(Senior) Expert Software Sourcing & Value Creation (m/f/d)

Jackalope Digital LLC; München; Hybrid; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Variety of tasks with responsibility

Continuous training opportunities

Mentoring program

Company car & mobility offers

Office presence in Munich, Cologne, or

Zusammenfassung

Jackalope Digital LLC seeks a (Senior) Expert Software Sourcing & Value Creation to optimize IT spend, licensing, and contracts across SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Adobe, ServiceNow, and similar vendors. You will shape procurement strategies, negotiate renewals, and drive commercial value at client sites in Germany.

The role requires a degree in a relevant field, 5+ years in software procurement, and fluent German and English.

Qualifikationen

• Degree in a relevant field (business informatics, business administration, computer science, industrial engineering)
• 5+ years of professional experience in software procurement, IT vendor management, or IT sourcing
• Experience with enterprise software and SaaS contracts, especially renewals and new procurements
• Solid understanding of license metrics, entitlements, usage rights, pricing models
• Concrete project experience with major vendor ecosystems (SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Adobe, ServiceNow)
• Ability to challenge requirements while focusing on business needs
• Experience in commercial negotiations and leading workshops
• Fluent German and English (written and spoken)
• Analytical, structured, independent work style with strong people sense
• Willingness to own topics and implement at client sites

Aufgaben

• Analyze clients' software spend, license inventories, and contract structures to identify savings
• Prepare complex procurements and renewals with enterprise software providers
• Collaborate with IT, business units, and program leads to validate requirements and plans
• Develop target volumes, licensing and contract models, and renewal strategies
• Assess license metrics, entitlements, usage rights, and contract terms
• Translate business requirements into commercially sound sourcing decisions
• Lead workshops, structure decisions, and drive stakeholder alignment
• Support measures to downsize, reharvest, or clean unused licenses
• Share expertise in Software Sourcing & Commercial Value with colleagues

Kenntnisse

German fluency

English fluency

analytical thinking

ownership mentality

stakeholder management

workshops leadership

Ausbildung

Degree in business informatics / business administration / computer science / industrial engineering

Tools

SAP

Microsoft

Oracle

Salesforce

Adobe

ServiceNow

Jobbeschreibung

Position

Do you have a clear ambition to shape IT procurement and existing IT spend in a way that optimizes demand, specifications, and commercial models, resulting in P&L-relevant savings? And would you like to become part of our IT Value Creation Team?
Then we have exactly the right role for you:

(SENIOR) EXPERT SOFTWARE SOURCING & VALUE CREATION

Start date flexible, permanent position, during the week project-related at our clients’ sites, and typically on Fridays in our offices in Munich, Cologne, or Hamburg

Your mission

• In this role, you analyze our clients’ existing software spend, license inventories, and contract structures, deriving concrete savings potential
• You prepare complex new procurements and contract renewals with enterprise software and SaaS providers such as SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Adobe, ServiceNow, or comparable vendors
• Together with IT, business departments, and program leads, you critically challenge requirements, user groups, license types, modules, add-ons, roll-out plans, and growth assumptions
• A key part of your work is developing target volumes, licensing and contract models, as well as negotiation strategies for renewals and new procurements
• You assess license metrics, entitlements, usage rights, edition logic, and contractual mechanisms such as minimum commitments, price increases, true-ups, audit rights, termination periods, and contract terms
• Working closely with our procurement experts, you translate business and technical requirements into commercially sound sourcing decisions
• You prepare workshops, lead discussions with clients, and structure decision‑making for IT, business departments, procurement, and management
• Your work also includes supporting the implementation of measures such as downsizing, reharvesting, cleaning up unused licenses, adjusting license editions, or avoiding unnecessary commitments
• Beyond client work, you further develop our expertise in Software Sourcing & Commercial Value and actively share your knowledge with colleagues

Your profile

• A completed degree, ideally in business informatics, business administration, computer science, industrial engineering, or a comparable field
• At least five years of professional experience in software procurement, IT vendor management, software asset management, license consulting, IT sourcing, IT commercial management, or a comparable environment
• Practical experience with enterprise software and SaaS contracts, particularly in renewals, new procurements, contract optimization, or license clean‑up
• A solid understanding of license metrics, subscriptions, entitlements, usage rights, edition and pricing models, as well as typical contractual clauses
• Concrete project experience with at least two major vendor ecosystems such as SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Adobe, or ServiceNow
• The ability to critically question requirements and specifications without losing sight of the underlying business needs
• Experience in preparing and conducting commercial negotiations, as well as developing robust negotiation strategies
• Experience in leading workshops, structuring complex issues, and collaborating with different stakeholder groups
• Consulting experience is welcome. If you come from an in-house role, you ideally bring experience from cross-functional projects and complex decision‑making situations
• Fluent German and English skills, both written and spoken
• An analytical, structured, and independent way of working, combined with a strong sense for people and situations
• The willingness to take ownership, drive your own topics forward, and implement them effectively at our clients

What do we offer you?

• Variety of tasks with a lot of responsibility
• Continuous training opportunities
• Mentoring program
• Familiar and friendly working atmosphere
• Employee events and company retreats (twice per year)
• Company car & additional mobility offers
• Great central offices in Munich, Cologne and Hamburg
• Company jour-fixe with breakfast on Friday
• Drinks, fruit & yogurts in the office
• Employee participation model
• Pension scheme
• Company laptop & company cell phone
• Sports offers

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