Job Description

Telenor Group is a leading telecommunications company across the Nordics and Asia with 172 million customers and annual sales of around NOK 110 billion (2021) We are committed to responsible business Telenor Group is a leading telecommunications company across the Nordics and Asia with 172 million customers and annual sales of around NOK 110 billion (2021) 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. 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' teams are 16,000 people strong. Telenor Procurement Company (TPC), established in 2017 and headquartered in Singapore, operates as a subsidiary of the Telenor Group. We deliver Global Category Management as a service to the Telenor Business Units, 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-us/global-presence/telenor-procurement-company/) About the Role As a Software Asset and License Management Specialist, you will be part of the Enterprise software sourcing team where you will report to the Director - Head of Category, Enterprise Software. The objective of the position is to support and operate a software policy/tool, as well as a software asset and license management service, across Telenor to drive compliance, leverage purchasing power and optimise software utilisation. The role holder will support and execute software license and optimisation strategies in cooperation with the relevant Category Manager(s). You will provide analysis, reporting, and consultation to the SLM manager, focusing on all processes associated with the entire lifecycle of software license management from initial purchase to proper retirement of the licenses. Main tasks . Execute software asset management policies and tools across Telenor . Interpret and maintain an accurate inventory of software contracts, entitlements and inventory information associated with the software assets . Keep track of the license inventory and entitlements, facilitate software license optimization activities, handle license assignments, collect and report license usage in the form of true-ups and true downs, reconciliation of license use, update SharePoint sites etc. . Perform registration, review, classification, validation of purchase orders and purchase requests while following up with the accounting and finance teams across the BUs and TPC . Analyse and report on software license spend, savings, utilisation . Automate daily tasks and improve way of work . Act as a Subject Matter Expert for software licensing/metrics and tool operations . Contribute to the de Foresee business risks related to role, highlighting to leadership and work towards mitigating risks in best manner development of our group wide software asset management capabilities . Foresee business risks related to role, highlighting to leadership and work towards mitigating risks in best manner Profile The successful candidates should have background and interest in working with technology, software management and licensing models. It is an advantage to have experience dealing with major software vendors and the ability to perform data analysis working across multiple application and database systems. In addition, he/she should demonstrate: . Have strong business interest in technology landscape . Strong analytical, systems thinking and problem solving capabilities . Excellent attention to details . Result oriented, demonstrating excellent collaboration abilities . Commitment, flexibility, and speed in response to business needs and challenges . Highly creative and innovative mindset . Curious about what is happening in the market and bring different pieces of information together to find insights and conclusions . Experience in implementing in software asset management, or software compliance auditing is considered advantage . Experience in consulting is considered advantage . High level of integrity and ethics Qualifications and Education Requirements . University degree preferably within science, finance, engineering, or technology. . Minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience in technology and/or procurement domain preferred ITIL and/or SAM certifications preferred