Job Description

Job Family Descriptor

Position Summary

To assist in strategizing on offnet access, defining short-term (1 year) & long-term (3 years or beyond) plans to ensure end-customers have the best experience delivering efficiently any type of Content or Application to any user or device anywhere in the world at competitive commercials in the market with minimum operational outage.

Ensuring the execution of the Network category and sourcing strategies is in line with the Procurement Policy and aligns to company\'s corporate objectives to maximize total cost of ownership savings and procurement value contribution. To partake in cost optimization & identify cost-savings incurred on installed base via systematic audit algorithm (e.g., circuit grooming, geo-evaluation & consolidation, alternative access technologies, supplier migration, commercial negotiation etc.)

To support SCM ASP International analysis activities using readily available data, actively participating in initiatives to enhance offnet access inventory and achieve cost savings.

Achieve End-to-End Automation by collaborating with contracted party via account onboarding, data consolidation and API testing.

Broad outline of the Role

Purpose - Broad objective of the role

Operating Network - Key External

Operating Network - Key Internal

Size and Scope of Role - Financial

Size and Scope of Role - No. of direct reports

Size and Scope of Role - Total team size

Size and Scope of Role - Other size parameters

Minimum qualification & experience

Bachelor of Engineering in any field

• 1 to 2 years of relevant experience working in regional telecom providers.
• Relevant working experience on local access management preferably with global telcos or regional telcos
• 1 to 2 years\' experience in the Category Management/Strategic Sourcing environment, focusing on network technology sourcing is a plus point

• Strong & effective negotiation skills
• Strategic & critical in thinking, logical & efficient in approach
• Excellent analytical capabilities
• Strong planning, organizational and decision-making skills
• Experience in driving cost savings initiative is a plus point
• Grounded in core values of integrity & responsibility
• Ability to integrate & work in diverse business environments globally
• Willingness to embrace new technologies, platforms, applications, changes etc.
• Willingness to take up ad hoc workload to help business unit achieve objective.

• High level understanding of Global Networks & technologies
• High level understanding of access technologies such as MPLS, Ethernet, Wireless BB, LTE/5G, Microwave, Satellite and other emerging Networking technologies and their commercial manifestations

Tata Communications