Sourcing Specialist, Sim, Travel and Professional Services

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.

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As a Sourcing Specialist, you will report to the Director - Head of Cards & CPE, Professional Services & Travel. The Travel category consists of 7 sub-categories: Airlines, Hotels, Travel Agency, Meeting and Events, Car Leasing, Car Rental and Corporate / Lodge Cards. are some of the key examples of global spend areas.

Main tasks include:

- Perform market and industry analysis to support category and sourcing strategy development
- Coordinate internal data collection and validation to ensure on time and quality insights during analysis and execution.
- Establish measures to assess progress and performance for planned initiatives and established process.
- Perform RFX and analyse vendor offers and cost structures by tracking TCO, usage and pricing.
- Provide support with supplier evaluation/s and selection process, in accordance with the standard sourcing framework.
- Manage Sievo and PO reporting process across initiatives and contracts.
- Prepare periodic and ad-hoc reports on all initiatives within the category.
- Support in coordination on handling demands, handle portfolio and reduce the procurement cycle time.
- Prepare necessary documentation for senior management reporting.
- Support global category strategy development and execution with any tasks required to ensure successful outcome, but mainly pertaining to coordination, data analysis and reporting
- Liaise with internal local and regional Business Unit stakeholders to develop an understanding of products and services, and timely sourcing requirements, and establish and maintain effective relations with BUs as TPC customers.

To enjoy and succeed in this role you need to:

- Category knowledge in diverse and dynamic Professional Services, SIM and Travel category
- Strong analytical, systems thinking and problem-solving capabilities
- Strong ability to communicate and interact effectively (verbal, presentation, facilitation & listening modes of communication) across organizational and cultural boundaries, internal and external
- Documenting the contextual assumptions and gaps, keep track of the progress and coordinate between internal and external stakeholders in different phases of the sourcing process
- Communicate and interact effectively across organizational and cultural boundaries, internal and external
- Accountability, flexibility and speed in response to business needs and challenges
- Highly creative and innovative mindset
- Knowledge of sourcing techniques and demand management & demand forecasting methods
- Due to multi-time zone business support, long working hours expected during peak of project

Qualification and Experiences Requirements
- Fully self-driven, result-oriented, demonstrating excellent collaboration skills and able to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
- More than 1 year in a procurement / contract management / vendor / negotiations / supply chain management role or as functional expert in sourcing
- Bachelor degree, preferably within business administration, finance, supply chain or similar.
- Broad experience with Microsoft & other relevant tools, e.g. Excel, Power BI, PPT, Think cell
- Have basic insight into end-to-end Sourcing process and strategies.
- Be a part of shaping the dig