Client based in JHB North seeks the services of an Acquisition Technical Project Manager to oversee vendor and partner relationships. Ensure that we plan, negotiate and execute, high-quality agreements with our suppliers, working closely with our planning, negotiation, and delivery team.
Responsibilities:
Go to the market to secure defined network assets based on guidance provided by negotiators and planners.
– Ensure that the orders secured with vendors are providing Google with the right assets, at the right time and at
the right cost.
– Execute established processes with regard to network acquisitions, and drive projects with defined scope and
complexity.
Exercise discretion and independent judgment in determining appropriate steps.
– Demonstrate traits and attributes of a technical program manager: organized, detail-oriented, and great
communication skIs
Basic project management skills such as project planning, status reporting, timeline estimation, issue tracking,
meeting facilitation, and processing documentation
Qualifications:
- Degree B.Sc in telecommunication or equivalent
- Total years of experience in what industry, discipline, or responsibility:
- 5+ years planning or acquiring technical infrastructure assets in Africa.
- Strong negotiation skills
- Relationship and stakeholder management
Specific Tools or Applications experience: basic knowledge of finance to compare solutions
Desired Skills:
- telecommunication
- planning
- stakeholders
- relationship
- negotiation
- vendors
- acquisitions