**Your Responsibilities: **
**Strategic licence and contract management **
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Development and implementation of global licensing strategies, particularly for SAP, Microsoft and Oracle, but also for numerous other vendors;
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Analysis, evaluation and optimisation of existing software contracts and licensing models;
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Preparation, support and execution of complex contract and price negotiations with manufacturers and resellers, both independently and as part of a team;
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Collaboration in the introduction and subsequent support of a SAM tool from ServiceNow;
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Close management of a managed service provider for licences;
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Identifying cost reduction potential and deriving measures for consolidation and efficiency improvement.
**Operational licence management **
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Ensuring compliance and minimising licensing risks;
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Establishment, maintenance and further development of licence inventories and databases (SAM tools);
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Conducting licence requirement and usage analyses;
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Support and assistance with external audits (e.g. SAP measurement, Microsoft True-Up, Oracle LMS);
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Advising internal stakeholders on all licensing issues.
**Stakeholder and interface management **
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Close cooperation with IT purchasing, enterprise architecture, security and finance;
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Advising departments on licensing models, deployment scenarios and cost implications ;
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Support for cloud transformation programmes (e.g. SAP S/4HANA, SAP RISE, Microsoft Azure / M365, Oracle Cloud).
**Process and tool development **
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Further development and automation of licence management processes;
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Participation in the design and expansion of global SAM governance;
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Introduction and optimisation of SAM tools (Service Now).