IT License & Commercial Manager

About Us

Join JOST – Where Innovation Drives Global Mobility!

Join a global leader in safety-critical systems for the commercial vehicle industry! At JOST, we innovate for On-Highway and Off-Highway applications, shaping the future of transport, agriculture, construction, and beyond. Our strong portfolio—JOST, ROCKINGER, TRIDEC, Quicke, and Hyva—delivers cutting-edge solutions, from fifth wheel couplings to smart lifting systems and truck-mounted cranes.

With 7,500+ employees, operations in 35+ countries, and a footprint on six continents, we offer limitless career opportunities in an industry that moves the world. Be part of something bigger—shape mobility with JOST!

 

About The Role

As an IT License & Commercial Manager in our brand new Regional Hub / Shared Services Centre (SSC) in Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur, you will have the opportunity to play a role in managing IT budgets, forecasts, and cost reporting. The role ensures software license compliance, improves financial processes, and supports automation.

 

Your key responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• IT cost accounting: You are responsible for the IT cost accounting processes (budget, forecast, actual costs controlling) incl. periodic reporting to management
• Standards & training: You will define IT cost accounting standards, train employees in IT on correct usage of accounting / planning tools and control the quality of financial data
• Innovation: You are responsible to improve the financial processes and drive automation
• Analytics: You establish the standards for reporting of IT financials and implement the required dashboards
• Compliance: You ensure that our key contracts are used in a license compliant way

In this role you will be collaborating with various stakeholders across the business including our Global functions teams in Germany, Netherlands & other parts of the world.

Our Regional Hub supports a hybrid working approach. You will be supporting markets in multiple time zones and some flexibility around working hours will be needed.

You will be joining a newly formed Shared Services Centre team, with opportunities to grow, within PMO & Planning or wider Global IT team.

 

About You

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Degree in business administration or similar academic background, alternatively comparable experience
• Several years of practical experience in an IT commercial / controller position
• Experience with IT service management based on ITIL
• Experience with MS Office tools, esp. MS Excel and PowerPoint

 

Language

• Good written and spoken English is essential
• Proficiency in Deutsch is an added advantage, however not mandatory

 

 

What We Offer

• We care about ecology and are truly sustainable. Not only for the environment but also for social resources.
• We have a highly dynamic and very international work environment.
• We have Great Place to Work certified countries!
• We provide a competitive salary which is adjusted on an annual basis in case of good performance.
• We work hybrid and care about your work-life balance.
• You will find nice extras such as various company activities during the year.

 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

We welcome everyone regardless of origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, philosophical or political conviction, disability etc.