannesburg - to name a few. We work in a collaborative fashion on a daily basis together, to drive operational excellence, cost and performance in our supplier base!
Responsibilities:
- Lead, prepare and execute the RFx process
- Manage the category and key suppliers therein
- Manage relations with internal customers and drive portfolio choices related to the category
- Ensure supplier agreement implementation
- Perform sourcing compliance mandatory checks and actions
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:5.0Max:10.0 year(s)
Information Technology/IT
IT Software - Other
Supply Chain Management
Graduate
Proficient
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Kuwait City, Kuwait