Data Center Manager / Specialist - CK
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Overview
- Responsible for project management from initial stage to delivery, specialized in Data Centre projects
- Liaise with customers and vendors to facilitate service provisioning and related support
- Manage resource planning, scheduling and cost control to ensure project completion of standard and within budget
- Supports Sales teams in the quotation and negotiation of new and renewal deals
- Conducts independent analysis and financial modelling required for structuring the complex deals
- Ensures pricing agreement supportability by engaging with support teams; assists in monitoring and tracking any required manual processes for items not supported through automation
- Provides quote review and pricing approval support, ensuring compliance with our commercial policy standards, global guidance and alignment with customer-specific agreements
- Extends global pricing agreement support including space and power, interconnection, and growth incentive plans
- Process RFP compiling with internal standard and conduct necessary price negotiation with customers and suppliers to enhance profit margin
- Prepare business intelligence reports include but not limited to sourcing, market pricing and vendor performance
- Global IDC sourcing management, explore DC supplier, negotiate DC commercial and service term based on product requirement and ad-hoc customer requirement.
- Develop and manage new vendor relationships, aligning with company expansions and seals strategies in to sourcing region.
- Evaluate vendors in region by service level review, response time, service performance, etc.
- Process vendor registration based on company policy, negotiate for MSA, SLA
- Degree or above in Telecommunication, Computer Science, Engineering or related disciplines
- Degree holder or above in Computer Science, Engineering or Finance related disciplines
- 3+ years of technical experience in IT industry is a MUST
- 3+ years of working experience in IT industry and focus on Data Center service
- 3 years of technical support experience, preferably in IT industry
- Sound knowledge in Data Centre, transmission and IP network will be advantageous
- Sound knowledge in profit margin and underlying cost analyses
- Excellent communication, coordination and influencing skills
- Excellent in communication, problem solving and negotiation
- Good command of both written and spoken English and Chinese, including Cantonese and Mandarin