Head of Technical Procurement

Purpose of the job

Developing, implementing and overseeing the purchasing strategy and associated framework /management system/ policies and procedures that aligns with the achieving of the company business strategy.

Duties and responsibilities

• Build expertise on new domains of growth & innovation and contribute to company transformation program
• Design and perform internal control on processes, activities and on accuracy of financial implications of them for the purchasing activities
• Develop and sustain subject matter expertise regarding acceptable contractual terms, applicable regulatory compliance requirements, Service Level Agreements and supplier relationship measurements.
• Ensure proper integration of Buy In procurement joint venture guidelines within OEG sourcing process and governance.
• Establish and maintain highly effective relationships with all levels of the internal organization and with relevant external suppliers.
• Support permanently the continuous change management for adapting purchasing processes/procedures to FT group/OEG strategic developments directions.
• Provide overall leadership to the purchasing team and ensures that procurement policies and procedures are followed.
• Lead a sourcing organization and/or activities related to a portfolio of global category(ies) and/or commodity(ies) within a sourcing domain.
• Ensure vendor & sourcing projects consolidation, perform synergies with the objective of achieving additional savings.
• Deal with top vendors representatives in the country /region through managing a business partnerships relations with them aiming to achieve volume discounts, bundle agreements and trade-in options realizing the best deals for Orange.
• Act as advisor for different departments in the organization in tax treatments, logistics options, major related legal concepts related to purchasing.
• Support the organization in realizing the best P&L through controlling the CAPEX cost, reducing the operational cost while maintaining the best network quality.
• Develop and promote suppliers and competitors? market intelligence, analysis and specific sourcing expertise and know-how and formalize intellectual capital.
• Innovate pricing model & strategies and negotiate techniques within technical procurement area to achieve best deliverables.
• Set Purchasing Committee governance, align Purchasing Committee with TDC, TTM governance
• Establish purchasing policy and procedures and define and review purchasing policy and procedures, in close collaboration with internal& external stakeholders, GSSC and Buyin.
• Define yearly sourcing roadmap, propose to OEG officers validation and present it to GSSC and Buyin.

People Management

• Provide coaching and request needed training for direct reports ensuring continuous individual development.
• Ensure a healthy working environment for the department employees through focusing on team building and
• Motivation initiatives.
• Conduct regular performance and competency evaluations for direct reports while delivering constant constructive feedback for higher achievements and further development.
• Hold regular meetings with the team members in order to strengthen their communications and ensure that same objectives are shared among all of them

Job specification

Education

• Bachelor degree in Business Administration/ Engineering / Economics
• MBA or certificates in the field of Operation and Supply chain is an asset

Experience

• minimum 10 years of experience in the same field, preferably telecom industry.

Skills and abilities

• Very good English both spoken and written.

• Very good computer skills.

• Strong Customer Orientation.
• Strong communication, listening & interpersonal skills.

• Flexibility & ability to work in a team.
• Self-confident with professional behavior & attitude.
• High sense of time management.