Head -Opex Control & Contract Governance

• Lead the governance of operational expenditure, partner contracts, commercials, and business analytics for the Transport Optical Fiber Network.
• The role is responsible for driving cost optimization, contract compliances, partner performance management, Opex governance, and data-analytics & functional dashboarding
• Person with strong data analytics, presentational and team management skills
• Key Responsibilities

• Opex Strategy & Financial Governance
• Own annual Opex planning and budget management for Transport OSP operations
• Drive WoW / cost optimization initiatives across : Manpower, Vehicle Operations, Outsourced maintenance, Material Management, ISP operations, Safety ordering, Expense management, Other cost models
• Monitor budget utilization and financial performance against approved targets
• Monthly cost reporting to finance, reason out functional interests
• Closely working with Finance for cost reporting and monthly Opex reviews with Network leadership
• Track cost-per-route-km and operational productivity metrics i.e. per site / per km resources dimensioning
• Strengthen controls build-up to minimize cost leakage and commercial risks through validation KPI high / lows in performance & cost
• New resource (manpower / vehicle) deployment approvals, replacement approvals, contract extensions
• Partner Contract Governance:
• Manage end-to-end lifecycle of OSP and Transport network contracts - Operations Partners, Vehicle Partners, Manpower partners, Sourcing partners (material/tools/support processes)
• Work closely with SCM function and understanding of SCM workways
• Define and govern scope of works, propose changes, for periodic contract renewals
• New Partner onboarding / Exit management
• Ensure periodic partner performance reviews - compliances with contractual obligations
• Partner monthly reward and penalty closures and close
• Partner billing reconciliation and monthly invoice validation
• Work closely with Finance - Budget approvals (NFA / PR / PO to partners), business case justification/approvals
• Functional Data Analytics & Dashboard Governance
• Strong Presentational, analytical skills and support to other operations verticals
• Manage a team of analytics, devise new dashboards / frameworks
• Drive data-driven operational and financial decision making
• Reports governance & innovation, Critical functional performance releases - Network Olympics, Circle KPIs, Others
• Manpower compliance validation from COC perspective through data dedupe for finding Moonlighting, other conflict of interests
• Digitization:
• Drive / Support of existing tools used for Operations directly related to Opex management - Patrolling / Route activity, Attendance, Expense management, Marketplace-Safety, Partner grievance, Engineer activity polygon, Trip Management, i360 Tools Issuance & RnR process
• Support field users on their day to day queries
• New developments and refinement in existing ones

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