Role Purpose
- Control E-SOC Budget, from DB planning cycle to monthly receiving decisions to meet FY technology targets, and management directions.
- Set clear strategy and guidelines before every submission.
- Represent E-SOC for Budget cycles, Interfacing with all SM budget planners, Tech Strategy and Finance (Decision Support, Procurement and warehouse) teams.
- Identify and act on budget challenges and desired efficiencies.
- Track Business cases across E-SOC domains, and interfacing with relevant Managers and Decision Support finance team to ensure smooth approval process flow.
- Responsible for issuing POs, across all E-SOC domains with Supply Chain and all relevant entities to ensure smooth process flow, and timely receiving.
- Ensure capex receiving targets with all budget planners are met on monthly basis, after aligning with Finance and Tech. strategy teams, to meet budget phasing plan.
- Represent E-SOC in Business Contingency plans (BCP), responsible to ensure Network continuity in Emergency situations across all E-SOC functions
- Facilitate all BCP relevant tools required for E-SOC team, and arrange with Strategy team in this scope
- Manage E-SOC headcount, tracking vacant positions and arrange with HR Business partner for quick and smooth hiring process, to expedite replacements.
Key Accountabilities & Decision Ownership
- Control E-SOC Budget, from DB planning cycle to monthly receiving decisions to meet FY technology targets, and management directions, to meet budget phasing plan.
- Tracking and reporting expenditure versus outlook plans, to Head of E-SOC, for all relevant Cost Centers, with monthly budget analysis (outlook & closing)
- Prepare plan B scenario for E-SOC Capex expenditure if needed, act on budget challenges and desired efficiencies
- Deliver Accurate DB submission for all E-SOC teams, along with the periodic budget reviews and submissions (online and offline).
- Identify and Propose and Challenge potential savings across all E-SOC domains, and act on required budget re-allocation.
- Work closely with the financial departments to reconcile the variance within the E-SOC budget.
- Track Business cases across E-SOC domains, and interfacing with relevant Managers and Decision Support finance team to ensure smooth approval process flow.
- Responsible for issuing POs, across all E-SOC domains with Supply Chain and all relevant entities to ensure smooth process flow, and timely receiving.
- Track & report the unit/service cost & YOY investment. Ensure using fair value & applying vendor discounts.
- Represent E-SOC in Business Contingency plans (BCP), responsible to ensure Network continuity in Emergency situations across all E-SOC functions
- Facilitate all BCP relevant tools required for E-SOC team, and arrange with Strategy team in this scope
- Manage E-SOC headcount, tracking vacant positions and arrange with HR Business partner for quick and smooth hiring process, to expedite replacements.
- SPOC with HR for E-SOC Outsourced staff and related Business cases.
Core Competencies, Knowledge, and Experience
- Excellent Cross function skills
- Ability to deal daily with senior people (Managers, HOD) and Vendors
- Excellent interpersonal, Presentation and communication skills
- Ability to motivate and influence others towards meeting business objectives
- Team Player and excellent engagement skills
- Very Good Financial skills
- Very Good Project Management Skills.
Must have technical / professional qualifications
- Very good Project Management Skills
- Very good financial skills
- 1+ years of experience delivery/cross functional roles within Technology Dept.