Job Description

The key Responsibilities: - To ensure the RAN Department is delivering a high quality GSM/UMTS/ LTE Radio Network. - Ensure that high quality network solutions are delivered against the project schedule - Strive to improve efficiency in processes and procedures. - Ensure the Optimization team has up to date relevant Guidelines, Processes and Procedures. - Ensure the Optimization team follows the Guidelines, Processes and Procedures. - Ensure the network quality KPIs for the Unit are met or exceeded. - Ensure all decisions and activities within Optimization team are aligned with Planning team rules and decisions. - Other interactions : RAN Planning and other Technical teams - Analyze and validate the provided inputs related to coverage and growth target. - Validate the yearly plan for Radio Access Network development plan including the Transmission needs, following the Client Radio Engineering Guidelines. - Ensure to provide to Transmission and Core Planning Experts the inputs necessary for the yearly plan and validate the provided outputs. - Ensure that specific performance issues are identified and handed over for investigation and resolution by Performance Analyst (high level end to end performance analysis). - Analyze and validate the proposed Action Plan where deviation from MS Contract KPIs has been detected to optimize the network performance and comply with MS Contract KPI and Capacity Margins. - Validate Work Orders or huge Change Request for network alteration as by Network Operation Department based on agreement on optimization Action Plan. - Analyze and validate the best timely and costly overall antenna adjustment scenario to offer the requested commercial service and avoid service redundancy for resources management relaxation. - Analyze and validate the best overall frequency, code, or cell identity scenario meeting the best combination to avoid internal network pollution and meet the quality target. - Validate the resulting Work Orders or Change Request for the Network Operation or the Network implementation department. - Define and set individual and collective objectives (KPI’s) for the team, cascaded down from the general department objectives, within the performance review process. - Evaluate individual and collective objective achievements in consultancy with the department manager. - Optimize and improve the team performance in terms of organization and proper size. Highlight specific training needs. - Supervise and follow up the team’s day to day activities, define priorities, and choose orientations. - Organize and run regular team meetings to cascade information and collect information (issues, problems, difficulties) for senior management, if necessary. - Motivate and engage the team through regular communication and monitoring of the teams. - Promote a positive working atmosphere within the team. Mediate and address conflicts, if necessary.