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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About the Role
As a Category Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in category reporting and performance management, with a proactive approach to identifying new value-creation opportunities. This role entails both routine and project-oriented tasks aimed at enhancing category performance across Logistics and Facility Management Category, support category manager during the RFx process and provide analytical analysis.
Main Responsibilities
- Responsible for all reporting requirements within the category, including savings reporting, target setting, pipeline planning, forecasting, and ensuring timely update of data by category teams.
- Develop the analytical functionalities within the category area and drive analysis to support Logistics & Facility Management categories. Analyze spend and savings pattern to support development and execution of the category strategy and perform sourcing diagnostics.
- Work closly with Head of category on spend development and category performance to ensure on-track performance.
- End-to-end responsible for quantitative analysis within the category (baselining, TCO, evaluation models / criteria and bench marking).
- Prepare ad hoc analysis & participate on projects as needed to support the Categories.
- Participate in negotiations and ensure delivery of targets. Prepare financial comparisons of supplier bids in the RFQs.
- Research and understand shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers that may affect overall supplier performance and/or result in purchase price variance.
- Maintain and be aware of relevant and latest sourcing and procurement guidelines
- Develop market intelligence within Logistics and Facility Management categories including industry trends, global pricing, technology update, supply/demand market volatility, cost drivers (raw material pricing, tariffs), benchmarks, and mergers & acquisitions in the industry to mitigate supply and cost risk.
Profile
Successful candidate will have a strong analytical background, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across various stakeholder to drive performance improvements and uncover new opportunities for value creation.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Analytics, or Business.
- 2-3 years of experience in sourcing, strategy, or financial analysis.
- Proficiency with data processing and visualization tools, such as Excel and PowerBI.
- Results-oriented with excellent collaboration abilities.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, capable of interacting effectively on complex strategy and analysis topics with stakeholders.
- Exceptional analytical and systems thinking capabilities, with a structured approach to problem-solving.
- Creative and innovative mindset for solving problems.
- High standards of integrity and ethics.
- Willingness to bring fresh ideas and contribute to process improvements.
- Well aware of Procurement process, ability to handle procurement / sourcing process, especially simplified procurement / sourcing process
