O&M Cost & Budget Expert Lisboa

O&M Cost & Budget Expert
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Role Title: O&M Cost & Budget Expert

Local: Lisbon

In partnership with Vantage Towers, and as part of the strategic strengthening of its teams and the promotion of its business, we are recruiting a O&M Cost & Budget Expert for Lisbon.

Role Purpose: As an Infrastructure O&M Cost & Budget Manager, you will oversee and monitor the budget allocation and expenditures for operations and maintenance (O&M) activities across the Vantage Towers (VT) footprint. Your primary objective is to benchmark costs, identify cost reduction measures, and initiate efficiency improvements within the O&M domain. You will also analyse business levers to optimize expenditures and enhance operational efficiency.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:- Budget Monitoring & Management:

- Track, manage, and review O&M budgets across all markets, ensuring cost efficiency and alignment with business goals. Oversee volume and cost analysis of infrastructure

operations services delivered to clients.

- Cost Benchmarking & Optimization: Develop a comprehensive O&M budget view using

financial data,
- specific insights, and
- related information.

- Conduct cost benchmarking between local markets, analyzing detailed metrics such as cost per site, asset, and operational function.

- Identify and implement cost reduction strategies and operational efficiency improvements based on benchmarking insights.

- Vendor Strategy & Financial Alignment: Support the strategic planning and selection of new

O&M vendors by providing budget and
- related insights.

Ensure
- effective vendor engagement and procurement strategies.

- Reporting & Business Case Development:

Develop and deliver
- related reports for overnance meetings involving local markets and

vendors. Contribute to business cases for infrastructure operations investments and
- related initiatives across VT's footprint - Lead and collaborate on global projects, ensuring alignment between central departments and local markets.

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

- At least 5 years experience in Finance Domain especially on Budget view, Benchmarking and Business Case creation

- At least 3 years experience in O&M Domain, notably ground base towers, rooftop towers and distributed antenna systems

- Broad and comprehensive understanding of theories and practices about infrastructure operations and maintenance

- Solid communication and negotiation skills by contributing to vendor management

- Strategic mentality, analytical and conceptual skills, and ability to work in a team.

Must have technical/professional qualifications:

- Successfully completed university studies with a Bachelor or Master Degree of Business Administration and Engineering; Industrial engineer electrical engineering, Bachelor for Business Administration in Finance or similar education

- Fluency in English, Spanish and Portuguese is mandatory (C1 according to CEFR)