Procurement Analyst -SaaS & License Management

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About the role: As a Procurement Analyst – SaaS & License Management , you will play a key role in supporting the Purchasing Manager with the end-to-end administration of SaaS applications and licenses. You will be responsible for managing license provisioning, conducting internal audits for compliance, streamlining procurement processes, and optimizing software spend through contract negotiations and usage analysis. This role also oversees the tracking and approval of non-paid SaaS applications and proof-of-concept projects, ensuring all tools comply with company policies and approval workflows. Your attention to detail and process-driven approach will help maintain accurate records, drive cost savings, and ensure the efficient use of software assets across the organization.

• End-to-End SaaS Management: Assist the Purchasing Manager in overseeing the full lifecycle of SaaS applications and subscriptions, ensuring accurate records of license provisioning, usage data, and contract documentation.
• License Provisioning & Deprovisioning: Administer license assignments across business tools, promptly deprovision inactive users, and efficiently manage license requests.
• Internal Audits & Compliance: Conduct regular internal audits of software records to verify accuracy, ensure vendor licensing compliance, and facilitate true-up processes.
• Process Optimization: Streamline software management processes—including inventory tracking, purchase requisition approvals, and spend reporting—to reduce administrative overhead.
• Cost Optimization: Negotiate contract agreements to minimize software and support costs, eliminate or reallocate underutilized licenses, restructure agreements, review SLAs/incidents, and apply Kong’s cost-saving methodologies.
• Non-Paid SaaS & PoC Oversight: Oversee and monitor non-paid SaaS applications and proof-of-concept (PoC) projects, ensuring all such tools are properly entered into ZIP and pass through required approval and compliance reviews.
• Policy & Process Adherence: Ensure all SaaS applications and subscriptions follow established policies, processes, and compliance requirements.
• Reporting & Documentation: Maintain comprehensive reporting and documentation to support spend analysis and monitor license utilization across all software tools used at Kong.

• 4–6 years of experience in Procurement, Sourcing, and/or Vendor Management, with SaaS/software categories.
• Knowledge around SaaS contracts, license management, subscription, and pricing models.
• Experience using tools such as Productiv, Zylo, Coupa, SAP Ariba, ZIP, BREX, Procurify, Zluri, etc.
• Strong understanding around compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001) as related to SaaS vendors.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in reporting tools.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and project management skills.
• This opportunity requires you to work from our office in Bangalore, India in a hybrid manner with three days in the office and Two days working from home.

About Kong: 

Kong is THE cloud native API platform with the fastest, most adopted API gateway in the world (over 300m downloads!). As the innovation leader of cloud API technologies, Kong is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become "API-first" and securely accelerate AI adoption.  Kong helps organizations globally - from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises - unleash developer productivity, build securely and accelerate to market.

83% of web traffic today is API calls!  APIs are the connective tissue of the cloud and the underlying technology that allows software to talk and interact with one another.  Therefore, we believe that APIs act as the nervous system of the cloud.  Our audacious mission is to build the nervous system that will safely and reliably connect all of humankind!

For more information about Kong, please visit konghq.com or follow @thekonginc on Twitter. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.