Job Vacancies at Ericsson

You will

• You will establish the project plan baseline: define project scope, secure the necessary resources and plans and monitor all activities

• Drive project execution: track project activities, monitor and handle changes, conflicts and critical issues

• Handle customer and partner engagement: manage customer relationship building confidence and trust, ensure project progress arranging meetings and customer events

• Handle project finance: ensure financial system monitoring

• Develop the business: participate to contract preparation and to pre-sales meeting

• Develop the CPM field: simplify processes, methods and tools with creative ideas

To be successful in the role you must have

• Education: Bachelor's in Engineering.

• Min years of experience: Minimum of 7 years of experience in project management.

• Demonstrated ability: BSS with expertise in Billing, Charging & Mediation

• Financial Acumen & Analysis Skills

• Business Understanding

• Consultative Selling Skills

• Customer and Market Insight!

• Negotiation, Persuading & influencing Skills

• Project Management Skills!

• Leading & supervising

• Planning & organizing

Ericsson South Africa recruits in line with its Employment Equity plan and will therefore give preference to suitably qualified candidates who are members of designated groups

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Our Exciting Opportunity!
We are now looking for a Strategic Sourcing Manager to strengthen Ericsson’s competitive position by maximizing supplier value, proactively managing business risks and contributing to the creation of value for the Customer. 
The SSM is accountable for evaluating, qualifying and selecting suppliers for the external purchase and licensing of all products and services: 1) to be delivered to Customers as part of or as an Ericsson product or service and 2) for internal use within Ericsson.
The SSM and/or the Supplier Relationship Manager are responsible for all commercial relationship with suppliers.

Your Responsibilities:

• lead, prepare & execute the RFx process

• evaluate and select suppliers

• conduct supplier negotiation

• ensure supplier agreement implementation

• contribute to the long term business

• establish supplier relationship management through structured governance for performance improvement at different levels of preferred supplier lists to be established.

• establish structured and proactive market intelligence to reduce spend in the various Categories to add value to the business

• Ensure compliance in the sourcing process adopted and also with all internal and external stakeholders interfaces

 To be successful in the role you must have

• Qualified professional with at least 5 years commercial experience of which 5 years of professional sourcing/commercial has been the majority

• 3 years of managerial experience and remote management skills

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in the field of business, finance, legal or management

• Min years of experience: 5 years of commercial experience of which professional sourcing has been key

• Domain experience: Indirect Sourcing experience - Travels, HR, Cars, Real Estate & Facility
  management, Professional Support Services, Marketing and Communications etc Sourcing
  Sourcing Practice, Process & Strategy Knowledge

• Change & Improvement Management Skills

• Commercial Acumen & Skills

• Financial Acumen & Skills

• Local Laws & Regulations Knowledge