Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Since the beginning of 2009, I have been working as a freelance IT consultant with successfully completed projects in IT service management, focusing on strategic and operational software asset and license management, including at three banking groups, two energy corporations, a telecommunications group, a logistics group, a medical technology group, two public clients, and an international IT corporation.

My project tasks included, in addition to contract, service, and process analysis in software lifecycle management, operational license management with monitoring of content requirements in services, reports, and software usage, as well as process optimization, including by regularly determining compliance or potential contractual risks with corresponding corrections.

In parallel, I provide strategic consulting for contract negotiations with software manufacturers and support the departments of individual companies in procurement (SAP) and project management (SCRUM and Prince2), carve-out, contract renewal, license transfer, including contract review, adaptation of license models, and consolidation and standardization of the software landscape.

I look forward to a personal conversation and remain

Sincerely,

Ralf Meinert

Languages

German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Ludwigshafen am Rhein (up to 50km)

FlatexDegiro AG
Interim License and Software Procurement Manager
December 2025 - Today (6 months)
License, demand, and cost review of new software requests, as well as procurement control and license management. Strategic license consulting, control, and consolidation, as well as contract negotiations in collaboration with departments and software manufacturers. Operational license management including contract management, review of license and maintenance needs for software products, procurement of licenses via SAP, as well as booking and checking compliance.
RWE Supply & Trading GmbH
License and Contract Manager, License Consultant
July 2022 - December 2025 (3 years and 5 months)
Status analysis and process optimization of software lifecycle management, as well as SW onboarding and offboarding processes. License, demand, and cost review of new software requests. Strategic license consulting, control, and consolidation in collaboration with departments, purchasing, software manufacturers, and contract management. Operational license management including contract management, license consulting, review of license and maintenance needs for 160 software manufacturers, such as Bentley, AutoDesk, Mathworks, etc., procurement of licenses via SAP, as well as booking and checking compliance.
Pfeifer & Langen GmbH & Co. KG
Senior Software License Manager
March 2022 - September 2023 (1 year and 6 months)
Operational license management and reporting, including license consulting and optimization for Microsoft and Adobe. Status determination and usage analysis of Microsoft client and server products for the creation of the True-up declaration 2022 and 2023. Use of ServiceNow and the SAM tool Flexera for technical and commercial status determination as a basis for analysis and license optimization.