Manager Procurement

Certis; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology services company in Singapore is seeking an IT Asset Manager to oversee hardware and software asset management. The role involves developing policies, ensuring compliance with licensing laws, and implementing monitoring dashboards to optimize asset usage. The ideal candidate will have experience in IT asset management, strong analytical skills, and the ability to collaborate with various teams to support effective asset management practices. A commitment to continuous improvement and data governance is essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Experience in IT asset management for hardware and software.
• Strong understanding of licensing laws and compliance.
• Ability to develop monitoring and reporting systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement asset management policies and controls.
• Manage hardware and software asset inventories.
• Ensure compliance with license usage laws and regulations.
• Support procurement teams in acquisition and disposal of IT assets.

Skills

Asset management

Licensing compliance

Cloud services analysis

Reporting and dashboards

Collaborative teamwork

Job description

IT Asset Manager IND

Certis Bangalore, India

About us

OsbIndia (OSBI) is an offshore subsidiary of OSB Group. OSBI was incorporated in 2004 as a key part of the OSB Group's business strategy to provide operational service support. OSBI works with the Group's trading brands in the UK, providing exceptional customer support and service delivery to new and existing customers. OSBI also prides itself on offering operational excellence by devising and utilizing process improvements and functional efficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement effective asset management policies, controls, procedures, and processes that align with current and future business needs.
• Establish, validate and manage the hardware asset inventory, ensuring this is accurately maintained so records and usage is tracked and can be easily reported throughout its lifecycle.
• Work closely with IT Operational and procurement teams to ensure effective operational policies and standards are in place for hardware asset management including for device refresh cycles, and for device onboarding and decommissioning.
• Establish and validate the software asset management inventory (SNOW) ensuring this is accurately maintained so software attribute records and usage is well managed throughout its lifecycle.
• Verify and act to ensure license usage is compliant with relevant laws and regulations (software license grants are used within the terms of use).
• Provide support, guidance, and advice to colleagues on licensing, new and existing software contracts, and software asset management best practices.
• Collaborate with business departments to support effective tracking, reconciliation and verification of software deployment records and ensure optimised software utilisation is maintained within the business.
• Develop and implement effective monitoring and reporting dashboards from the software asset management inventory, to highlight software deployment and utilisation, and to identify risks or issues, ensuring appropriate actions are identified and outcomes delivered.
• Conduct, support and lead where appropriate internal and external software asset audits to verify compliance status and lead any remedial or reconciliation action plans where required for ongoing compliance.
• Plan and support new hardware and software acquisition, deployment, maintenance, and revocation, and disposal where required of IT assets.
• Analyse ongoing usage of cloud services supporting software to ensure compliance, cost and usage optimisation.
• Build and maintain a software asset management risk register, and be proactive in helping business stakeholders identify, analyse, mitigate, and escape software related risks in a timely manner.
• Work closely with Finance and procurement teams to ensure IT Asset management activities are managed effectively within agreed operating budgets.
• Foster a continuous improvement led approach towards IT asset management procedures, processes, and tooling.
• Ensure that you fully understand and comply with the organisation's Risk Management Policies as they relate to your area of responsibility and demonstrate in your day-to-day work that you put customers at the heart of everything you do.
• Ensure that you fully understand and comply with the organisation's Data Governance Policies as they relate to your area of responsibility and demonstrate in your day-to-day work that you treat data as an important corporate asset which must be protected and managed.
• Maintain the company's compliance standards and ensure timely completion of all mandatory on-line training modules and attestations.

Why join OSBI

We understand your career and how you progress is as unique as your individual personality. We've created a culture and an environment that encourages personal growth and offers our people opportunities to learn and succeed. Whether you're in the early stages of your career or already have an established profession, we're constantly seeking to hire talented individuals who want to make a difference and grow with us. We're a connected company working together to create a business in which we can all take pride and prosper. If you want to know more about OSBI, please click on the website link: www.osb-india.com. To find out more about OSBI culture please find us on Instagram @OSBINDIA. To find out more about the roles & updates please follow our LinkedIn Page www.linkedin.com/company/osbi.