1. General
Present in both Belgium and the Netherlands, Tein Telecom designs, builds and delivers high-value technical tailor made solutions for mission critical environments. The portfolio includes digital video surveillance solutions, sophisticated voice solutions and networking solutions. Tein Telecom is active in different market segments such as Finance, government, Maritime, Traffic, Cities & Transport.
With a technical staff of 85 highly qualified people, the company has reached a high level of expertise in multimedia integration.
As a result of a continuous increase of business opportunities, we are looking to complement our team with an SLA & Operations Manager.
The position is based in Amstelveen where a team of 15 people is employed; interactions - including meetings - with colleagues based in Brussels might occasionally be required.
2. Responsabilities
The position encompasses two major functions:
- Services Team Manager NL
- SLA Manager
The position is based in Amstelveen where a team of 15 people is based; interactions - including meetings - with colleagues based in Brussels might occasionally be required.
2.1. Services Team Manager NL
Responsible for a Services team composed of Project and Senior Project Engineers, working in close cooperation with the Services Director. Daily follow-up of all ongoing projects - guarantee that the implementation is correct, on time and in line with the order of the customer. Work in close relationship with the Project Managers to fulfill the project obligations and with the other Services Team Manager to optimize the use of the technical resources. Ensure the productivity and effective performance of his team members. Responsible for the client satisfaction in regard with the installation and maintenance activities.
2.1.1. Project Based:
- Close cooperation with the Project Manager to understand the scope and technical content of the project in order to:
- Allocate the needed resources at the right moment.
- Guarantee that the engineers working on the project have the needed knowledge, tools and resources to perform their job as expected by the customer/company.
- Follow the implementation of the projects in order to:
- Supervise the activities to respect the planning.
- Identify issues and escalate them to the Project Manager or the Services Director.
- Provide support to the engineers on technical and organisational issues.
- Visit sites and customer, during project meetings or SAT activities in order to:
- Be identified by the customer as an escalation point for problems.
- Improve the relation with the customer.
- Understand installation conditions for further maintenance issues.
- Act as PM, or identify and supervise PE in the role of PM, for "small" projects where no dedicated PM is defined.
2.1.2. Maintenance
Make sure his team is polyvalent in order to have enough trained resources to perform first and second line maintenance.
- Ensure appropriate response times for new tickets and follow up until resolution of tickets.
- Ensure effectiveness and quality of preventive maintenance.
- Assist the engineers in problem resolution and escalate when appropriate.
- Supervise spares availability for all installations under contract.
- Guarantee that site documentation is available and up to date.
- Guarantee the respect of the SLA's, provide statistics and assistance to Account Managers during customer meetings about maintenance.
2.1.3. Non project based
- Make sure that non project based activities (like tests and product/solution validation) can take place (time and resources).
- Ensure that issues with suppliers are followed up until resolution, including the needed feedback to AM, PM, etc... and that the documentation is available.
2.1.4. Administration
- Guarantee and control the reporting of engineers about their activities (Time sheets or equivalent) in order to:
- Be able to report to customer about problem resolution.
- Be able to report to PM about project costs and evolution.
- Be able to report to the management about Quality of the Service, risks, profitability of projects.
- Follow the planning of the team members to guarantee the availability of resources
2.1.5. Human Resources
- Management of the team.
2.2. SLA Manager
2.2.1. SLA Management and reporting
For the major accounts, the company has to report periodically (weekly, monthly, quarterly of annually) about the respect of the contractual SLA and performances.
To do so, there is a need not only to produce a professional report on time but also to follow daily the tickets and activities to guarantee the respect of our obligation.
- Daily administrative follow up of tickets and activities performed on the different accounts
- Check reported problems, activities and solutions
- Ensure all issues are also logged and followed
- Ensure planned activities (as preventive visits) take place in time and are correctly reported and documented
- Check reports prepared by the assistants and correct where necessary
- Participate to customer meetings (ACT or others) to explain and defend the company performances
2.2.2. Contract management
When projects are implemented, it's the company interest to have maintenance contracts signed or extended. This means a company approved document prepared, sent and signed by the parties.
For new projects, a draft contract is proposed during the offer but need to be agreed after implementation.
For extensions, an amendment needs to be signed to contractually include the add-on in an existing contract.
- For new projects, approve / adapt proposed contracts in close collaboration with AM's and PM's
- For add-ons, prepare and transfer amendments to AM's
- Manage signed contract and report about financial results to the Direction
2.2.3. SLA Management with subcontractors
In the Video projects, the company need to sub-contract some activities to other companies: cleaning of cameras, corrective intervention on infrastructure, renting of elevators, etc...
The contractual (SLA) agreements need to be organized, purchase orders need to be done and renewal must be guaranteed on line with the company's contract with customers
- Prepare sub-contractor contracts, SLA and purchase orders;
- Follow sub-contractor performances and reporting;
- Renew contracts and purchase order at the best benefit for the company;
3. The position's requirements
3.1. Education & Knowledge
- HBO-niveau (HTS);
- Good knowledge of the technology in Voice, Video and ICT environments
3.2. Work Experience
- 10 years professional experience in telecommunication and experienced in people/project management.
- Experience in SLA management and Service delivery Management.
- Field experience with implementation and maintenance of telecommunication projects.
3.3. Required skills
- Project management skills.
- People management.
- Commercial driven.
- Dutch and English.
- Excellent, open communication skills, open minded.
- Able to work autonomously
4. Offer
Working for Tein Telecom means joining a dynamic and professional team of talented colleagues in a unique working environment. You will join an organization which is active in offering state-of-the art technological solutions to business customers.
Our employees are kept constantly up to date via professional training programs. Tein offers an attractive salary package, with excellent extra advantages, including company car and pension package.



