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RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Providing the sales team (internal/external) with the necessary technical expertise to enable sales and sales processing.
- Effectively manage the OSP team members, providing direction and guidance, monitor and evaluate.
- Review product pricing, forecasts, and constantly monitoring inventory levels held at warehouses including liaison with production (locally and globally) to ensure supply timelines.
- Providing specialist support, guidance, monitoring and evaluation of Installations and
- Maintenance Services.
- Review of system stock levels, report on items ≥ 120days.
- Provide product awareness training sessions (Employees, Clients, Contracts and Sub-contractors)
- Building relationships with all stakeholders.
- Maintaining ISO standards:
- Ensuring that Suppliers conform to ISO standards.
- Make product diagrams/specifications and any specific product requirements available to all stakeholders.
- Oversee product non-conformances and taking the appropriate action where required.
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Suppliers.
- Ensure Suppliers Compliance to BBBEE legislation & Health, Safety and Environmental regulations
- Assist with marketing and branding material for products.
- Co-ordination of sales and market approach, provide sales strategy inputs.
- Evaluation of price competitiveness.
- Continuous analysis of the market segment and drive business development.
- Identifying new opportunities, strategy development, evaluation and review.
- Ensure the profitable sales of the product and the management of the life cycle thereof.
- Communicating new products and product changes.
- Provide and generate information for successful Tender / Bids / RFQs / RFIs / RFPs and Vendor applications.
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Suppliers contractual obligations in terms of Quality, lead-times, EOL, DOA etc
- Ensure that Supplier Contracts are updated (Renew/ Cancel.
- Oversee matters around non-conformance in a timely manner.
- Adhere to all company policies, procedures, regulatory standards and statutory requirements.
Desired Experience & Qualification:
Requirements:
- Matric
- Diploma/ Degree in Engineering or Telecommunications
- A minimum of 5 years Telecommunications Product knowledge and experience.
- Must be an expert in the field of OSP Products.
- Fibre Network design. (Bill of material and services)
- Product pricing with international shipping component, pre-inspections, tariffs, duties etc.
- Excellent computer skills and proficient in MS Office, Visio, Accpac experience
- Thorough understanding of the operating environment (Telecommunications-ICT,
- Imports/Exports) and principles of competitive advantage
- Thorough knowledge, experience and understanding of the Telecommunications Industry
- Sound knowledge and understanding of the principles of product life cycle, financial structures, accounting procedures and purchasing processes.
- Long working hours.
- Required to attend meetings, functions/events.
- National and International travel required
- Code 8 drivers license and own reliable vehicle.
- Valid Passport
METHOD OF APPLICATION
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