Strategic Sourcing Manager

Job Description

Location: Sunway, Malaysia

Work rights: Local Employment

Travel required: 10% of the time

Applications close: 31st May 2020

Background Check: All employment offers to join Ericsson are subject to satisfactory completion of our global pre-employment check.

At Ericsson, you can be a game changer! Because working here isn’t just a deal. It’s a big deal. This means that you get to leverage our 140+ years of experience and the expertise of more than 95,000 diverse colleagues worldwide. As part of our team, you will help solve some of society ́s most complicated challenges, enabling you to be ‘the person that did that.’ We’ve never had a greater opportunity to inspire change; setting the bar for technology to be inclusive and accessible; empowering an intelligent, sustainable, and connected world.

Job Summary:

We are now looking for a Strategic Sourcing Manager to strengthen Ericsson’s competitive position by maximizing supplier value, proactively managing 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: 1) to be delivered to Customers as part of or as an Ericsson product or service and 2) for internal use within Ericsson.

The SSM and/or the Supplier Relationship Manager are responsible for all commercial relationship with suppliers.

Responsibilities:

• You will lead, prepare & execute the RFx process
• You will evaluate and select suppliers
• You will conduct supplier negotiation
• You will ensure supplier agreement implementation
• You will contribute to the long term business

Key Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor or Science in Engineering or equivalent
• Min years of experience: 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in sourcing area
• Telecom Domain experience
• Experience in Network Services, i.e. NRO, NDO, External Resource Hiring will be an added advantage
• Sourcing Practice, Process & Strategy Knowledge
• Change & Improvement Management Skills
• Commercial Acumen & Skills
• Financial Acumen & Skills
• Local Laws & Regulations Knowledge

What's in it for you?

With over 90,000 employees across 180+ countries, we have a culture that respects and supports your ambitions, in alignment with our values of Respect, Professionalism and Perseverance. Ericsson is very passionate about learning and development, supports mobility and flexible working hours. We are also committed to diversity and inclusion and to be a responsible and relevant driver of positive change. We also offer some awesome benefits, amazing career development and training programs to provide an empowered career in a connected world.

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