Manager - Costing and Profitability MTN Global Connect at MTN

RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Performance Areas: Core, essential responsibilities / outputs of the position (KPA's)

The Manager Costing & Profitability role will be accountable to achieve the following objectives:

• Develop the strategy for optimizing and managing costing framework for Bayobab capacity.
• Develop and implement costing principles that will be applied to set the prices and other charges including price caps, price guidelines and other price controls for the various products
• Carry out all necessary studies, analyses and cost calculations with the aim of minimizing the cost of international services by developing relationships with 3rd party suppliers and OpCo’s
• Derive the pricing principles based on market trends and market analysis for price benchmarking purposes in order to maintain relevant price books.
• Align with the various internal teams, particularly the tax and compliance teams in order to manage issues relating to withholding taxes, transfer pricing and ensure full alignment to group policy.
• Identify the Bayobab submarine connectivity costs and pricing by analyzing the competitive environment from a global perspective and collating inputs from the OpCos on competitive offers received for international connectivity
• Gather OpCo’s terrestrial connectivity costing inputs, with focus on the wholesale components for backhaul and last mile from the cable landing stations
• Support in the sourcing of 3rd party connectivity when required, ensuring to meet the target price and quality requirements
• Provide support to the product management teams on product development and pricing as relates to multi-OpCo infrastructure 
• Ensure connectivity sourcing deals afford optimal benefit to MTN and MTN’s clients, considering price, quality, SLAs and speed of delivery

Role Deliverables

• Costing Model framework for Bayobab capacity and services
• Costing and pricing strategy of wholesale fixed connectivity solutions (subsea and terrestrial)
• Support the pricing methodologies for Opcos and internal connectivity services
• Initiate and support Initiatives to improve margins on new and existing services
• Regular market analysis and price benchmarking in order to maintain relevant price books
• Constant engagement with Tax and Finance to ensure full compliance on group policies

Role Dependencies

• Bayobab sales, technical, product and finance teams
• Bayobab OpCo and Group Enterprise demand management teams

QUALIFICATIONS

Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Competencies)

Education:

• Minimum 4-year Academic Degree (Commerce, BBA, Engineering /Computer or Business Science) 
• Post graduate qualification MBA/Masters (Economics, Engineering /Computer Science) preferred 
• English, French and Arabic (as advantage)

Experience:

• 5+ years relevant cost modelling and pricing experience in the fixed line international telecommunication industry preferably in carrier business with a good technical understanding as well.