IT asset manager shall perform various functions in ensuring effective decision is made concerning the organization software and technology-related hardware purchases and redistribution.
Given below is the job description, consisting of typical tasks, duties, and responsibilities, handed as an IT asset manager to perform:
- Manage team to perform daily and long-term operational and strategic management of hardware and software.
- Plan, monitor, and record hardware assets and/or software license to make sure they complied with vendor contracts in different software tools.
- Apply a continuous improvement approach in enhancing the strategies employed in technology spending, as well as in tracking company assets within the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) throughout their lifecycle.
- Ensure effective management of the CMDB and that the content contained is accurate.
- Provide supervision to staff of procurement analysts & IT Asset Analysts.
- Provide KPI/Metric information and standardized reporting on a scheduled basis together with unscheduled reporting demanded by management.
- Take part in various projects, providing support to VPs of Infrastructure and Finance.
- Define and enhance scheme for identifying hardware and software-related assets as well as CIs, including versioning and dependencies in the asset management tools, attributes, the Contract management library, and the CMDB
- Manage inventory of CIs and assets, including dependencies and attributes), making sure that modifications, withdrawals, and additions of existing ones are correctly recorded by the teams in charge in the tools to ensure that the vendor contracts are complied with
- Responsible for managing lifecycle of hardware and software models in the DML right from their introduction to their retirement
- Generate and distribute various reports, including compliance reports on current assets and CIs and their status; also perform trend analyses
- Perform verification and audit of DML and CMDB content; verify software assets with license contracts, confirm hardware assets with actual inventory, and initiate corrective actions and tract them.
- Manage activities concerning license compliance audits to be able to answer to requests from software editors effectively.
- Ensure process efficiency by implementing the key performance indicators; suggest improvements to the process continuously.
- Design processes relating to software and hardware asset management, execute and enhance them.
- Establish and maintain documentation of procedures, processes, and reports concerning asset and configuration management
- Take part in other ITSM processes, or as required perform as a back up to maintain operational activities, Develop and maintain company policies and processes.
- Collaborate with infrastructure teams to determine trends in asset performance.
- Establish and maintain hardware and software maintenance database.
- To Manage IT hardware & Software asset portfolio with respect to risk, cost control, governance, compliance, and performance objectives.
- To Plan and implement IT Hardware and Software asset life cycle strategy; advise Procurement and IT Operations in procurement strategies for SAM AND HAM acquisition.
- To Serve as IT Hardware and Software asset management subject matter expert.
- To Optimize usage and cost of IT Hardware & Software deployments.
- To Manage acquisition, deployment, utilization, tracking, security, and final disposition of IT assets.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of IT software and hardware as well as 8-10 years of experience working in IT Assets Management unit overall.
- At least Five years or more experience managing staff.
- Proven ability and experience in executing strategic asset management processes successfully.
- Profound knowledge of licensing agreements involving software, including Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle.
- Strong vendor management and negotiation skills.
- Strong knowledge of IT Service Management processes, as well as experience with Discovery tools.
- Possess Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, or business administration, or in other related field.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Possess IAITAM Certification, such as CHAMP, CSAM, and CITAM.
Benefits
- Private Health Insurance
- Performance Bonus
- Training & Development
