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The Commercial Lead is responsible for delivering positive outcomes on Vodacom Business’s largest and most complex opportunities. This is a customer facing role that requires a deep understanding of Vodacom & Vodafone’s complex global products and solutions as well as the macro-economic factors that influence decision making. The Commercial Lead will need to understand the customer’s business and how multiple scenarios might evolve through the opportunity life-cycle.
Job Responsibility:
Create a strong commercial strategy that delivers against the customer’s objectives, constantly evaluating win chance whilst also ensuring profitable growth for Vodacom and mitigating business risk
Develop negotiation strategies using industry best-practice
Lead customer negotiations to achieve the best possible outcomes for Vodacom
Play a pivotal role in aligning a robust set of internal stakeholders behind a deal strategy that they have developed whilst driving the opportunity through to positive closure
Strong stakeholder relationships within all functions involved in the bid process and the Vodacom Business subsidiaries
Provide regular updates and briefings on in-flight deals to C-Level customer and Vodacom stakeholders
Be accountable for the appropriate governance and approval of their opportunities and will need to manage squads of Bid and Commercial professionals from various teams
Recognise partner dependencies and ensure accountable functions are held accountable to deliver solution and commercial requirements specific to each deal
Requirements:
Business / Finance or Telecoms related Bachelor´s Degree compulsory
Post Graduate or relevant professional qualifications desirable
10 years of Telecommunication experience in Commercial, Finance, Sales or Operations, leading virtual teams in the delivery of complex, global projects
Data driven with strong analytical and insight focus
Good knowledge of Excel and SQL is desirable
Highly developed and proven commercial skill set coupled with the ability to program manage cross-functional teams in a technology environment
Proven leadership of complex multi-national opportunities working across a complex sales and business environment
A track record of working with blue chip customers, demanding internal stakeholders and a strong appreciation of sales processes and methodologies
Strong decision-making capability
Above average negotiation skills and the ability to engage with customer and Vodacom C-suite
Exceptional understanding of risk
Understand the competitive landscape of Enterprise Business markets, and their customer base, and act as a credible advisor to the Vodacom Business Exco
Understand the complexity of Vodacom Business and how it impacts customer proposals
Customer Focus
Accountability
Collaboration
Resilience
Flexibility
People Management
Organizational Savvy
What we offer:
Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies