Jobs at IHS Towers for Senior Supplier Program Management Specialists

IHS Towers, is the largest independent mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 2001, IHS provides services across the full tower value chain - collocation on owned towers, deployment and managed services. Today IHS Towers has operations in Nigeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia and Rwanda. Following the recent acquisitions of MTN and Etisalat’s tower portfolios in Nigeria, IHS owns over 23,300 towers in Africa. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Senior Supplier Program Management Specialist Location: Nigeria Reports To: Senior Manager -Supply Chain Summary

• Work closely with all functional teams to ensure successful integration, support contract execution and management initiatives.

• The Supplier Program Management Specialist (SPM) would be responsible for management and oversight of major supplier activities.
• Working closely with the technical project teams, procurement, operations and other supporting functions to ensure successful integration and support of proposal efforts, contract execution and supplier management initiatives.
• Working closely with other functions in an integrated team environment to develop procurement specifications and statements of work for a variety of complex goods and services.
• Performs stakeholder needs analysis, technical measure definition, and requirements analysis, allocation and definition.
• Performs cost vs. requirements trade studies, cost driver analysis, and analysis of supplier cost proposals using parametric cost modelling techniques.
• Assists with analyses to evaluates customer/operational needs to define technical performance requirements.
• Supporting leadership related to Supplier Management strategy and resolves issues. Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies that support successful execution of the procurement packages.
• Conducts oversight and management of strategies, performance and development of large-scale products and services.
• Manages technical, business, product delivery, quality and in-service aspects of supplier/subcontractor relationships and performance.
• Establishes operating plan to monitor performance to plan.
• Uses structured requirements processes to ensure requirements are clear, unambiguous verifiable and affordable.
• Develops and implements processes for other business units and functions when appropriate.
• Identifies and manages all aspects of supplier statement of work, contractual commitments and performance to support company procurement strategies and contractual compliance and establishes operating plan.
• Provides technical and business guidance to critical suppliers and projects.

• Technical bachelor's degree and typically 14 or more years' related work experience or a Master's degree with typically 12 or more years' or a PhD degree with typically 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Initiates assignments and determines and pursues courses of action necessary to obtain desired results. Work is checked through consultation and agreement with others rather than formal review by a superior.
• Applies advanced job principles, theories, and concepts. Contributes to the development of new principles and concepts as well as advanced job practices, techniques, and standards. Recognized as a job expert within the company.
• Excellent communication skills in oral and written formats
• Experience in contract structure, interpretation and negotiation.