Radio Planning Associate Manager

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Role Purpose

• Co-ordinate and manage the day to day activities of the Radio planning subgroup and ensuring that targets are met within the defined time frame.
• Come up with initiatives to improve Radio planning workflow Processes with external entities and cost saving initiatives as well.
• Ensuring that all trials are done according to plan

Key Accountabilities & Decision Ownership

Technical Management

• Throughout the assigned geographical area, the Senior Supervisor shall have the following responsibilities for both 2G and 3G Radio access networks:
• Supervise the radio base station rollout activities for his area in a timely manner according to the agreed rollout plan.
• Ensuring regular survey schedule are conducted according to plan.
• Ensure that different types of planning analysis methodologies are carried out by his subordinates to identify problem areas and assess network planning new techniques.
• Guide and supervise the BTS sites design in the area of responsibility to support the Coverage/Capacity/Quality targets. (Macro/Micro/Indoor cells)
• Be fully aware of the impact and apply the requirements of Egyptian Protocols on BTS design.
• Supervise the dimensioning process to maintain radio network accessibility within the acceptable Grade of Service (2%) without over providing the access layer capacity.
• Be fully aware of and proactively manage the traffic trends in the areas of his/her responsibilities
• Supporting the sales and marketing teams with emergency events and sales coverage issues within specified timescales

HR Management

• Supervise a group of Radio planning engineers
• Build a solid proactive team with full co-operation and teamwork spirit.
• Keep team members motivated supporting team ideas and activities while being transparent for management.
• Organize activities and distribute tasks within the team.
• Coaching new team members and get them merged within the team.
• Carry required Performance Appraisal for his team members
• Provide development plans for his team members
• Conduct regular meetings with his team and provide on target feedback to them.

Reporting

• Provide visibility through regular reports and keep record of all activities in the areas of responsibility.
• Review all his subordinates’ reports before submission to the management.

Customers’ Satisfaction

• Ensuring high standard of Quality of service to our subscribers.

Global Network Coordination

• Liaise with VF-Group to ensure the best target architecture is implemented in the network
• Manage the technical plans in coordination with the global competence centre.

Environmental / Legal Standards

• Perform all previously mentioned duties and tasks in compliance with the environmental standards, legal requirements governing his/her area.
• Be fully acquainted with the following:
  1. Vodafone Environmental Management System (EMS) policy and related documentation.
  2. Significant impacts related to his job and his role and responsibility to control it.
  3. Potential consequences of not following related EMS documentation.

Communication / Interfaces

• Interface with different departments within the Company
• Attend relevant meetings with senior management

Core Competencies, Knowledge, and Experience

• Education: B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering Communication section from a reputable university
• Work Experience: A minimum of 7 years working experience, preferably in RAN planning.
• PC Knowledge: Experience of MS Office (Excel, WinWord and Power Point). Familiarity with MS Access is preferred.
• Technical skills: Good knowledge of radio propagation theories should be fully aware of radio planning tools and techniques in addition to knowledge of radio network planning roadmap and capacity features used in network planning.
• Personal skills: Managerial skills, Good command of English language, Ability to work independently and under pressure. A Supervisor with strong yet diplomatic personality, analytical and creative thinking. Well organized, co-operative and able to meet changing work conditions and peak workloads.

Putting customer first

• Is responsive
• Communicates clearly.
• Takes personal responsibility

Performing through our people

• Gets the right resources and manages team
• Communicates to support team effectiveness and keeps people informed
• Cooperates and speaks positively about the team and promote team effectiveness
• Delegates challenging work and encourages others
• Works to build commitment
• Understands emotion and verbal content
• Directs people, sets limits and sticks to performance standards and takes actions to address performance when necessary

Delivering Results

• Wants to do job well and creates own measures of excellence
• Helps others to concentrate on priorities and improves performance
• Reacts to short-term opportunities
• Takes account of financial impact of actions.
• Is sensitive in a time-sensitive situation.

Managing a changing environment

• Accepts the need for flexibility and applies rules flexibly
• Takes a long-term perspective
• Identifies problem and sees basic relationships and patterns.

Making a personal difference

• Acts confidently within job role.
• Willing to learn and take action to improve him/her self
• Acts according to basic values and openness and honesty.

Communicating for Impact

• States intention and takes action to persuade directly
• Understands formal and informal structures

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

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Together we can.