Specialist – Budget, Inventory & Partner Management Job Safaricom
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Reporting to the Manager – TES Operations, the Specialist – Budget, Inventory & Partner Management owns end-to-end CAPEX and OPEX financial control, partner and contract management, and inventory governance across enterprise programs.
The role ensures cost efficiency, compliance, and operational excellence through strong cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Tech Strategy, Supply Chain, and Enterprise Business teams, enabling smart growth and a high-quality enterprise customer experience.
Responsibilities
- Uphold the company code of conduct, policies and procedures, ensuring integrity and accountability in every aspect of your work.
- All employees have a responsibility to adhere to safety, health, and wellbeing policies, guidelines and procedures in all actions and decisions.
- Lead end-to-end planning and management of CAPEX and OPEX budgets across enterprise programs and projects.
- Support annual budgeting cycles and provide financial input into business cases and solution design.
- Monitor budget performance, track variances, and ensure financial governance and cost control.
- Manage onboarding, governance, and performance of partners, including KPI/SLA tracking and reviews.
- Ensure compliance with contracts and oversee partner payments, documentation, and reporting accuracy.
- Maintain and optimise IMS reporting, ensuring data integrity and zero historical liabilities through proactive reconciliation.
- Oversee full inventory and asset lifecycle management, including procurement, deployment, tracking, and disposal.
- Ensure stock availability using demand forecasting and align procurement with pricing and vendor requirements.
- Drive process improvements, automation, and governance across financial, inventory, and partner management functions.
- Collaborate cross-functionally, influence stakeholders, and support system enhancements through requirements gathering and UAT participation.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in IT/BBIT/Supply Chain/Procurement or related relevant field
- 2years experience in operations support function in a busy Enterprise/Telco implementation and deployment environment or Supplier/Partner Management roles
- Strong Analytical and reporting skills
- Project Management and good working knowledge of Finance and Budgeting
- Experience working with Agile methodologies like Scrum
- Fair appreciation of telecommunications/IT and network related equipment and solutions
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