Philip Raja

About Philip Raja

Diversified IT professional with an overall experience of 17 years in various IT functions related to Software Asset Management, Supplier and Vendor Management, IT Service Management, ITSM Processor Manager and Service Desk Engineer IT Asset Management Software License Compliance Budget Management Software Procurement & Purchasing Vendor Relationship Management Software Contracts and Commercial Management Service Request, Incident, Change and Problem Management

Experience

1. Manager - Software Asset Management

   Unilever

   Jan 2020 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   The main objective of my current role is to effectively collaborate with a team for SMEs who provide guidance and support on different SAM activities/initiatives for managing enterprise agreements with SAP, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, RHEL, SUSE, Dassault, Microfocus, TOSCA, Siemens, Entrust SSL, Adobe, Autodesk\\\\no Maintain an accurate inventory of software entitlements and deployments needed to continuously monitor license compliance position\\\\no Conduct internal review to meet contractual compliance for both license count and allowed deployment to proactively manage the risk associated with external supplier audits that can result in fines and penalties\\\\no Yearly renewal of maintenance contracts and management of new purchases via amendments to the MSA with new license purchases\\\\no Support procurement team during contract execution and renewals processes by providing accurate information related to license entitlements and deployment.\\\\no Identify opportunities for cost optimization through license recycling and process improvements\\\\no Reviewing of existing software contracts for various licensing terms and record information in software licensing database as required\\\\nAudit Management\\\\no Manage Internal and External Audits, True-Ups and Declarations and other initiatives\\\\no Lead external audit requests by collaborating with appropriate resources to ensure timely response to supplier and legal teams as necessary\\\\nSoftware Contracts and Commercial Management\\\\no Managing software renewals worth 40 mln euros\\\\no Collaborate with platforms and support on the contract renewals managed by respective platforms\\\\no Liaise with contract terms and release purchase orders as per the contract payment schedule\\\\no Work with supplier and internal finance team on timely payment of invoices\\\\no Resolve supplier queries/escalations related to payments\\\\no Work along with procurement team and negotiate better pricing during annual contract renewals.\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

Education

• Ramappa Engineering College

  B.Tech, Information Technologu

  1999 — 2003