SAM Specialist
Are you the trusted advisor on software licenses and cloud compliancy? You manage over millions of euros of license entitlements and usage!
You & your job
As a Software Asset Manager/License Manager you really add value. The IT Vendor Management team brings talented people together to ensure the best services for our stakeholders and clients. With you the team will consist of 34 colleagues in a variety of roles.
IT Vendor Management is part of the Continuity 4 Tech department within the Engineering & Enterprise Tech division of CITO (Chief Innovation & Technology Officer). CITO assures Rabobank can be a rock-solid and innovative technology-driven cooperative bank and with rock-solid we mean running the bank of today stable, secure, and at the right cost level. Innovative applies to our responsibility to drive the innovation and (digital)transformation agenda of the bank with state-of-the-art technology and data & analytics capabilities.
IT Vendor Management acts as ‘the bridge’ between CITO and her external partners and ensures a firm grip on all IT vendors within Rabobank.
Collaboration and communication is at the heart of everything we do and in your role you are responsible for accurate administration and record keeping of our software license positions next to keeping a keen oversight on and reporting about these positions for specific vendors and/or parts of CITO. All of this with an increasing focus on FinOps and Cloud. In your day to day job you work closely together with your three colleague SAM and License specialists and you are supported by your colleague Vendor and Contract Managers, who are the primary contacts for the CITO Managers. To ensure compliancy and save money wherever you can, you use for example our SAM Tool Snow and also vendor specific tools. These tools are needed to have a sound overview of the licenses bought and used. You are accurate, analytical and have a good understanding of IT, reporting and preferably experience with tooling like Power BI to be able to present the needed insights in a structural and consistent way.
An average working day
Are you curious about what is on your to-do list on an average working day? As a Software Asset Manager/License Manager you probably will start your day with a short look at your schedule. Today you will start with a stand-up with your License management colleagues to discuss ongoing work, possible audits from vendors and topics at hand. After that you have a call with a Product Owner on an upcoming renewal. After that you have an internal call to prepare the Vendor license count teams meeting together with the responsible Vendor Manager and the business representatives. Together you plan the external call with the external independent advisor on the License counting process that will take place later this week. After lunch there is time for administrative activities regarding recently purchased additional software licenses and you start preparing and sharing reports on Snow coverage, Software Compliance plan updates and Snow quality control details. You close your day discussing with CITO colleagues from several departments on FinOps topics with extra focus on Cloud costs and usage.
Working within IT Vendor Management Software Asset Management/License management team means a dynamic working environment, where no day is the same and where you are constantly working on supporting your vendor and contract managers and business stakeholders but also on developing and improving yourself with the many challenges that come your way every day.
Top 3 responsibilities
- Supporting the domain(s)/department(s) stakeholders with regard to license compliancy, making sure we are compliant and saving money wherever you can.
- Managing the licenses and subscription for specific vendors and IT departments assigned to you, making sure all your Software Compliance Plans are up to date
- Data management and reporting on all licenses and subscriptions.
Together we achieve more than alone
We believe in the power of differences. By combining the unique differences of people we make sure that we become an even better bank. We are therefore curious about what you will add to the IT Vendor Management team.
Your 34 to-be colleagues from IT Vendor Management are happy to welcome you. They are jointly responsible for managing all suppliers within CITO (sourcing, software, hardware) on a daily basis and deliver added value every day within the dynamic IT world of CITO. Collaboration is our working method and strength; as 1 passionate department within Rabobank, together with our other colleagues and our external partners. Speaking of Rabobank: we are a Dutch bank, active in 38 countries for our more than 9,500,000 customers. With these customers, our members and partners, we work side by side towards a world in which everyone has enough and healthy food to eat. Closer to home, we are working towards a country in which happy people live, work and do business.
You & your talent
- (Demonstrable) HBO working and thinking level
- Strong communication skills
- Excellent command of the Dutch and English language in speech and writing
- You are stress resistant and know how to keep your head cool in stressful times
- Focus on data management and reporting skills
- Proven experience in License management and IT
- Rabobank knowledge is an advantage
- Can do mentality
- Knowledge of License models in general and preferably experience in license models and metrics
- Knowledge and experience with SAM tooling, preferably SNOW
- Proactively following and a keen interest in topics like FinOps, license management and IT developments in general
This is what we offer you
- Up to € 5.300,48 gross per month (scale 8) or up to € 6.186,37 gross per month (scale 9), based upon experience
- 36 hour contract
- Thirteenth month and 8% holiday pay
- Extra budget of 10 or 11% of your gross monthly salary that you can spend as you wish. Buy extra vacation days, deposit extra money in your pension or have the budget (partly) paid out
- € 1.400,00 budget for your personal development
- A combination of working from home and in the office, Rabo@Anywhere
This is a selection of the employment conditions for a Software Asset Manager/License Specialist based on a 36-hour working week. All employment conditions can be found on rabobank.jobs/en/conditions-of-employment.
You & the application process
- For substantive questions about this function: Marcel van der Heide, Head of IT Vendor Management via Marcel.van.der.Heide@rabobank.nl or 0657569039
- Questions about working at Rabobank and the procedure? Raphaël Drenthel, IT Recruiter via Raphael.Drenthel@rabobank.nl
- Calls take place via video call.
- You can find answers to the most frequently asked questions on rabobank.jobs/en/faq
- An assessment of reliability is part of the procedure.
- We respect your privacy.
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