IT Business Analyst SAM

Do you have a customer-consumer oriented mindset and a deep technical interest? Would you like to excel in a global setting in one of the world's leading hygiene and health companies? Then don't stop reading – as this position might be the next step in your career.

About the Role

We are looking for IT Business Analyst SAM who would work as part of the Infrastructure Services department within IT. Together with colleagues from around the organisation you will deal with a variety of Software Asset Management related tasks. You will handle individual requests from end-users or solution owners regarding requests around needed software licenses or new demands. Related to our bigger applications you will be working on optimizing license positions. You will closely collaborate with solution owners, business users, procurement colleagues and (senior) IT management. When contracts are due for renewal, you will analyse and prepare data for the renewal.

Your primary tools will be the IT Service Management system, our software license management system and our procurement administration system. And of course all tools that are included in our Digital Workplace, which is based on Microsoft 365.

What You Will Do

• Creation of SAP Ariba Purchase Orders corresponding to the software purchases that have been identified and agreed upon
• Tracking and monitoring the invoices from various vendors to corresponding purchase orders
• Being part of approval workflows of software purchases in our purchasing system
• Administration of Software licenses and vendor contracts in our Software Licence Management System
• Process IT Asset Management support tickets in our IT Service Management system
• Prepare proposals for senior IT management regarding Software contracts
• Proactively monitor used software products in Essity globally and suggest corrective actions to optimize the distribution of existing software licenses and contracts
• Support internal and external Software Audits
• Contribute to continuous improvement of our IT Asset Management processes and tooling
• Collaborate with software vendors, software brokers and internal solution owners
• Support development of business cases and support the portfolio prioritization process
• Facilitate workshops or key meetings to capture business requirements and perform as-is analysis, understanding customer and user requirements, their strategies and their goals
• Participate in pre-studies and breakdown of business requirements to develop comprehensive requirement specifications that will determine the estimate of cost, time and resources according to standard templates

Who You Are

• Experience in the area of Administration of purchase orders in tools like Ariba Purchase systems understanding the process and tool itself.
• Experience in ensuring that invoices for the purchase orders are being planned and paid as per the agreed terms and conditions.
• Ability to administer SAM tools like Snow License Manager etc. and making sure that the information about the agreements and licenses is up to date.
• Ability to understand the risks associated with the compliance of software audits.
• Ability to perform audits for software assets.
• Ability to evaluate and recommend suggestions for any risks associated with the software audits.
• Ability to understand the software usage trends and recommend future demands.
• Experience in Kanban delivery methodology and in understanding and utilizing Microsoft tools such as Azure DevOps, SharePoint etc.
• Swedish would be an advantage
• Fluent English knowledge required.

What We Can Offer You

At Essity, we believe everyone's learning and professional development is unique and want to empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Collaborative and Inclusive Culture | Empowering & Engaged Leaders | Working with Powerful Purpose & Sustainable Impact | Learning and Growing in your Career | Supporting Well-being & Sustainable Working Life | Life-changing Innovations | Competitive Total rewards