Job Opportunity at Orange in Egypt: Sourcing Analyst

Orange in Cairo, Egypt is looking for a Sourcing Analyst. Sourcing analyst is accountable in front of the bid team for all sourcing deliverables (timely delivery, quality & competitiveness) in his/her scope of responsibilities, as per the engagement model. 

Main Responsibilities:

• Support Sales & Marketing, Bid management & Orange Business Service (OBS) partners by managing the complete quotation process with global carriers to provide timely, optimal quotes in pre-sales to enable effective bidding process with improved competitiveness of OBS.
• Manage the sourcing of new customer access connections for all types of service (Ethernet/Internet connections) in the respective regions: optimizing specs, leading communication & negotiation with providers, managing timeline and owning sourcing sign-off.
• Liaise with S&M, Quote to Bill and CCM managers to ensure continuous matching of internal requirements with external telecom providers offers to achieve optimum cost & quality.
• Capitalize on the global telecom contracts of the Telecom Sourcing teams and perform tactical sourcing per country to further reduce the access circuit costs.
• Apply sourcing tactics as per sourcing strategy and country guidelines.
• Support Customer Project Sourcing for customer contract renewal optimization projects between external providers and internal stakeholders per country: managing timelines, deliverables, optimal solution & cost.
• Manage carrier relations, ensuring the fair and ethical treatment of all telecom suppliers in scope, in accordance with Orange values and sourcing policy build and update a carrier offer database and perform regular benchmarking in close collaboration with the telecom buyer.
• Co-operate with telco buyers in post-sales to ensure that the provided service is according to customer expectations.
• Analyze observed costs in order to enhance market knowledge and prepare negotiations with suppliers, together with the telco buyer.
• Participate & provide feedback to carrier business reviews and tactical operational calls.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Strong personal skills (synthetic, analytic, leadership, teamwork, communicating)
• Experience in data processing using MS Office (Word, PowerPoint) as well as strong Excel skills are required
• Telecom domain skills are key.
• Sourcing skills are key.
• Project management experience is important
• Any business-oriented experience is important
• Fluent in both spoken and written English (nice to have: French)

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