Category Manager, IT Software and Partnership

Singtel Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Singtel is seeking a Category Manager for IT Software and Partnerships to develop and execute sourcing strategies for Business Support Systems, SaaS, and other software applications. You will lead procurement activities across Singtel Group OpCos and manage IT software spend with a focus on achieving optimal commercial outcomes.

The role requires strong negotiation, stakeholder management, and analytics skills, with experience in Ariba/Coupa/iCertis and a strategic mindset to drive value across

Qualifications

• 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).
• Ability to contextualize data analytics into actionable sourcing insights, and adoption of AI.
• Strong negotiation and communications skills with vendors & stakeholders.
• Good financial acumen and vendor contracts management.
• 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

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop and implement joint sourcing opportunities and strategies for Enterprise & Software Applications category, specifically BSS, Hypervisors, Enterprise Licenses, SaaS and other software applications.
• Drive and lead procurement activities for said category across Singtel Group OpCos as part of Global Category Procurement team.
• Be fully responsible for Group IT Software spend under this category, with vision of driving scale across geographies prioritising high impact spend areas.
• Strengthen Group Regional engagement by establishing Group Regional Framework Agreement, Group Partnership and including price benchmarking for this IT category.
• Guide business users and enforces on procurement policy, governance and practices.
• Pro-actively influence stakeholders across Group OpCos 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

Data analytics

AI awareness

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Project management

Numerical skills

Leadership

Team player

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Ariba

Coupa

iCertis

Job description

Category Manager, IT Software and Partnership

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 IT Software and Partnership. 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 Enterprise & Software Applications is responsible for implementing sourcing strategy for IT in areas of Business Support Systems (BSS), Hypervisors, Enterprise Licenses, SaaS and other Software applications having annual spend under management of ~S$30M. 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 Enterprise & Software Applications category, specifically Business Support Systems (BSS), Hypervisors, Enterprise Licenses, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and other software applications.
• 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 Software spend under this category, with vision of driving scale across geographics prioritising high impact spend areas.
• Strengthen Group Regional engagement by establishing Group Regional Framework Agreement, Group Partnership and including price benchmarking for this IT category.
• Guide business users and enforces on procurement policy, governance and practices.
• Pro-actively influence stakeholders across Group OpCos 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).
• Ability to contextualize data analytics into actionable sourcing insights, and adoption of AI.
• Strong negotiation and communications skills with vendors & stakeholders.
• Good financial acumen and vendor contracts management.
• 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.

Are you ready to say hello to BIG Possibilities?

Join Singtel to shape what's next and accelerate your career through meaningful work, continuous learning, and real impact.