By working with other teams to determine how best to acquire the asset and decide whether or not the asset meets the organizational standards in the first place through policies and procedures.
Given specifications and standards the Aquisition Manager works with the vendors to determine who offers products that match and at the best price point. With the support of approval processes
The acquisition manager is an active participant in standard setting and exception request processes.
The acquisition manager is the gatekeeper for non-standard requests.
IT Asset Acquisition process empowers the IT Asset Manager to function in an effective manner
while obtaining the best value of all IT assets needed within the organization. IT acquisition
includes requirements verification and selection criteria, formal product reviews and selection,
approval process and sign-off, vendor negotiations and contract development processes.
Acquisition Managers are the gatekeepers for the application of all ITAM strategies determined by
an organization, including policies, standards, and lifecycle processes.
The acquisition manager acts as sort of an auditor to ensure that the request is valid, scoped appropriately as to leverage the overall organization size, volume and needs. Furthermore, ensures that there is not existing choice available to fit the needs as well as reducing any compliance issues that may not be known by the requestor.
Acquistion Manger plays a importan role because he interacts with several othes teams, projects teams, operational teams, Financial teams, acquisition teams, etc