Category Manager, IT Software and Partnership

Singapore Telecommunications Limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Training and development

Internal mobility opportunities

Job summary

Singapore Telecommunications Limited seeks a Category Manager for IT & Digital Infrastructure to shape sourcing for software licenses, hyperscalers, storage, servers and cloud services. You will partner with IT stakeholders, drive value, and lead negotiations to achieve optimal commercial outcomes.

The role requires 5+ years in procurement or technology, experience with Ariba, Coupa or iCertis, and strong analytics, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills. A Bachelor’s degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant procurement experience in IT/tech industries.
• Experience negotiating complex IT and software contracts.
• Ability to influence multiple stakeholders and drive category strategy.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for IT & Digital Infrastructure.
• Lead procurement activities across Singtel Group OpCos.
• Negotiate contracts and manage supplier relationships.
• Provide market insights and governance to ensure compliant processes.

Skills

Procurement

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Data analytics

MS Office

Vendor contracts

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Ariba

Coupa

iCertis

Job description

An empowering career at Singtel begins with a Hello. Our purpose, to Empower Every Generation, connects people to the possibilities they need to excel. Every "hello" at Singtel opens doors to new initiatives, growth, and BIG possibilities that takes your career to new heights. So, when you say hello to us, you are really empowered to say…“Hello BIG Possibilities”.

Be a Part of Something BIG!

Part of Group Technology Procurement family, we are looking for a candidate who is responsible for developing and executing category strategies to deliver value in technology. The IT Category Manager must be conversant with procurement practices and be able to effectively influence multiple diverse stakeholders to drive aggregation of volume as well as negotiate successful outcomes with vendors.

The Category Manager for IT & Digital Infrastructure is responsible for implementing sourcing strategy for IT in areas of its infrastructure, data storage, servers, software licenses, Cloud IaaS & PaaS, having annual spend under management of ~S$40M. This role will be business-partnering the IT stakeholders and you will be required to keep abreast of supply market/ economic changes in the technology space as well as be proficient in the application of appropriate sourcing levers to achieve an optimal commercial outcome. The candidate should also possess good people skills to achieve highly satisfactory internal customer experience whilst ensuring compliance to policy.

Make An Impact By

Category Sourcing

• Identify, develop and implement joint sourcing opportunities and strategies for IT& Digital Infrastructure category, specifically software licenses, Hyperscalers, storage, servers, firewalls, platform-as-a-service & infrastructure-as-a-service.
• Drive and lead procurement activities for said category across Singtel Group OpCos (Operating Companies) as part of Global Category Procurement team.
• Be fully responsible for Group IT spend under this category, with vision of driving scale across geographics prioritising high impact spend areas.
• Strengthen Group Regional aggregation by establishing Group Regional Framework Agreement, and where needed, performing price benchmarking for this IT category.
• Guide business users and enforces on procurement policy, governance and practices.
• Pro-actively influence stakeholders in line with category strategies.
• Lead contract negotiations with suppliers with support from key stakeholders.
• Provide market knowledge, intelligence and expertise while working closely with business stakeholders and suppliers.

Skills For Success

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in procurement, Telecom or Technology industry preferred
• Experience in procurement system (Ariba, Coupa, iCertis).
• Solid MS Office suite capabilities.
• Ability to contextualize data analytics into actionable sourcing insights.
• Strong negotiation and communications skills with vendors & stakeholders.
• Good financial acumen and vendor contracts management.
• Good writing/documentation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful.
• Excellent project management and organisational skills.
• Creative and hypothesis-led problem solving, framing and communicating complex ideas, thinking strategically, excellent numerical and analytical skills.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership, proactivity, productivity, valuable contribution to a team and having exceptional drive commitment.
• Strong team player.

Rewards that Go Beyond

• Full suite of health and wellness benefits
• Ongoing training and development programs
• Internal mobility opportunities

We are committed to a safe and healthy environment for our employees & customers and will require all prospective employees to be fully vaccinated.