Strategic Sourcing Manager

5 months ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Ericsson Full time

**Join our Team**:
**About this opportunity**:
We are now looking for a Strategic Sourcing Manager to strengthen Ericsson’s driven edge by enhancing supplier value, proactively handling 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: to be delivered to Customers as part of or as an Ericsson product or service for internal use within Ericsson. The SSM or the Supplier Relationship Manager is responsible for all commercial relationships with suppliers

**What you will do**:

- Drive, prepare & implement the RFx process.
- Evaluate & select suppliers.
- Drive preparation, execution & finalization of negotiations with suppliers. Award business to supplies
- Ensure implementation of supplier agreements
- Develop the long-term business for the specific product/service.
- Category plan development and execution for countries under his or her purview

**The skills you bring**:

- Qualified professional with at least 8 years of sourcing /procurement experience in the field of telecom and networks services (Telecom installation services, managed services, telecom civil works, network design and optimization).
- Education: bachelor’s degree required, preferably in business, engineering, finance, legal, or management
- Fluency in English is a must
- Sourcing Practice, Process & Strategy Knowledge
- Change & Improvement Management Skills
- Commercial Acumen & Skills
- Financial Acumen & Skills
- Local Laws & Regulations Knowledge

**Behavioral Competences and Core Competencies**
- Behavioral Competences:

- Deciding & initiating action
- Persuading & influencing and Analyzing
- Delivery results & meeting customer expectations
- Ambitious & commercial thinking
- Crafting & innovating
- Change & Improvement Management Skills
- Commercial Acumen
- Facilitate diversity & awareness.
- Financial acumen & skills
- Local laws & regulations knowledge
- Negotiation & argumentation skills
- Team working skills

**Why join Ericsson?**

At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

**What happens once you apply?**

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**Primary country and city**: Nigeria (NG) || Lagos

**Job details**: Strategic Sourcing Manager



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