Head of Supply Customer Unit in South & East Africa at Ericsson

You will:

• Work with the Customer Unit leadership team to ensure that strategic objectives are achieved
• Demonstrate supplier and product knowledge and a thorough understanding of the business objectives
• Drive the supply process to fulfil customer orders and deliver products in a cost-efficient way to our customers on time
• Lead and develop a team of Supply professionals responsible for the delivering, overseeing, reporting status, resolving issues.
• Ensure supply strategy execution and maintenance of the strategic relationships
• Ensure best practice performance management is in place
• Share knowledge and success factors with other areas and functions

To be successful in the role you must have:

• Education: Academic degree or the equivalent level of knowledge
• Min years of experience: 8 -10 years.
• Supply Chain & Supply Processes Knowledge and analytics
• Proven leadership behavioural & Managerial skills
• Background in delivery towards customers, or Customer Support activities
• Financial acumen & Business understanding
• Customer and Market insight
• Negotiation Skills
• Project, Risk management
• Knowledge sharing & collaboration
• Interest and desire to lead people
• Commercial thinking & problem solving
• Persuading, influencing and analytical.