Category Analyst – IT Applications (6 months contract)

Telenor ASA; Singapore; On-site; SGD 44,640 - 66,960; Full time

Job summary

Telenor ASA is seeking a Category Analyst for IT Applications in Singapore for a 6-month contract role, with the potential to extend to 12 months. The ideal candidate will manage global sourcing for the Telenor Group, focusing on data analysis, vendor negotiations, and strategic development.

Applicants should possess strong analytical and project management skills, be detail-oriented, and have experience with tools like Excel and PowerBI. A background in relevant business or technology fields is necessary, alongside excellent English communication skills.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of work experience.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Academic understanding of relevant business or technology subjects.

Responsibilities

• Price analysis and cost modelling.
• Demand planning with budget owners.
• Supporting RFQs and negotiations with vendors.
• Strategy development and implementation.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Communication skills

Detail oriented

Strong Excel skills

PowerBI

Pandas (Python)

Education

Bachelor/master level in economics, statistics, math, or programming

Job description

Category Analyst – IT Applications (6 months contract)

Infrastructure and Cloud is a global, centralized category management function. The team manages a common global sourcing function for datacenter- and campus- infrastructure for the Telenor Group. This includes physical assets such as servers, networking and storage systems, as well as public cloud services. The team runs a wide array of global initiatives including RFPs, cost optimization, quality improvement, planning, strategies and company-to-company negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Price analysis and cost modelling
• Demand planning with regular follow-ups of function/ budget owners
• Supporting RFQs and negotiations with global vendors
• Strategy development and implementation

Profile

The right candidate must be detail oriented, analytical, have project management skills, an explorative mindset and strong communication skills. You must be comfortable and precise in handling large amounts of data. You should have a grip on key tools such as Excel, PowerBI, Pandas (Python). You need to be resilient and be able to work well under pressure.

You should have an academic understanding of relevant business subjects (e.g. procurement, supply chain) or relevant technology subjects (e.g. applications, Cloud services, End-user-compute product., AI/ML). Direct experience with the subject matter will be a plus but is not a strict requirement.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of work experience
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Bachelor/master level education with at least some subjects within economics, statistics, math or programming/modelling

The role can be somewhat adapted to the experience level and ambition of the candidate. We do believe, however, that a candidate that has fewer years of experience and who is eager to develop within analysis, business and strategic sourcing will be a great match for the position.

This is a 6 months contract role with the possibility to extend till 12 months.