Strategic Buyer Asia

2 weeks ago


Singapore Arelion Full time

Job Description

**Strategic**:

- To be involved in regular supplier performance review meetings as required
- Review existing supplier situation and achieve better buying position through consolidation and optimization.
- Keep up to date with market trends and supplier products and reach
- Support the supplier evaluation, selection and corresponding entry of new suppliers
- Define demand and portfolio with stakeholders and team manager
- Manage key supplier relationships including;
- Supplier performance results
- Due Diligence evaluation
- Lead vendor development in implementation of corrective actions plans
- Negotiations with selected vendors, analyze potential price list improvement opportunities and re-negotiations to reduce cost,
- Analyze and define MSA gaps and needed improvements, lead Contract implementation and drive Contract Compliance alongside with legal and product department
- To support with the implementation and control of preferred supplier list
- Driving and managing all strategic RFIs, RFQs and RFPs
- Commercial negotiation of new and existing colocation premises

**Day to Day Transactional**:

- Responsible for backbone and Infra quotes within approved standard portfolio and region
- Responsible for in-house cabling quotes (via fixed pricelist in SalesForce) for validated colocation facilities
- Responsible for commercial negotiation of new colocation premises as well as renegotiating existing commercial terms
- Check plausibility of requests, define and get missing information
- Negotiate pricing with selected and/or shortlisted supplier
- Prepares and secures Purchase Orders (PO) via SalesForce for the areas stated above
- Requests and prepares Service Order Forms (SOFs) for from suppliers (commercial perspective without demarcs and local contacts)
- Ensures commercials validation of SOFs
- Hands over POs and SOFs to Delivery for order placement
- Orders contract changes / upgrades, downgrades, renewals and B-shifts
- Prime contact to the third party suppliers for commercial matters
- Provide additional support on expedited/escalated quotations and deliveries as required
- Process dismantle orders at the end of the contract term
- To drive contractual renewals at the end of fixed term contracts (Cost Improvement)
- To ensure that the third party inventory is correct and valid at all times
- Manage invoice disputes with vendors

Skills & Requirements
- Extensive & fundamental expertise about the telecommunication sector / carrier market
- High level expertise in vendors/suppliers of capacity products & services
- High level of commercial awareness
- Excellent analytical skills
- High level of documentation and presentation skills
- Good IT knowledge
- Good team player
- Accuracy
- Excellent communication skills
- Flexible, open to changes
- Being initiative & convincing
- Competent planning and organizing skills
- Good decision-making abilities
- Self disciplined and able to work on own initiative

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