Job#: 3057987 Job Description: Description:Targeted Years of Experience: 5-7 years
Our Central Engineering Services Capital Efficiency team is hiring a passionate and driven Spend Governance Manager to perform oversite of construction services suppliers and spend recovery of our client's Wireless Construction Programs.
We are staffing a centralized organization to enhance the oversite and governance functions associated with our client's contacted Construction Services Spend using structured price models referred to as 'matrix pricing'. You will be a member of a team contributing to the maturation of this new function. Using your deep knowledge of our client's Construction Matrix pricing structure, RAN construction Work estimating, Construction Management or Project Management, Auditing, and an understanding of construction Suppliers' financial risks, you will build and mature the processes, tools, and competencies of a stronger Supplier Management Spend Governance function.
This role will initially focus on identifying supplier overcharges in a spend universe of ~$700-$900M/yr. across ~12 domestic regional markets, developing the risk mitigated plan to recover overcharging from the supply base, collecting and presenting supporting details of overcharges, prepare negotiation support documentation to initiate and defend the recovery of overcharges from the supplier, and ensure a beneficial settlement outcome for the client. This role will have specific targets assigned for financial recovery to the client.
The role will grow into providing oversite functions of the preferred construction supplier pool, maintain and facilitate a Quarterly Business Review discussion with the supply base, document process opportunities and as the function matures provide the continuity in strategic discussion between the supplier and local submarket teams. You will be establishing a Quarterly Business Review program where performance and best practices are exchanged. The role will also require the management of internal stakeholders to aid the regional organizations curtailing overcharging before it occurs and managing the relationship with the preferred supplier base.
In this role, you will act as the central spend governance and supplier management contact and will need to engage with multiple stakeholders across the larger RAN (wireless) and Global Supply Chain / Sourcing organizations. You must be adept at interfacing with regional Engineering teams, Engineering Leadership, Services Sourcing organization, Legal & Contract Managers, and comfortable engaging and negotiating with the leadership of Construction Service providers.
You will be need to be familiar with accessing our client's Construction Management (FUZE) and Financial Systems (SAP, QLIK, PeopleSoft), you will need to be proficient with Excel/ Google Sheet spreadsheets and analyzing large quantities of data, you will have first-hand knowledge of or experience with construction at Wireless Macro-cell site, you will have some familiarity with Artificial Intelligence tools such as Google Gemini, Google Notebook and Claude Chat/Co-work. Additionally, you will have experience administering the client's Services Matrix pricing compensation programs either representing the client or a supplier.
As this function grows additional responsibilities will be added that will include; conducting detailed and targeted Price Reviews within a region or for a supplier, promoting process innovation and beneficial Supplier partnerships; and supporting the growth and maturation of a centralized Services Matrix program Center of Excellence which will include building and administering training programs for the client and Supplier Stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities- Preferred Supplier Management:
- Administer Quarterly Business Review Process
- Prepare supplier performance reporting dashboards
- Document communications, performance gaps, and track recovery plan success.
- Overcharge Recovery:
- Gather, review, and develop targeted overcharges for Suppliers within a market.
- Analyze rudimentary Excel Reports, Dashboards, Construction Scope documents, and document overcharges.
- Prepare risk impact and mitigation options before seeking overcharge recovery.
- Prepare standard recovery request letters and issue through Verizon Sourcing Dublin.
- Develop Dispute and Recovery negotiation strategy (Letter's of Credit, Cash settlement, other)
- Engage with and support the Sourcing contact with the recovery and negotiation process.
- Ensure the settlements are seen through to resolution and market risk is managed
- Manage Stakeholder communications for assigned geographies and Suppliers
- Meet spend recovery targets
- Detailed Price Reviews:
- Conduct deep dive price reviews on select projects cross referencing construction drawings, as-built documents, RF Data Sheets, and financial records
- Identify overcharges
- Make recommendations to the local market teams or requests for recovery of the vendors
- Build Plan Risk Mitigation
- Identify and share opportunities to coral costs without jeopardizing the supply base conducting the construction activity in a market.
- Assess the risk and timing impact each overcharge recovery request will have on the ability for the local teams to deliver.
What we're looking for...- Six or more years of relevant work experience.
- Self-motivated & results driven with a strong sense of urgency.
- Understanding and practical experience using our client's Construction Services Matrix pricing programs for Macro Modification, Macro Colocation, and/or small cell Construction
- Experience engaging and influencing stakeholders from Regional Senior Leadership to frontline Construction Management.
- Experience in services sourcing with price negotiation and supporting settlements
- Experience in administering national quarterly business review performance and process discussions.
- Engineering or telecommunications experience with the vendor landscape, methods & procedures and costs associated with construction, installation and maintenance of wireless networks.
- Familiarity with construction and maintenance services contracting methodologies inclusive of cost plus, fixed cost, time and material cost drivers.
- Experience of tower construction estimating methods and tools.
- Knowledge of FUZE PO and SPM system.
- Ability to interpret construction drawings, RF Data Sheets, Bill of Materials, and Purchase Order financial information.
Even Better if you have:- Some Auding and Contract Management experience
- Experience in Supplier Management
- Experience with Negotiated Contract Services settlements
- Experience managing relationships with stakeholders with various and often divergent objectives.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:Certifications in PMP, Internal Audit, Contract Management, Six Sigma might strengthen your candidacy but is not a pre-requisite for this outcome driven role.
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