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.

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 Vice President “Fixed & Transport Networks”, your perimeter will cover three essential sourcing categories: Fixed Access, Optical Transport and Microwave. You will mainly exchange with technology and innovation teams as well as decision makers in procurement. You ensure best-in class procurement results of your team. You elaborate and implement procurement strategy/tactics and strategic/business negotiations with the key global vendors in the ecosystem. You will maintain a close relationship with key stakeholders in each international affiliate of Deutsche Telekom and Orange, as well as corporate structures focused on understanding and supporting local strategies delivering best results.

Activities

As VP Fixed & Transport Networks (m/f/d), you ensure best-in-class procurement results by:

• Developing and implementing sourcing- and supplier strategy for the category - taking into account future markets, avoidance of risks, and maximization of opportunities to achieve the Category targets
• Being responsible for managing your Category team, managing worldwide procurement activities & further enhancing scale between DT and Orange Groups and our partners across the globe
• Ensuring close collaboration with senior procurement and technology stakeholders across our and driving demand visibility / spend management
• Negotiating high-value contracts and annual price books
• Driving sustainability and circular economy, maintenance negotiations, industrial supplier strategies, and digitization
• Manage relationships with today’s major suppliers and developing future suppliers

YOUR PROFILE

You hold a University degree or an MBA in Procurement, Business Administration, Economics, or a qualification of the same level. You also possess the following skills and experience:

• Several years of management experience in Strategic Sourcing area
• Professional experience 10+ years in comparable positions in an international company
• Very good knowledge of telecommunication
• Proven track record of strong negotiation skills
• Strong analytical competency on deal baselining/ targets, benchmarking, tools automation
• Capacity to work in a multi-cultural and fast-changing complex environment
• Ability to successfully interact on the executive level
• Fluency in English as well as in German and/or French, 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.