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Company: Ericsson :
As the tech firm that created the mobile world, and with more than 54,000 patents to our name, we’ve made it our business to make a mark. When joining our team at Ericsson you are empowered to learn, lead and perform at your best, shaping the future of technology.
This is a place where you're welcomed as your own perfectly unique self, and celebrated for the skills, talent, and perspective you bring to the team.
Are you in?
Come, and be where it begins.
Our Exciting Opportunity!
We are now looking for a Sourcing Business Partner.
Your role will make Ericsson and our Customers successful by actively contributing towards securing short and long-term profitable business.
Through your early engagement in Partner organizations, you will drive higher value contribution from third-party deliveries to a business.
To drive value, relevant category strategies and preferred supplier lists shall be endorsed through active participation in strategic Sales and product/project forums, including business and product decision meetings.
The Sourcing Partner shall promote new business ideas that are based on optimized value extraction through collaboration from third parties and Ericsson supplier base, other business bench-marking, and Sourcing strategies.
You will also be accountable for the Sourcing contribution of business opportunity or concept to delivering on Partner expectations.
This position would partner with the sales & presales operations for some of the customers in West Africa and Morocco region.
This region brings infinite opportunities for growth and innovation.
We have a diversity of customers operating on local, regional, and global levels. Together with our customers, we play a pivotal role in connecting end-users, building broadband networks that support economic growth, build job opportunities and bring access to basic services.
We take pride in our Ethics and Compliance culture ensuring we grow our footprint responsibly.
Our teams are energetic, upbeat, adventurous and with a phenomenal appetite to learn. Join us in this exciting Customer Unit beating with energy and ambition.
You will :
- Conspire and commit to Partnering with the business
- An advisor and dedicated to partner engagement
- Inspire business ideas, strategies & preferred supplier list
- Hold sourcing responsible for the profitability, competitiveness and compliance
- Optimize Sourcing performance targets
- And you will back & support M&A sourcing projects
To be successful in the role you must have
- Education: A first academic degree or equivalent qualification (An MBA is a plus)
- Minimum 5 years of sourcing experience and/or extensive experience - negotiation telecom projects with subcontractors.
- Demonstrated ability in procurement & sourcing function
- Sourcing Practice, Process & Strategy Knowledge
- Business Understanding and Business Modelling Skills
- Writing documentation and presentation
- Change & Improvement Management Skills
- Commercial Acumen & Skills
Deciding & Initiating Action :
- Additional Requirements:
- Sourcing or Sales Background
- Having IT or Telecommunication Experience
- Certification in Contract Management or Sourcing will be an advantage.
What´s in it for you?
Here at Ericsson, our culture is built on over a century of adventurous decisions. With us, you will no longer be dreaming of what the future holds – you will be redefining it.
You won’t develop for the status quo, but will build what replaces it. Joining us is a way to move your career in any direction you want; with hundreds of career opportunities in locations all over the world, in a place where co-creation and collaboration are embedded into the walls.
You will find yourself in a speak-up environment where empathy and humanness serve as cornerstones for how we work, and where work-life balance is a priority.
Welcome to an inclusive, global company where your chance to create an impact is endless.