Baku,
Azerbaijan
27.12.24
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27.01.25
Working conditions
- Serve as the primary point of contact for Cisco and other relevant technology vendors;
- Build and maintain strong, positive relationships with Cisco sales teams, support teams, and senior management;
- Ensure that vendor commitments and expectations are met, including product delivery, service levels, and quality standards;
- Keep up-to-date with Cisco’s product offerings, innovations, and trends in the technology industry to identify opportunities for improvement;
- Organizing of events, taking part (presentations/trainings) in vendor relevant events;
- Negotiate contracts, deals, pricing, and service-level agreements (SLAs) with Cisco to ensure the company receives favorable terms;
- Review and manage contractual obligations to ensure compliance and mitigate risks;
- Coordinate contract renewals, amendments, and updates in partnership with internal teams (e.g., sales, finance, legal);
- Maintaining deal registrations and follow-up.
- Orders placement and tracking;
- Track and monitor vendor performance against KPIs, SLAs, and contractual obligations;
- Regularly report on vendor performance, including any issues, trends, and improvement initiatives;
- Identify and resolve performance issues or service gaps with Cisco, escalating as needed;
- Review and manage vendor qualification, certification, incentives, and other vendor programs;
- Work closely with internal teams (e.g., procurement, finance, legal) to align vendor strategies with business objectives;
- Work with cross-functional teams such as IT, engineering, operations, and security to ensure that Cisco solutions are integrated and delivering value to the organization;
- Collaborate with sales and project managers to ensure timely delivery of Cisco products and services in support of organizational initiatives;
- Advise internal stakeholders on the latest developments in Cisco technology and assess how they can be leveraged to meet business needs; Development of marketing activities together with the marketing manager of the company;
- Be considerate of co-workers;
- Prepare and present regular reports on vendor performance and compliance;
- Preparation of reports on the work done;
- Execution of instructions and tasks of management.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Supply Chain Management, or a related field;
- 5+ years of experience in vendor management, procurement, or a similar role, preferably with exposure to Cisco products and services;
- In-depth knowledge of Cisco products, services, and licensing models (e.g., Cisco Meraki, Cisco Webex, etc.);
- Excel, Word, Outlook, Project, Visio, PowerPoint, 1C, Dynamics and specific IT vendors tools;
- Azerbaijan, Russian excellent, and English good in written and oral;
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities;
- Experience with contract management tools and procurement systems;
- Familiarity with IT infrastructure and enterprise networking technologies;
- Experience with Cisco certifications or related technical certifications is a plus;
- Sociability, Multitasking, Flexibility and persistence;
- Negotiating and networking experience;
- Attention to Details.
- Accuracy with required recordkeeping;
- Positive Attitude;
- Responsibility;
- Attentiveness;
- Strong negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills;
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities;
- Initiative.
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