Senior Software Asset Management (SAM) Consultant

Project overview

Westhouse is one of the leading recruitment companies for the placement of highly qualified specialists from the entire IT lifecycle and engineering sector.

We are currently looking for a

Senior Software Asset Management (SAM) Consultant - Remote (Onshore from Germany) / Frankfurt am Main

Framework Information

Your Qualifications

• Reference: 180753
• Start: 2026-12-01
• Duration: 31.12.2027
• Location: Remote (Onshore from Germany) / Frankfurt am Main
• Scope of Work: part-time 140 PT (of which 10 PT Onsite)
• Languages: German (C2/Native Level)
• Please only apply if ALL MUST-HAVE requirements are met

Responsibilities

Interested?

Interested? We look forward to receiving your comprehensive CV in electronic form.

Your Contact Persons

Mark Plewe

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• Analysis of existing IT license management:
• Structured recording and analysis of the existing organization, procedures, workflows, interfaces, and documentation of IT license management.
• Documentation of the current situation, including weaknesses, process gaps, media breaks, dependencies, and open functional issues.
• Fit/Gap analysis and process modeling:
• Evaluation of the documented and practically executed workflows against suitable best practices.
• Development of comprehensible fit/gap results and modeling of optimized target processes, including process boundaries, interfaces, control, and handover points.
• Strategic target and solution scenarios:
• Development and comparative evaluation of target and solution scenarios for organization, processes, control mechanisms, role definitions, and tool support.
• Documentation of prerequisites, dependencies, advantages and disadvantages, impacts, and a functionally justified recommendation.
• Evaluation of SAM tool implementation:
• Comparison of the developed target states and target processes with the existing SAM tool implementation.
• Documentation of deviations and recommended actions. Technical configuration, implementation, or go-live is not included unless specifically agreed upon.
• Internal IT license audits:
• Planning and execution of internal IT license audits for software products, license inventories, or contract items specified by the client.
• Documentation of audit subject, scope, data and contract bases, procedure, findings, data gaps, deviations, and functional action requirements.
• License contract optimization potentials:
• Functional analysis of license management-related optimization possibilities from inventory, usage, and contract information.
• Development of documented action options. Legally binding contract interpretation, contract negotiation, contract conclusion, and procurement decisions are not part of the service.
• Action catalog and implementation plan:
• Consolidation of analysis, conception, and audit results into a prioritized action catalog.
• Creation of an implementation plan with measures, functional rationale, expected impact, prerequisites, dependencies, logical sequence, milestones, and decision requirements.

Requirements

• Proven practical experience in strategic and operational IT license management as well as Software Asset Management and their setup/further development for over 5 years within the last 10 years
• Proven practical experience in the analysis and modeling of license management processes as well as in conducting structured current state and fit/gap analyses for over 5 years within the last 10 years
• Proven practical experience in the conception, execution, and documentation of internal IT license audits for over 5 years within the last 10 years
• Experience in IT license management consulting in the transport sector
• Minimum 5 years
• Knowledge in the analysis of license inventories, usage information, and contractual license bases for over 5 years within the last 10 years
• Knowledge in the functional use and evaluation of SAM tools
• Practical experience in the introduction/implementation of a SAM tool including conception, integration, and transfer to regular operation
• Knowledge in the functional evaluation of license and procurement-related data from SAP (in a corporate environment) for over 5 years within the last 10 years
• Project management experience in license management and Software Asset Management

Project details

• Start: 2026-12-01
• Duration: 31.12.2027
• Remote: remote
• Location: Remote (Onshore aus D.) / Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Languages: German