KOSTAL Group is a global, family-owned German company that develops market-leading solutions for the solar and automotive industries. The company was established in 1912 and employs about 20 000 people at 47 locations in 22 countries. In Hungary, KOSTAL is about to build its first business service centre to provide business support in IT, finance, procurement, master data, sales and HR fields. This will be a global centre with high value-added and complex processes which you can help to build.
The work can be managed remotely – with time-to-time office presence depending on the team’s agreement and the demand of the respective professional area – from any location in Hungary. In case of some company events, office attendance is expected from the colleagues. Technical conditions for working from home are fully in place.
Job Description
Our company is hiring an IT Hardware Asset Manager to build, develop and own IT Hardware Asset Management Operational Processes for IT assets at KOSTAL Group globally.
Main tasks, roles and responsibilities :
- Responsible for the CMDB application from a procedural and functional point of view including continuous improvement over its entire lifecycle.
- Understand the functionality of the CMDB application.
- Report and participate in resolution of Incidents, Problems, and Changes that impact the CMDB application.
- Ensure that the functional specifications requested by the business owners are implemented correctly.
- Responsible for all processes related to the CMDB (import, export, change, synchronization).
- Responsible for CMDB data quality.
- Establish, maintain and monitor hardware inventory database to ensure compliance.
- Close collaboration with Workplace Management to ensure that all hardware assets are properly configured and deployed, including image creation and deployment, asset tagging, and tracking.
- Monitor hardware utilization and make recommendations on efficiency improvement.
- Coordination of all technical service providers required for CMDB application delivery, including the management of agreed service levels (e.g., application availability, resolution of technical and functional issues, involvement of external/OEM support as necessary).
- Coordinates the implementation of the role and authorization concept according to KOSTAL’s specifications.
- Triggers and contributes to regular physical inventories/audits to assure data quality.
- Works together with service management functions and other related teams of the organization.
- Contributes to technology refresh.
- Responsible for reporting on potential security gaps related to the CMDB.
- Provide regular reports to management on the status of IT hardware assets, including inventory, usage, and budget.
Qualifications
Experiences and requirements:
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree or relevant IT education on the field of Business Informatics/IT Service Management
- Working knowledge of ITIL
- ITIL v4 Foundation certification is an advantage
Work experiences – time/seniority/ sector:
- 2+ years in IT Hardware Asset Management role
- Experience with other IT Service Management processes
- Experience in IT Operations
Technical/ IT knowledge:
- Knowledge of one or more IT Service Management toolsets (ServiceNow, BMC Remedy, MicroFocus, Opentext, JIRA Service Management)
- Experience with the asset and CMDB modules of one or more of above mentioned toolsets
- Experience with the relevant output of major discovery tools, in relation to hardware asset management (JDisc, InTune, LanDesk, SCCM, ServiceNow Discovery, SNOW Discovery, etc.)
- Experience with physical Inventory processes
Language – with level
- Fluent English
- Fluent German is an advantage
Required Skills and Competencies:
- High degree of customer and service orientation as well as sense of responsibility
- Proactive and a pragmatic “can do” attitude
- Able to make decisions for predefined topics
- Able to work independently, but seek guidance as and when necessary
- Strong team player with supportive mindset
- Experience in virtual teams in multinational organizations
- Passion for changes and continuous improvement
- Process workflow development skills
- Willingness to travel occasionally
Additional Information
Why work with us?
- Modern, newly built sustainable office in the heart of Budapest.
- Competitive salary, benefits and compensation packages (Medicover, bonuses, an extra day off on your birthday).
- Supportive, diverse and highly skilled community.
- Ability to really make a difference and build new processes from scratch, you can participate in the formation and shape of the BSC processes.
- You can enjoy our value-oriented work culture: we are down-to-earth, appreciative, inspiring and innovative.
- KOSTAL is a dynamically developing company (10–20% yearly growth in the automotive and solar industry), an independent, family-run business which provides much flexibility.
If you are looking for new challenges, we are looking for you! Shape the future of KOSTAL Hungary while building an international career at a 100+ years old German company! Our flexible working conditions and the excellent team at KOSTAL make the perfect place for your ambitions.
