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This is an individual contributor role that is required to come into the Bellevue WA Frisco TX or Overland Park KS office at least 3 days a week.
Job Overview
The Sr. Category Manager Network Data center Real Estate plays a critical role in overseeing and optimizing TMobiles network datacenters real estate portfolio. This position ensures seamless alignment across teams driving strategic initiatives objectives and key deliverables within the category. This role will be responsible for developing and evolving the Network Data center Real Estate portfolio strategy leveraging industry trends and best practices to provide leadership with actionable insights for critical real estate decisions related to network assets. This is a highimpact role that requires a combination of data center real estate experience along with strategic thinking analytical expertise and strong crossfunctional leadership to ensure the portfolio aligns with TMobiles longterm vision.
Key responsibilities include:
Strategic Portfolio Management: Lead the evolution of TMobiles Data center Real Estate portfolio strategy ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and industry best practices.
Vendor & Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary liaison with a key supplier responsible for Data center real estate transactions ensuring all transactions adhere to TMobiles standards and strategic goals.
DataDriven Decision Making: Develop and maintain data models and reporting that inform leadership on key real estate decisions for network assets including working with brokers to understand market comparables and trends.
Business Operations & Performance Oversight: Drive the rhythm of business across the category establishing and managing quarterly and longterm performance targets.
Executive Communication: Create and deliver executive briefs and presentations that provide insights and strategic recommendations on portfolio performance and direction.
Job Responsibilities:
- Strategically manages spend by utilizing a proven sourcing process that engages stakeholders and aligns to business objectives. Gains credibility and secures highlevels of internal stakeholders buyin to strategic initiatives.
- Analyzes global Category or service market trends for assigned material/service purchases and communicate opportunities to management recommending action plans based on market trends and analysis.
- Develops and directs annual cost savings programs that directly affect company financials and growth plans and generate progressive year over year cost reductions.
- Leads supplier selection process qualification of alternative sources supply base rationalization programs and other relevant strategies to optimize the supply base.
- Active Supplier Relationship Management: Development and measurement of KPls supplier audits business reviews improvement plans new opportunities awards terminations etc. including savings tracking and ongoing communication to management and stakeholders.
- Performs proposal analysis including price analyses Should Cost modeling benchmarking etc. Develop cost targets for negotiations negotiation strategy and develop and negotiate agreements.
- Prepares and facilitates RFx (RFP RFI RFQ etc) projects for assigned categories.
- Develops cost targets for negotiations negotiation strategy and develops and negotiates agreements.
- Acts as Liaison for resolving supplierrelated issues for assigned categories.
- Acts as subject matter expert for assigned categories.
- Also responsible for other Duties/Projects as assigned by business management as needed.
Education:
- Bachelors Degree Business Finance Procurement or Real Estate (Required)
- Masters Degree (Preferred)
Work Experience:
- 10 year of relevant experience (Required)
- 5 year track record in a global procurement organization management consulting or real estate. (Required)
- 3 years experience with real estate development evaluation acquisition construction and site selection(Required)
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Advanced key procurement skills: Development / management of category strategies; RFP / RFI development contract negotiations strategic sourcing management of supplier relationship lifecycle understanding of risk mitigation principles and understanding of various cost evaluation methods (TCO ROI Payback Period etc. (Required)
- Experience with any of the following: data center buildtosuit development site selection projects real estate evaluation acquisition partnering or managing utility agreements or telecommunications infrastructure. (Required)
- Results driven innovative & creative (Required)
- Aligns and energizes behind common objectives actionoriented & willing to face challenging situations (Required)
- The ability to formulate and articulate a strategy and business case and build a tactical path (Required)
- Demonstrates candor; ability to respectfully challenge senior leadership (Required)
- Comfort/familiarity with constructing presentations organization communications and business cases (Required)
- Strong ability to build relationships and networks with multiple functions and at the leadership levels (Required)
- Strong analytical capabilities and negotiation skills (Required)
- Selfstarter and independent worker (Required)
- Strong leadership skills (Required)
At least 18 years of age
Legally authorized to work in the United States
Travel:
Travel Required (Yes/No):Possible travel 12x a year.
DOT Regulated:
DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No):No
Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No):No
Overland Park KS Compensation Range: $121600 $164600
Frisco TX Compensation Range $129100 $174700
Bellevue WA Compensation Range $145300 $196500
Base Pay Range: $111700 $201600
Corporate Bonus Target: 20
The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidates actual pay will be based on various factors such as work location qualifications and experience so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.
At TMobile employees in regular nontemporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a yearend bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employees eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location TMobile our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and parttime employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases offering medical dental and vision insurance a flexible spending account 401(k) employee stock grants employee stock purchase plan paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays which total about 4 weeks for new fulltime employees and about 2.5 weeks for new parttime employees annually paid parental and family leave family building benefits backup care enhanced family support childcare subsidy tuition assistance college coaching short and longterm disability voluntary AD&D coverage voluntary accident coverage voluntary life insurance voluntary disability insurance and voluntary longterm care insurance. We dont stop there eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts pet insurance and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about TMobiles amazing benefits check out
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