Job Description

Are you a strategic negotiator with a passion for telecom infrastructure? We are looking for a Sourcing Manager to join the Network Sourcing team within Group Procurement at Tele2.

Within Group Procurement, we aim to be best-in-class across all spend categories and all aspects of procurement, combining ambition with a pragmatic mindset. We ensure competitive pricing across our purchases, mitigate legal and operational risks in our contracts, and build strong, collaborative relationships with our suppliers.

In the role of Sourcing Manager, you will report to Jonas Carlsson, Head of Network Sourcing, and play a key role in developing and optimizing our sourcing categories within fixed telecom network infrastructure. Your main focus will be fixed network connectivity—such as dark fiber and capacity services for customer access and network transmission—including international connectivity providers. This is one of our most significant sourcing categories in terms of spend and complexity, with highly critical and sophisticated supplier agreements.

About the job:

As a Sourcing Manager, you will play a strategic role in driving sourcing excellence, optimizing costs, and building strong supplier partnerships. You will take a proactive and strategic approach to sourcing, challenging both internal stakeholders and external suppliers to ensure the best possible outcomes for Tele2. This means not only securing competitive terms, but also continuously improving ways of working, commercial structures, and long-term value creation across the category.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for telecom categories, with a focus on fixed network connectivity and fixed network platforms, to secure cost savings, quality, and effective risk management.
• Identify, evaluate, and negotiate with suppliers to ensure best value and long-term partnerships.
• Lead competitive bidding processes (RFPs, RFIs, RFQs) and manage contract negotiations.
• Drive value creation through cost optimization, supplier innovation, and total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis.
• Monitor supplier performance against KPIs, resolving escalations and ensuring business continuity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (operations, engineering, finance, legal, sustainability) to align sourcing with organizational needs.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, legal, regulatory, and sustainability standards.
• Provide market intelligence, spend analysis, and insights to support strategic decision-making.
• Support, mentor and develop sourcing team members to strengthen organizational capability.

Who are you?
To thrive and succeed in this role we believe that you have:

• At least 5 years of experience within procurement.
• Experience of working with sourcing categories related to telecom networks.
• Experience working with a variety of contract types and pricing models across hardware, software, services, and outsourcing.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Experience managing sourcing projects.
• A positive personality with a structured way of working and thrives in building relationships.
• Fluent in both Swedish and English, written and spoken.
• Strong analytical and commercial sense.
• Relevant higher degree from university or similar.

As a person, you thrive in a constantly changing environment and are able to adapt quickly while solving complex problems.

A few words from the manager
The sourcing team consists of experienced colleagues who each have responsibility for specific categories, while sharing a strong team spirit, an open atmosphere, and a collaborative mindset.

Why Tele2

• A culture of natural born challengers – At Tele2 we don’t just do things the traditional way. We challenge the status quo and push boundaries to create smarter and more valuable solutions for our customers. You will be part of a culture that values curiosity, initiative and collaboration, where new ideas are welcomed and everyone’s contribution matters.
• Inclusive and supportive environment – We believe in fostering a creative and flexible workplace where people can bring their whole selves to work. Diversity and inclusion are important to us, and we strive to create an environment where people feel welcome, respected and supported in growing both personally and professionally.
• A sustainability challenger – We are proud that Tele2 has been recognised as Europe’s Climate Leader by the Financial Times and named as Sweden’s most sustainable company by Time Magazine and Statista, reflecting our strong commitment to reduce emissions, transparency and long-term climate goals. Our efforts focus on three areas where we can make the biggest difference: advancing a circular economy, combating climate change, and protecting children online. By embedding these focus areas into how we operate and innovate, we aim to create positive impact for people, planet and profit.

Interest and application

Would you like to be a part of the Tele2s value-driven and including culture? Then hit the “apply now” button and let’s find out if we’re a match!

If you have any specific questions regarding the position, please feel free to contact TA specialist: angelica.ek@tele2.com

Please note that in compliance with personal data management regulations (GDPR), we are unable to accept CVs via email.

Warmly welcome to submit your application! To ensure an inclusive and fair recruitment process, we focus on your experiences and skills. Therefore, Tele2 has chosen not to consider cover letters. Instead, we kindly ask you to answer the screening questions included in the application form.

With the summer holidays approaching, we will begin the interview process in the second half of August.

As a step in the recruitment process, Tele2 performs a background check on final candidates.