Safaricom Senior Coordinator - International Capacity and IP job in Kenya

Safaricom Limited is the leading mobile telecommunications company in Kenya. 

We are at the forefront of the industry and always seek to attract and retain talented, creative and innovative team players who are excited by the opportunity of pushing the frontiers of this evolving technology, growing our services, exciting our customers and contributing to our community. 

At Safaricom, we take pride in our talent and develop them to realize their maximum potential!

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy within the Finance Division. 

In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:

Senior Coordinator - International Capacity and IP
RF: FIN - SCICIP - JAN 2013

Reporting to the Senior Manager - International Carrier & Wholesale Relations the job holder's key responsibilities will be to;

• Establish clear pillars that will inform the purchase of capacity. These pillars should drive the capacity purchase requirement mix both locally and regionally and should proactively help the business anticipate what purchasing considerations will need to be made to ensure the business can effectively compete in this space.
• Ensure the relationships with international Data/IP partners meets the needs of the business and evolves as per the strategic direction of the business by collaborating with the key stakeholders internally across the business to ensure the communication to the vendors is complete, correct and aligned to avoid silo management of vendor relationships;
• Leverage on group synergies to accelerate access to vendors of strategic importance to the business by developing a clear and complete profile of the vendor touch points across the business including contract details, key contact persons, last contact made within the business and by whom;
• Initiate forums where key vendors can engage internal stakeholders and cater for partnership models to obtain bargaining power for the business with vendors;
• Manage and minimize international capacity and IP costs and ensure profitability and also ensure settlement for International Capacity and connectivity for Data and IP Services as per contract by ensuring that all capacity purchases are supported by a compelling and well documented business case and are prepared and reviewed within the pre-defined SLAs;
• Ensure all contractual obligations for wholesale purchases of capacity are provided so that all documentation that will be required to correctly raise POs and invoices is done on a timely basis in the system;.

The ideal candidate should possess the following skills and competencies:

• A recognized University Degree in  Bachelor of Science, Engineering, Technical  or Business related field;
• At least 5 years work experience in the telecommunications sector which must include establishing and managing international carrier services and interconnection arrangements.
• Experience in projects management is an added advantage.
• Experience and technical skills in telecommunications industry and sound knowledge of International Telecommunications  Services is a mandatory requirement;

If you meet the requirements and are self driven, proactive and up to the challenge, please send your resume and application letter quoting the job reference number to the address below. 

All applications must be delivered on or before Friday the 25th of January 2013..

The Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition
Safaricom Ltd
Nairobi
 

Via E-mail to hr@safaricom.co.ke