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The Network Site Investments Manager will act as the primary contact for product and services sourcing focusing on the Colocation business with the Facebook supply base. Sourcing activities will include but not be limited to identification of product and service availability and options, developing and setting a negotiation and sourcing strategy, partnering with Meta Network Engineering to develop a business and technology roadmap for the Meta Backbone Network and driving strategic sourcing decisions on a global basis. The Network Site Investments Manager will lead and support the development, implementation and management of global strategies to provide the Meta production network with best-in-class cost, optimal flexibility, and unmatched delivery and availability performance. Working closely with the Network Engineering Team, the Network Site Investments Manager will communicate and implement strategies, contracts and pricing with an overall focus on maintaining long term partner relationships and managing total costs of ownership to a minimum.
Job Responsibility:
Contract Strategy and Execution: Lead the business negotiation process with internal partners and supplier. Own closure on contract. Develop negotiation approach, fallback positions, acceptable terms and conditions through to closure
RFx Services: Own and lead the supplier interface for all RFI, RFP and RFQ services. Partner with appropriate internal stakeholders. Present RFx results to evaluation team and drive the closure of a sourcing decision
SLA Performance: Measure, manage and improve supplier actual performance against negotiated SLA
Competitive Benchmarking: Identify key benchmark suppliers in RFx efforts. Partner to identify evaluation criterion and provide relevant data back to internal Meta team
Cost Modeling: Own and provide industry and actual unit and service cost data which feeds into TCO and RFx. Drive continual improvement of productivity
Technology Roadmap: Partner with Meta Network Engineering to coordinate suppliers and review supplier technology and services roadmaps
Preferred Supplier Management: Identify, qualify and formalize which suppliers are Meta's preferred supplier list. Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment. Guide business to PSL
On time Delivery: Measure, report and action to improve delivery performance
Ongoing Cost Productivity: Measure, report and action cost productivity as a function of market pricing
Scorecard Management: Lead measuring supplier performance, root causing issues, and driving improved performance. Own all aspects of supplier performance
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering or Business related field or equivalent, plus at least 6 years of relevant experience in the colocation industry
At least 5 years of Sourcing or Partner Management experience in Network related products and services
Knowledge of purchasing, and supply chain processes, with analytical and results focused approach
Experience in Colocation business, overall Colocation market and associated performance and cost models
Product knowledge among industry sectors Content Delivery Networks, Backbone Networks and IP Services, their operation and associated performance and cost models
Willing to travel about 25% of the time and work across various time zones