Portfolio Manager - SAM

at  SoftwareONE

Job Function: Software & Cloud Services The role:

Prerequisite:

• Excellent Command Of English (Written & Spoken)
• Ability To Work Independently With Minimal Supervision
• Software Asset Management (SAM) Licensing Knowledge
• Ability to interact / sell ideas to with various levels of stakeholders 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.

What we need to see from you:

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

Description:

Working with internal stakeholders and functional groups to effectively 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 stakeholders on options, if available.
• Specify how software is deployed
• Ensure deployment done as per recommendation.

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 stakeholders to ensure deployment of software applications are compliant and if not, working with the stakeholders to remediate any non-compliance.
Flexera Operational Management: Ability to create 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.
Demand Management / Collation: Collating demand from various stakeholders/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 own a specific budget amount for the purpose of BAU software license & subscription 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 stakeholder meetings: Participate in team periodic team meetings, project meetings with other functional groups in customer organization as may be required.
Description
Virtualization Management: Ensuring virtualized environments are licensed compliantly, in the most cost effective manner and also recommending options where available.
License Advisory: Providing advisory internal stakeholders on how they should deploy/license software.
Liaise with functional workgroups within SoftwareONE: To be the conduit between customer and various functional teams globally in SoftwareONE for the purpose of leveraging different expertise in order to complete a task or resolve an issue.
Liaise with various functions workgroups within customer organization: Reach out to various functional teams globally in customer organization for the purpose of planned task or issue resolution
Why SoftwareOne?:
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Accommodations:
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