Handsets Category Manager — Strategic Sourcing & Growth

Telenor Group; Bærum; Hybrid; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness grant

Health insurance

Occupational pension

Employee share program

Flexible hours

Work from home

Job summary

Telenor Group is seeking a procurement professional to contribute to sourcing activities, supplier management, negotiations, and value creation across the Handsets category. You will build supplier, market, and category insights and support strategic recommendations in collaboration with stakeholders across Telenor's markets.

You are analytical, proactive, and comfortable leading or supporting sourcing projects, contract negotiations, and supplier performance reviews.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in procurement, category management, strategic sourcing, supplier management, commercial management, telecommunications, consumer electronics, devices, analytics, or related fields.
• Commercial and analytical capabilities, from structured analysis to independent sourcing leadership, negotiations, and category recommendations.
• Ability to collaborate across functions, countries, and stakeholder groups with ownership and communication responsibility.
• Interest in device ecosystems, smartphones, wearables, accessories, supplier markets, and commercial strategy.
• Relevant higher education within business administration, economics, finance, engineering, procurement, technology, or related field; relevant experience may compensate for formal education.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to sourcing activities, supplier management, negotiations, and value creation across the Handsets category.
• Build supplier, market, and category insights, from analytical support and data preparation to strategic recommendations and category input.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and suppliers across Telenor's markets, responsible for stakeholder dialogue, supplier follow-up, and commercial initiatives.
• Support, drive, or lead sourcing projects, contract negotiations, supplier performance reviews, and business cases from defined workstreams to complex category initiatives.

Skills

Procurement experience

Category management

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

Commercial management

Analytics

Education

Relevant degree in business/engineering/finance/procurement

Job description

Telenor Group is seeking a procurement professional to contribute to sourcing activities, supplier management, negotiations, and value creation across the Handsets category. You will build supplier, market, and category insights and support strategic recommendations in collaboration with stakeholders across Telenor's markets.

You are analytical, proactive, and comfortable leading or supporting sourcing projects, contract negotiations, and supplier performance reviews.