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Mission:
Reporting to the Head of Customer Indian Ocean Customer Support (IOCS), the Senior Manager will lead and manage technical teams over various solutions & services proposed by Orange Business Services worldwide customers.
Role & Responsibilities:
- The Senior Manager should be capable of:
- - Providing leadership & guidance to direct reports, typically comprising of networking and SDWAN solutions and services to effectively perform their jobs and responsibilities in their day-to-day management
- - Leading complex solutions / projects (Connectivity / Network) where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.
- - Applying deep and broad technical background and knowledge of industry trends to operate several critical or high-risk technology areas/customer groups
- - Developing and implement initiatives to improve expertise and customer service results in continuous improvement plans and agile methodology
- - Having a good understanding of business cost structure budget, staff and other associated costs
- - Integrating new ways of working in a framework to drive digital transformation (agile approaches)
- - Consolidating feedback on customer satisfaction and internal service performance to foster continual improvement.
- - Providing leadership and direction to the team and ensure all service levels are met or exceeded
- - Participating actively in operational governance at all levels and be of high value added to major operational decisions
- - Being accountable and has the ability to report problems & issues & success to the head of department effectively and participate in decision making
- - Ensure that all teams work effectively to improve and deliver value to the client
- - Implement best practices to ensure that the teams work as effectively as possible
- - perform training needs analysis and define teams’ and own professional development for multiskilled competences
- - contribute to customer satisfaction
- - drive improvement plans on employee engagement and motivation
- - to monitor and guide team towards compliance to procedures, performance targets and overall KPIs set for the department
- - review employee performance on a regular basis and ensure that necessary development plans/coaching are implemented for directly reporting staff to enhance staff competency, performance, motivation and retention.
- - to contribute to enhancement and optimization of operational procedures to meet organizational business objectives
- - to define interlocks for each team with external entities to promote work and teamwork daily
- - to provide a conducive, agile working environment for employees by promoting team cohesion and team spirit
Profile:
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience in global IT/Telecom
- A solid background and experience of working as a managing multiskilled domain
- Experience of managing services / products across network and IT domains
- Solid technical background and profound technical knowledge of managed LAN/WAN & global networking
- Solid experience in providing support to customers / end-users or IT decision makers
- Master’s degree in the following fields - IT / MBA or equivalent
- Certifications: ITIL / CCNA / PMP / SAFe or any relevant certifications pertaining to this domain
- Project Management Skills
- Excellent Communication Skills
- People Management Skills
- Leadership Skills
Behavioral skills (targeted advanced level required):
- Flexibility
- Performance and results-oriented
- Effective communication
- Ability to lead and persuade stakeholders
Professional skills (targeted advanced level required):
- Customer oriented
- Operational and financial excellence
- Global leadership effectiveness
- Customer service orientation