Overview:
SoftwareOne is a leading global software and cloud solutions provider that is redefining how companies build, buy and handle everything in the cloud. By helping clients to migrate and modernize their workloads and applications - and in parallel, to navigate and optimize the resulting software and cloud changes - SoftwareOne unlocks the value of technology. The company's 8,900 employees are driven to deliver a portfolio of 7,500 software brands with sales and delivery capabilities in 90 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, SoftwareOne is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the ticker symbol SWON. Visit us at https://www.softwareone.com/en
Responsibilities:
* This is an outstanding opportunity to work with an extraordinary team, using tried methodologies to deliver detailed software and cloud solutions.
* Activity (basic) New Software/Subscription Procurement
* Rightsizing Solution
* Prerequisites For Deployment
* Commercial Implications & TCO
* Check Existing License Pool
* Recommend Deployment "How To"
* Confirm Deployment done as per recommendation
* Working with internal partners and functional groups to reliably and efficiently
* Analyze demand volumes
* Re-harvest where opportunities exist
* Procure best product
* Right size footprint - removing unused deployments.
* Procure based on actual usage/needs
* Purchasing at right support levels
* Advise internal partners on options, if available.
* Specify how software is deployed
* Ensure deployment done as per recommendation.
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* Subscription Management :Ensuring subscription renewals done prior to expiry date and are renewed at the right level, include the right options and are done based on needs.
* Operational Reporting: Reporting on software/subscription applications on usage, costing, inventorying, maintenance expiry and compliance.
* Compliance Management: Working with internal partners to ensure deployment of software applications are compliant and if not, working with the partners to remediate any non-compliance.
* Flexera Operational Management: Ability to build custom reports / generate standard reports / update records for software licenses or subscriptions using Flexera tool. Also responsible for integrity of license data for own portfolio in terms of accuracy, completeness and ensuring all data is as current.
* Data Management/ Collation- Collating demand from various partners/functional groups within customer organization to collate similar product requirements for the purpose of ordering sufficient licenses to meet demand and also leverage on volume discounts.
* Budget Management: Propose and lead a specific budget amount for the purpose of BAU software license & subscription
* Demand Management / Collation:n renewals. Portfolio Manager will be responsible for utilization of this budget.
* Vendor Payment Management: Ensuring publishers/resellers are paid correct amounts and within a given timeframe.
* Periodic/Ad-hoc partner meetings: Participate in team periodic team meetings, project meetings with other functional groups in customer organization as may be required.
* Activity Sophisticated:
* Virtualization Management: Ensuring virtualized environments are licensed compliantly, in the most efficient manner and also recommending options where available.
* License Advisory: Providing advisory internal partners on how they should deploy/license software.
* Liaise with functional workgroups within SoftwareOne: To be the liaison customer and various functional teams globally in SoftwareOne for the purpose of demonstrating different expertise in order to complete a task or resolve an issue.
* Liaise with various functions workgroups within customer organization: Get in touch with various functional teams globally in customer organization for the purpose of planned task or issue resolution.
Qualifications:
* 5-10 years of minimum professional experience in licensing industry with successful SAM Management / software licensing experience across publishers.
* Excellent Command Of English (Written & Spoken)
* Ability To Work Independently With Minimal Direction
* Software Asset Management (SAM) Licensing Knowledge
* Ability to interact / sell ideas to with various levels of partners i.e. Operational to Senior Management
* Good understanding of virtualized environments, active directory/SCCM
* Experience using ServiceNow Request Management Tool
* Flexera tool experience.
* Customer Facing Experience Mandatory.
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