Category Specialist, Network Services

TELENOR PROCUREMENT COMPANY PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company located in Singapore seeks qualified procurement professionals. As a procurement expert, you will manage sourcing processes, ensure compliance with contracts, and identify cost-saving opportunities while working collaboratively across departments in a dynamic global environment. Candidates should possess a university degree, strong analytical skills, and at least 3 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years in procurement/contract management.
• Strong understanding of Mobile Network Services.
• Proven ability to work across organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Foresee business risks and work towards mitigating them.
• Collaborate with user departments to reduce procurement cycle time.
• Identify and realize cost-saving initiatives.

Skills

Business Knowledge in Telecommunications

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Negotiation Skills

Education

University degree in Finance, Business or Technology

Tools

Excel

Tableau

Job description

Telenor Group is the world’s leading telecommunications company across the Nordics and Asia with 211 million subscribers and 81 billion NOK in revenues. We are committed to responsible business conduct and driven by the ambition of empowering societies. Connectivity has been Telenor’s domain for more than 160 years, and our purpose is to connect our customers to what matters most.

Telenor has a leading Nordic position in mobile, broadband and TV services, as well as substantial activities in subsidiaries and joint venture operations, including mobile financial services and online classifieds in the Asia region. Worldwide, Telenor Group and our operations’ teams are 11,000 people strong.

Telenor Procurement Company (TPC), established in 2017 and based out of Singapore, operates as a subsidiary of the Telenor Group. We deliver Global Category Management as a service to the Telenor Business Units and beyond, taking full responsibility for the end-to-end Sourcing process and performance of global spend categories. Functioning as one Global Procurement team across all Telenor markets, we enable Telenor’s strategic ambitions by becoming a centre of expertise in the pursuit of efficient operations. TPC seeks qualified procurement professionals that are comfortable working in a global setup in the fast-paced Telecom field.

For more information, please visit our website: https://www.telenor.com/about/our-companies/other-units/telenor-procurement-company

Main tasks

• Foresee business risks related to role, highlighting to leadership and work towards mitigating risks in best manner
• Collaborate with user departments to reduce the procurement cycle time
• Ensure Contract compliance with policies and achieve targets
• Identify and realize cost saving initiatives in the procurement of goods and services
• Establish measures to assess progress, savings, and targets
• Develop and prepare periodic reports on all procurement activities
• Follow-up with Business Units on Contract management requirements
• Participate in negotiations, prepare cost models, do real time analysis of data and ensure delivery targets
• Maintain an awareness of relevant and latest Sourcing and Procurement guidelines
• Support Implementation of Category sourcing strategy
• Identify, analyze, and develop vendor markets

Profile

• Have strong business knowledge in telecommunications landscape
• Broad understanding of the vendor market and deep understanding of Mobile Network Services (including Managed Services, Operational Services, Maintenance & Support, and general Mobile Network Management)
• Strong ability to communicate and interact effectively (verbal, presentation, facilitation & listening modes of communication) across organizational and cultural boundaries, internal and external
• Strong analytical, systems thinking and problem-solving capabilities
• Knowledge of sourcing techniques and demand management & demand forecasting methods
• Familiar with contract setup activities such as specification definition, contract T&C setup
• Advanced experience with data processing tools, e.g. Excel or Tableau
• Result oriented, demonstrating excellent collaboration abilities
• Able to work with a high degree of execution power and passion
• High level of integrity and ethics
• Highly creative and innovative mindset
• Demonstrate commitment, maturity, flexibility and speed in response to challenges
• Commercial and negotiation skills

Qualification and Experience Requirements

- University degree in Finance, Business or Technology or equivalent

- Minimum 3 years in procurement / contract management / vendor / negotiations / supply chain management role or as functional expert

- Technology background would be an advantage