Senior Technical Sourcing Management

AT&T Senior Technical Sourcing Manager

This position requires office presence of a minimum of five days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered. Join AT&T and reimagine the communications and technologies that connect the world. Our Consumer Technology experience team is delivering innovative and reliable technology solutions to power differentiated, simplified customer experiences. Bring your bold ideas and fearless risk-taking to redefine connectivity and transform how the world shares stories and experiences that matter. When you step into a career with AT&T, you won't just imagine the future-you'll create it.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Negotiates contract terms and pricing and assists with performance and delivery problem resolution with suppliers.
• Drafts, reviews, and approves contractual documents.
• Leads cross-functional teams across various network and operations groups, finance, billing and product management to develop supplier / category specific strategies, manage cost, and assure timely and accurate vendor payments.
• Regularly works with different internal stakeholders such as mobility, sales, billing, finance, legal etc. to facilitate definition of network requirements and procurement based on such requirements.
• Responsible for data analytics to perform financial analysis of vendor proposals for PMO vs FMO view and total cost of ownership including analysis of build vs buy options.
• Has Profit and Loss accountability through cost reduction targets. Manages cost optimization.
• Addresses cross functional operations issues with suppliers to resolve pre-sales, provisioning, maintenance problems.
• May coordinate with sales to leverage buy / sell opportunities with interconnect suppliers.
• Resolves legal and regulatory concerns working with internal SMEs as required.
• May develop and implement analytic methods, procedures, and systems that assess and track supplier data regarding pricing, physical supplier site and building locations, and produce recommendations for choosing suppliers.
• May assist or lead cross-functional teams to ensure performance standards and measurements meet required criteria. Develop and implement timely supplier performance reviews.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of performance improvement plans and assures the resolution of issues that result from supplier performance deficiencies.
• Assist and lead investigation and resolution of billing disputes with suppliers.

Good communication and MS office skills required. Strong business acumen with a good understanding of network products or network build operations, transport / access solutions in wireless and wireline preferred. Knowledge and experience with various regulatory frameworks including state and federal tariff agreements and interconnection agreements preferred.

Key Skills Required

Our Senior Technical Sourcing Managers, earn between $85,700.00-$128,500.00 USD Annual, not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education / training. Education : Bachelor's degree preferred Experience : 3 - 5 years of experience in area of professional responsibility Supervisory : No.

Joining Our Team Comes With Amazing Perks And Benefits

AT&T is leading the way to the future for customers, businesses and the industry. We're developing new technologies to make it easier for our customers to stay connected to their world. Together, we've built a premier integrated communications and entertainment company and an amazing place to work and grow. Team up with industry innovators every time you walk into work, creating the world you always imagined.

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Weekly Hours : 40

Time Type : Regular

Location : Dallas, Texas

Salary Range : $96,000.00 - $144,000.00

It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made. AT&T will consider for employment qualified applicants in a manner consistent with the requirements of federal, state and local laws. We expect employees to be honest, trustworthy, and operate with integrity. Discrimination and all unlawful harassment (including sexual harassment) in employment is not tolerated. We encourage success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or employment status.