IT Manager

Job Responsibilities:

• Leads the team of cross functional team of business analysts, IT leads and support analysts to deliver end-to-end application management services for shopfloor apps deployed at more than 20 Adient JIT manufacturing facilities in North America.

• Leads requirements analysis, support, launch and support activities for Sequencing and other shopfloor applications.

• Develop and maintain application road map and architecture aligned with IT and business goals and objectives.

• Initiate and lead CI actions to improve the application platform availability, performance, cost of ownership, service quality and response time.

• Leads technical workshops, product road shows to increase the awareness of new changes, emerging technologies, tools, and methodologies.

• Liaise with plant operations and materials team and extended IT teams to ideate, document, and prioritize the new business demand/CI projects.

• Responsible to develop/present high level functional designs, project plans, solution architecture and budgetary estimations.

• Manage shopfloor apps installation, configuration, and deployments at manufacturing sites.

• Responsible to monitor the performance, reliability, and availability of the shopfloor applications

• Responsible to manage release and change management processes for shopfloor apps while adhering to overall Adient IT change management/security/Disaster Recovery/audit compliance policies/procedures.

• Collaborates with corporate Infrastructure team to define and certify the standards for shopfloor Client PCs and servers.

• Identify and mitigate potential risks associated with application deployment, data security, and compliance.

• Maintain accurate documentation for applications, including technical specifications, user manuals, and change management records.

• Ensure applications adhere to industry standards, legal regulations, and cybersecurity best practices.

• Manages weekly, monthly, quarterly and year goals and team performance appraisals.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree preferably in Computer Science/Engineering, MIS or related technical field.

• Minimum 10+ years of IT experience with 5+ years in shopfloor systems space in manufacturing industry, preferably in automotive sector

• Proven experience in ITIL based service design/execution specifically management of Incidents/ Problems/Changes and deployments.

• At least 5 years' experience in managing team size of 6-10 people consisting of IT business and application support analysts in virtual and/or hybrid environment.

• Demonstrated experience in leading medium/large scale IT software development, upgrade, deployment Projects.

• Certifications in project management and service management would be a big plus (PMP, ITIL foundation)

• Strong analytical, problem solving and problem management skills.

• 15-20 % travel to Adient sites within North America region

COMPANY INFORMATION: Adient is a global leader in automotive seating. With approximately 75,000 employees in 33 countries, Adient operates 208 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing - and into more than 20 million vehicles every year. We are a global leader in automotive seating because of our people - a team of adventurous thinkers and passionate high performers who make it all possible. We pride ourselves on being at the vanguard of new industry trends and technologies. When you join Adient, you'll play an important role in helping us improve the experience of a world in motion. At Adient, we care about your character just as much as your qualifications. Because for us, it's more than the job. It's about committing to your responsibilities. Creating a global community and empowering your teammates. That's why we work hard to ensure our employees - no matter their race, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, caste, disability, union membership, ethnicity, religious beliefs or the stage of their careers - can see the difference their work makes for our customers and their consumers around the globe.

PRIMARY LOCATION

Central Tech Unit Plymouth MI

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