Director - Head of Towers Infrastructure

-Company
Telenor Group
Singapore 307591, Singapore
Category
Corporate functions
Type
Full Time

**About the position**:
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.

**About the Role**

Tower Infra is one of the largest spend area in the Network domain (having annual spend of several billion NOK). The Head of Tower Infra category is a high impact, highly visible position that will develop and execute global/local plans utilizing the strategic sourcing process. This position serves as a key strategic role within Telenor’s Network domain, providing strategic support in terms of both setting up the relevant Tower category strategy and its execution.

The role is responsible for bringing the best ideas, talent and capability to support the company’s Tower Infra related business needs. Working closely with the different stakeholders within TPC, Business Units, Group Tower and other relevant Group functions - the role shall be responsible for implementing new strategies and plans in the Tower Infra related spend area. Role will also be responsible to engage stakeholders to review business needs and spend drivers, support strategic choices ensuring optimal value in the long-term, define and develop capabilities needed to deliver value for the category.

**Main tasks**
- Develop and execute category strategies ensuring long-term benefit for the company
- Translate strategy developed into objectives and priorities for the category
- Use appropriate category board to develop, approve, and adjust/update Category strategy.
- Develop strong relationships with local and global stakeholders throughout Telenor domain to stay connected, develop/influence category strategy and support individual business unit needs and strategies.
- Implement and drive changes to engage others to initiate and embrace change in order to build on current strengths, move business initiatives forward, and capitalize on new opportunities
- Ensure transparency and governance in all process. Ensure Telenor Sourcing principles (TSP) as well as other relevant policies is strictly adhered to in all sourcing process.
- Take lead and drive to meet KPIs e.g. spend migration, realized saving etc.
- Accountable for the bottom-up aggregation of all category data to set up top-down target setting process
- Implement robust supplier selection processes and when it is appropriate to have single source, single supplier with multiple sources and multi-supplier strategies.
- Build strong relationships with key suppliers in order to negotiate more innovative and beneficial contractual agreements and service levels - manage negotiation process, content and results. Lead the negotiation team to define the desired outcome of a sourcing process.
- Develop procurement strategies, which meet quality requirements, optimize cost savings, delivery and services, and guarantee supply assurance. Identify and mitigate supplier and sourcing risks and challenges effectively to ensure there is a Strategic process in place for Supplier development,
- Develop relevant virtual category team (VCT) with relevant members from business unit to develop well-aligned category strategy, troubleshoot operational issues and share learning of best practices.
- People Management - Lead, develop, motivate and assign people to appropriate tasks. Ensure career development and succession planning is in place for the procurement function - Ensure the right people are in the right place with the appropriate support to contribute to the category strategy and organizational benefit. Ensure the ongoing training and development of self and team in procurement best practices and skills.
- Positive thinker with a persistent mind-set