The Sourcing Business Partner has responsibility to push for the development of the SBP in the business growth areas of the region.Focus on pro-actively supporting our customer facing teams early in the sales process and project set-up phases. This shall ensure the Sourcing team secure and deliver the most efficient solutions, as well as a pro-active selection, qualification and performance of suppliers, allowing us to further reduce our total cost of sales. Ensure the promotion of new business ideas and sales approach, based on other Sourcing Account Benchmarks and new Sourcing Commodity Strategies being implemented, with the purpose of increasing set sales and profitability.

- Responsible for securing that the offered customer price levels and models are coordinated with business objectives for profitability and competitiveness as well as towards Ericsson’s overall price strategies;- Performs customer price evaluation, analysis and comparison in order to have correct data for decisions;- Provides KAM/NAM functions with operative pricing competence, tactics and consequence analysis for price levels, price models and discount mechanisms;- Defines and develops customer price recommendations as input for achieving the overall marketing and sales objectives;- Follows up and monitors offered and contracted prices and price models in order to have correct and updated customer price information;- Works closely with Business Units to ensure implementation of the latest sales processes/pricing processes/tools/strategies and that BU is informed of the current market price levels in Brazil and Latin America.

Short Term Assignment:- Support Market Units and Global Account Organization in the price level definition in accordance with business objectives for profitability and competitiveness as well as towards Ericsson’s overall price strategies;- Drives MU price competence and improvement work e.g. Price Excellence, pricing training workshops, etc.

- Identify new business opportunities and develop offerings and lead proposals and contract negotiations;- Promote and coordinate Sales efforts and Product Portfolio Presentation to the Customer.