Jobbeschreibung
You are responsible for supporting the attraction as well as for the successful management and pro-visioning of service contracts. You are responsible for identifying the required resources and managing the various internal/external contractors and suppliers in an integrated approach towards the customers.
The mission consists in the successful management of various services that will support SES Tech-com to generate recurrent revenues based on multi-year service agreements in various domains like equipment/system hosting, satellite teleport services, satellite VSAT network services. Customers are mainly of institutional nature. On a day-to-day basis, you will mainly collaborate with the SES technical and commercial entities.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES / KEY RESULT AREAS
- Support the attraction of contracts by supporting the various “request for proposal” (RFPs) phases like proposal preparation, proposal handover and negotiation, contract set-up, etc.
- Takeover or set-up services that follow a project phase, thus requiring the close collaboration with the Project Manager in charge of the project phase
- Case dependent, also support and/or manage the project phase
- Manage Customer relationships
- Either support or be responsible to:
- Write, coordinate, negotiate and maintain service agreements (KPIs) with suppliers and subcontractors being either SES-internal or external entities
- Write, coordinate, negotiate and maintain service agreements with Customers being either SES-internal or external commercial/institutional entities
- Provide – when contractually agreed – service reports presenting past activities and upcoming objectives
- Interface Customers and collect requirements for the set-up, monitoring and updating of Ser-vice Level Agreements
- Review technical SOW’s as developed by the SE’s / Solution Lead as appropriate to the customer needs and project requirements
- Document and communicate customer needs, project status, exceptions and resolutions
- Use professional project management tools and other usual office tools as appropriated to report and document service and/or project realizations
- Support or manage the set-up of cost/pricing sheets in the frame of proposal set-up and with respect to contract realizations
- Coordinate with other functions (Project Control, Legal, Finance) for the transparent and effective realization of the services
- Actively track projects costs and maintain the baseline P&L of the designated projects
- Support the yearly preparation of SES Techcom Operational Expenses budgets
- Actively track program revenue streams and contribute to the ongoing development of new revenue opportunities, both product and service
- Closely work with the Sales team in order to support the definition of the sales strategy for the accounts under responsibility
- Highlight and communicate to the Sales team for any upsell opportunities based on the customer relation and interactions
- Provide inputs for internal weekly reports including inputs into timesheet reporting systems
- Follow up and understand the evolution of products and systems market
- Promote SES and SES Techcom Products and Services in the Satellite Industry and Satellite Communication markets
- Travel as required to visit Customers, Vendors, Partners and attend exhibitions, conferences, workgroup meetings as deemed necessary
COMPETENCIES
- Excellent team player
- Proactive approach towards existing and potential customers
- Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise, meet goals and provide results
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and to integrate into international and cross-functional teams
- Effective analytical abilities
- High level of integrity and work ethic
- Commitment to professional and personal development
- Ability to work effectively under pressure without compromising professional standards
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to clearly explain complex technical issues to non-technical people
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Master’s Degree in RF, Electronics, Telecommunications Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent
- Minimum of eight years of applicable working experience in engineering, implementation, monitoring of telecommunications systems/services
- Experienced in the daily usage of office and communication software (Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project…)
- Fluency in English, any other language is considered as an asset
- Willingness to travel internationally
- EU nationality preferred
SES is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer