Head – Towerco Sourcing Category Manager – Data Center Procurement Lead

Overall Job Purpose:

Development and management of organizations key strategic projects of organization around monetization of the infrastructure assets of the company, especially Tower Cos
Management of Supply chain components related to Tower-Co.
End to end contract governance, sourcing of new sites, energy efficiencies, reconciliations, vendor governance and management
Responsible for driving sustainability actions in the Supply Chain Realm

Job Responsibilities:

Sourcing – Towerco:

Continuous market benchmarking of Tower lease Master Service Agreements of all Tower Companies
Work closely with Airtel leadership for developing various Strategic plans to reduce rent & Energy Opex
Develop various models for Tower energy cost reimbursement
Work with Technical to develop various energy reduction solutions and develop new partners for these solutions
Source Tower related capex items like Tower structures – GBT/RTT/GBM/RTP/COWs (Cell on Wheels)
Develop new TowerCos, negotiate and sign Master Service agreements with them.
Negotiate and sign new agreements with existing TowerCos for rental and energy charges for new technology/ new electronics/ new solutions to be deployed at towers.

Contract Management & Governance:

Ownership & management of Tower related Network operating expenses mainly rental & energy.
Contract & Relationship management with all Tower Companies (TowerCos).
Regular governance with all Tower Companies.
SLA/KPI management as per MSAs with TowerCos.
Work closely with TowerCos for development of new processes which ensure timely ordering and execution of sites.
Support Business & Network teams in terms of managing escalations related to TowerCos.
Ensuring timely payments to TowerCos.
Work with internal finance teams and TowerCos to prepare annual budget for Tower related expenses; streamline financial provisioning processes or any such process which involve Towercos.

People:

Work closely with OpCo teams for discharge of all activities related to TowerCos on ground.
Continuously coach and train OpCo teams on Towercos MSAs

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