Asset and Configuration Manager
Why choose Logicalis?
It's not just IT solutions, It's IT global know-how! Logicalis is an international multi-skilled solution provider providing digital enablement services to help customers harness digital technology and innovative services to deliver powerful business outcomes.
Our customers span industries and geographical regions; and our focus is to engage in the dynamics of our customers' vertical markets; including financial services, TMT (telecommunications, media and technology), education, healthcare, retail, government, manufacturing and professional services, and apply the skills of our 4,500 employees in modernising key digital pillars; data centre and cloud services, security and network infrastructure, workspace communications and collaboration, data and information strategies, and IT operation modernisation. We are the advocates for our customers for some of the world's leading technology companies including Cisco, HPE, IBM, CA Technologies, NetApp, Microsoft, Oracle, VMware and ServiceNow
Logicalis employees are innovative, smart, entrepreneurial and customer centric, with a shared ambition of making Logicalis the worlds leading IT Solutions provider!
We offer speedy decision-making, opportunities for personal development, and a supportive, inclusive environment that celebrates our diversity.
Join us and become a part of something epic!
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic & Governance Responsibilities:
Define, agree, and maintain the organization's combined Asset & Configuration Management approach.
Ensure integration of ITAM and CM into value streams, governance structures, and supplier operations.
Align asset and configuration practices with procurement processes.
Configuration Management Responsibilities
Maintain and enhance the CI model.
Manage the lifecycle of each CI, including procurement-originating items.
Maintain an accurate, up-to-date CMDB/AMDB.
Perform configuration audits and reconciliation.
Asset Management Responsibilities
Analyse stakeholder requirements and asset risks.
Track assets from procurement through deployment, maintenance, and retirement.
Ensure compliance with software licensing and optimize asset utilization.
DELIVERY RESPONSIBILITIES
Improve service to customers CMBD by minimising business disruption caused by inaccurate or inadequate configuration information
Provide accurate information on configuration items and their documentation
Enable client to have sight of the current status and history of all defined CIs it uses
Provide and maintain an accurate and up-to-date pictorial end-to-end view of the configuration of the services provided to (or on) the client's estate
Ensure the client does not breach software licence terms and conditions
Ensure the client maximises its use of hardware assets
Comply with the client's asset management strategy
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
KPI's
Frequency of updates
Downtime metrics
Average number of errors
Rework Metrics
Frequently of changing files
Root cause for late delivery
Skills & Competencies
Ability to track end-of-life and retired CI's
Manage service providers to record and expose all attributes of CI's throughout the product or service Lifecyle.
Able to conduct audits on configuration items.
Ability to consult the CAB on required changes.
Able to work closely with the PMO in infrastructure projects.
Able to work closely with the Procurement team to align the capturing to their processes.
PERSON REQUIREMENTS
EXPERIENCE
4-6 years' experience as Asset and/or Configuration Manager
Obtain good knowledge of the organization, its resources and available information
Good understanding of the service configuration management practice and its role in the SIAM
Good understanding of stakeholder requirements, service configuration management methods and tools, available sources of information, and means of automation
Leadership and communication skills
Good understanding of the agreed approach
Previous experience on ManageEngine products.
QUALIFICATIONS
Grade 12, but tertiary qualification preferred
ITIL Foundation qualification
Strong Excel Skills,
Technical qualifications would be beneficial,
ADDITIONAL SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES:
Good understanding of IT infrastructure
Self-motivated with the ability to work unsupervised.
Attention to detail
Punctuality
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong problem-solving skills
Possess proficient analytical and decision-making skills
Demonstrated capacity for gathering and scrutinizing data to identify issues, opportunities, and patterns
Proficient relationship building skills - predict customer behaviour and respond accordingly
A strong service-oriented ('can-do') culture, with a strong focus on the 'internal customer' approach, committed to exceeding customer expectations
Good communicator with the customer environment
Able to operate as a good team player
Drive and Energy