Orange in Cairo, Egypt is looking for a Sourcing Analyst. Sourcing analyst is accountable in front of the bid team for all sourcing deliverables (timely delivery, quality & competitiveness) in his/her scope of responsibilities, as per the engagement model.
Main Responsibilities:
Support Sales & Marketing, Bid management & Orange Business Service (OBS) partners by managing the complete quotation process with global carriers to provide timely, optimal quotes in pre-sales to enable effective bidding process with improved competitiveness of OBS.
Manage the sourcing of new customer access connections for all types of service (Ethernet/Internet connections) in the respective regions: optimizing specs, leading communication & negotiation with providers, managing timeline and owning sourcing sign-off.
Liaise with S&M, Quote to Bill and CCM managers to ensure continuous matching of internal requirements with external telecom providers offers to achieve optimum cost & quality.
Capitalize on the global telecom contracts of the Telecom Sourcing teams and perform tactical sourcing per country to further reduce the access circuit costs.
Apply sourcing tactics as per sourcing strategy and country guidelines.
Support Customer Project Sourcing for customer contract renewal optimization projects between external providers and internal stakeholders per country: managing timelines, deliverables, optimal solution & cost.
Manage carrier relations, ensuring the fair and ethical treatment of all telecom suppliers in scope, in accordance with Orange values and sourcing policy build and update a carrier offer database and perform regular benchmarking in close collaboration with the telecom buyer.
Co-operate with telco buyers in post-sales to ensure that the provided service is according to customer expectations.
Analyze observed costs in order to enhance market knowledge and prepare negotiations with suppliers, together with the telco buyer.
Participate & provide feedback to carrier business reviews and tactical operational calls.
Qualifications and Experience:
Strong personal skills (synthetic, analytic, leadership, teamwork, communicating)
Experience in data processing using MS Office (Word, PowerPoint) as well as strong Excel skills are required
Telecom domain skills are key.
Sourcing skills are key.
Project management experience is important
Any business-oriented experience is important
Fluent in both spoken and written English (nice to have: French)
