APAC IT Asset Management Specialist
Apply now »Date: Aug 13, 2024
Location: Pudong New District, SH, CN, 201204
Company: Lubrizol Corporation
About Lubrizol
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.
We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.
General Description
We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented APAC IT Asset Management Specialist to join our IT team in APAC. The primary responsibility of this role is to oversee the management of IT assets across the APAC region. This includes, but is not limited to, hardware/software tracking, physical inventory, procurement, managing user requests for IT assets. The successful candidate will ensure the effective tracking, maintenance, and optimization of all IT assets, ensuring compliance with company policies and industry regulations.
Primary Responsibilities
- Develop and implement IT asset management strategies and processes for the APAC region, aligning with global standards and best practices.
- Maintain a comprehensive inventory of all IT assets, including hardware, software, licenses, and subscriptions. Keep data in ServiceNow.
- Track and monitor the lifecycle of IT assets, from procurement to disposal, ensuring accurate documentation and adherence to company policies. This includes:
- Enter Purchase Requisitions (PR) for IT asset requests
- Stock Room inventory
- Recovery or reassignment of hardware and software assets assigned to terminated employees/non-employees
- Disposal of retired equipment
- Annual fixed asset certification and inventory
- Support IT business initiatives such as refresh/upgrades, redeployment, standardization, and usage monitoring.
- Conduct regular audits and reconciliations to verify the accuracy and completeness of asset records.
- Collaborate with various stakeholders, including IT teams, procurement, finance, and legal, to ensure proper asset management and compliance.
- Optimize asset utilization and minimize costs by identifying opportunities for consolidation, standardization, and strategic procurement.
- Develop and maintain vendor relationships, ensuring timely delivery, accurate invoicing, and adherence to service level agreements.
- Stay updated with industry trends, regulations, and licensing requirements to ensure compliance and mitigate risks.
- Provide support and guidance to users or other IT colleagues regarding IT asset management processes, procedures, and self-service tools.
- Generate reports and metrics to track IT asset performance, utilization and cost.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 3-5 years working experience in IT function
- Strong knowledge of IT asset management principles, practices, and tools
- Experience with hardware/software procurement and tracking
- Strong sense of professionalism and ethics
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Results-oriented.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work with large data sets.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with various stakeholders.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and priorities
- Excellent time management and organization skills
- Be proficient in both written and oral English
- ITIL Foundation certification is a plus.
Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together!
It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers and communities.
We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work.
As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better.
One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today.
More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic.
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