Job Description

Telenor Group is world\xe2\x80\x99s leading telecommunications company across the Nordics and Asia with 158 million subscribers and annual sales of around NOK 99 billion (2022). We are committed to responsible business conduct and driven by the ambition of empowering societies. Connectivity has been Telenor\xe2\x80\x99s domain for more than 160 years, and our purpose is to connect our customers to what matters most.

We have 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\xe2\x80\x99 teams are 14,000 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\xe2\x80\x99s 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.

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About the role

The Device team in TPC aims to develop the category management strategy, steering the implementation towards procurement and supply chain operations for devices and essential products in the end to end value chain of Telenor Markets. The category has a significant financial impact in Telenor\xe2\x80\x99s total spend and it is crucial to enable Telenor\xe2\x80\x99s strategic ambition for growth.

Main Responsibility

As Senior Manager Device Category Management, you report to the Director of the category and work closely with internal Device teams, Suppliers and Business Stakeholders at executive C-level within the Telenor Business Units. You will lead Telenor markets to ensure we are able to capture opportunities for value creation and growth leveraging from a more strategic approach and relationship with suppliers in the landscape of devices.

Main Tasks:

• Own the performance and value creation of the category, including strategic, operational and financial targets.
• Co-Develop Device Category Strategy with Telenor Business units, outlining opportunity assessment, supplier strategy, procurement pipeline of initiativies and expected business impact / outcome for Telenor.
• Deliver the strategic and operational plan to facilitate category execution and commercial operations across targeted categories and brands
• Build, own and develop business relationship with stakeholders with Telenor Markets in Group Function facilitating organizational alignment and cooperation
• Execute the Telenor Device Process by gathering and consolidating demand forecast and steering the strategic sourcing plan for the category.
• Establish Global Framewrok Agreements and pricing books supporting Telenor Markets and coordinating local supply agreements.
• Conduct end-to-end contract management activities along the contract life cycle management, to unlocke value creation and migitate leakage while coordinating local contract execution.
• Lead the supplier relationship co-developing the commercial strategy across Telenor in copperation with Business Units .
• Steer and coordinate device suppliers / OEMs qualification and onboarding, performance and risk management activities against commercial strategy and contractual committemetns.
• Explore and harness potential value creation opportunities through leveraging scale and global/regional synergies, in a fact-based manner
• Embrace a data driving culture to facilitate business insights and decisions across Telenor markets
• Develop business intelligent capabilities and digital enablers updating Telenor data management system for Devices and digital solutions for Source to Contract and Procure to Pay.
• Actively promote Procurement and Supply Chain excellence among the Telenor Markets and suppliers industry wide.

Profile

To succeed in this role it is important to have a robust global procurement background with commercial acumen and operational background on any of the following industries Telecommunication, FMCG, manufacturing. As most of your internal and external stakeholders will span across different countries, regions and organizational and cultural boundaries, you need to be able to communicate effectively and be convincing to all stakeholders. Experience within the Nordic region would be a valuable addition.

To enjoy this role and succeed in it you need to have:

• Strong business knowledge in telecommunications landscape
• Experience in scope of Global Procurement working in a multinational organization with the ability to facilitate alignment
• Expertise building and developing global virtual teams in any relevant category management discipline or in commercial programs.
• Strong ability to communicate and interact effectively (verbal, presentation, facilitation & listening modes of communication)across organizational and cultural boundaries, internal and external
• Commercial acumen and good interpersonal skills with the ability to develop business relationship
• Be result oriented, demonstrating excellent collaboration
• Ability to influence and drive change to increase value creation
• Capable to influence colleagues and stakeholders with a high degree of passion and execution
• Strong analytical, systems thinking and problem solving capabilities
• Foresee business risks related to role, highlighting to leadership and work towards mitigating risks in best manner
• Demonstrate commitment, maturity, flexibility and speed in response to business needs and challenges managing conflicts
• Knowledge of sourcing techniques and demand management & demand forecasting methods
• Familiar with contract setup activities such as specification definition, contract T&C setup
• Highly creative and innovative mindset
• High level of integrity and ethics

Qualification and Education Requirements

• Minimum 7-8 years\xe2\x80\x99 relevant experience in scope of procurement and category management, particularly within the Telecommunication industry.
• Experience within the Nordic region would be a valuable addition.
• Minimum Bachelor degree qualification, preferably in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, or Business Management.
• Other advanced degree (Masters, MBA, MCIPS or equivalent) and related procurement certificates such as CIPS would be a valuable addition.

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