Senior Strategic Sourcer (m/f/d) – Network / RAN
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Sourcing Tomorrow’s Success!
BuyIn, a common company between Orange and Deutsche Telekom is the largest procurement alliance in the TelCo world. We feature sourcing projects over three continents and negotiating €20 billion per years for 45+ customers. At BuyIn, we continuously strive to innovate for our stakeholders, 5G, IoT, AI, Cloud and Robotics are part of our day-to-day business operations.
By prioritizing environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and ethical business practices, our company is committed to building a sustainable future for both our business and the planet.
Description of domain/function:
Network Domain organization consists of 5 technical domains covering Radio Access Networks, Transport and Transmission, Core and Control, Managed Services and Passive Infrastructure. Our sourcing projects are targeting to optimize three main streams : economic efficiency, technical effectiveness and sustainability - using a digital toolset.
Each Senior Strategic Sourcer is managing several of these categories with the goal to identify possible suppliers answering to technical needs and to address them with RfI and RfP processes.
As part of a community of sourcers, teamwork and respectful mindset are key success factors to ensure good collaboration with our stakeholders and internal teams supporting our daily work (Legal, Digital team, etc.).
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
As Senior Strategic Sourcer Radio Access (m/f/d), you ensure best-in class procurement results by :
- Developing and executing sourcing- and supplier-strategies for the category - taking into account future markets, avoidance of risks and maximization of opportunities to achieve the Category targets
- Leading worldwide RAN procurement activities & further enhancing scale between DT and Orange Groups and our other business partners
- Leading and supporting contract negotiations for the RAN team with senior expertise in finding solutions for contractual/legal related matters
- Building and extending excellent relationship with our senior procurement and technology stakeholders
- Securing supplier management, negotiating high value contracts and annual price books
- Driving circular economy, sustainability, digitization and usage of artificial intelligence tools
YOUR PROFILE
You hold a University degree or an MBA in the area of Procurement, Legal, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering or a similar qualification.
You also possess the following skills and experience:
- Professional experience 7+ years in comparable positions in an international company
- Very good knowledge of telecommunication and expert knowledge of RAN technologies
- Strong expertise on contractual formulations, legal background/affinity desirable
- Proven track-record of strong negotiation skills
- Strong analytical competency on deal baselining/ targets, benchmarking, tools automation
- Capacity to work on a multi-cultural and fast-changing complex environments
- Ability to successfully interact on C - level
- Fluency in German and English, French a plus
- Willingness to travel
WHY JOINING BUYIN
- A “human sized” company, composed of a talented team of 30+ nationalities empowering the workplace with values of Teamwork, Commitment and Respect,
- Flexible working conditions (hybrid working, working from abroad),
- Competitive package based on the National Collective Bargaining Agreement for Telecommunication (CCNT), profit sharing (interessement & participation)
- Continuous training: our Procurement Academy will support your learning journey,
- Cutting-edge procurement with topics on AI, IoT, and Sustainability
- Exciting, multifaceted projects for our mother companies (Orange & Deutsche Telekom) & partners,
- 10+ years of track record in excellence in strategic procurement with a spend over €20 million for 45+ customers,
- Or even the usage of BI and IA tools to support you in your daily sourcer activities.
- Department
- NETWORK - Radio Access Network (RAN)
- Role
- Senior Strategic Sourcer
- Locations
- Bonn
- Remote status
- Hybrid
Senior Strategic Sourcer (m/f/d) – Network / RAN
You would like to gain valuable practical experience in a globally acting procurement joint venture in the telecommunications industry? You see your future in an innovative procurement company - Join!
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