IT Director / Business Partner, Materials Group, North America
IT Director / Business Partner, Materials Group, North America
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Job Description
The Director of Information Technology (IT) will act as the IT Partner for the Materials Group North America business (MG). You will combine your knowledge of desired business outcomes with functional expertise to develop technology plans and roadmaps to drive competitive advantage for these businesses.
This person plays a critical role in guiding and enabling the business strategy. The roles primary focus will be within the Materials Group the largest business unit in North America. We have 20 locations 2900 employees and $2B in revenue. We are an execution and innovationdriven business. As a business we prioritize key initiatives with a customer first focus on promoting loyalty and profitable growth and establishing a more resilient and efficient supply chain. We are working to improve our capability in the critical areas of forecasting digitization system optimization and process redesign all aimed at anticipating and meeting our customers needs.
The Director of IT fully understands the breadth of IT services available within the existing organization and combines this with knowledge of emerging technologies to share options recommend solutions and share accountability with its business partners for meeting the desired business outcomes.
The Director of IT will be an active member of the MG NA leadership team and will be responsible for driving the IT strategy for the NA business unit and collaborating with other IT functions to support initiatives across the business unit to meet agreedupon business outcomes.
Key priorities for the role include:
Develop an IT Strategy and Roadmap. Technology strategy and investments will need to be aligned with business strategy. The Director of IT will then lead the development and implementation of a prioritization process to enable MG NA to make investment decisions that drive growth and profitability and work with the business leaders to integrate IT solutions into the business and customer strategy.
The Director of IT will collaborate with other functions (inside and outside of IT) to formulate a longterm IT strategy and recommendations for technology investments to enhance current IT capabilities and advance the business. S/he will assess the potential and business applications of existing and emerging technologies.
Partner to Drive Innovation and Execution of Regional Digital Optimization Initiatives. This role will be a key strategic voice and leader in our businesss digital optimization. Partnering with the BU leadership team the Director of IT will bring new ideas and fresh perspectives and operate as a subject matter expert in guiding our business and internal teams through digital optimization initiatives that can transform our business. This leader must maintain a working knowledge of our architecture technology standards and emerging technologies and be able to incorporate solutions into digital strategies.
Act as the primary lead/point of contact for IT in the region. This person fully understands the AD IT strategy departments and infrastructure to properly guide and ensure the execution of current and planned projects and programs. The Director of IT will actively partner with other IT functions (e.g. PMO Applications Architecture Sourcing Infrastructure IT Security etc.) to drive execution and deliver successful business outcomes. The incumbent will partner with the business functions to ensure that the programs meet the expected benefits.
Role Location: Mentor Ohio
Reporting Relationship: This role reports to the Senior Vice President and CIO with a dotted line to the Senior Vice President and General Manager of MG North America.
Qualifications :
12 years of strong business experience and significant experience in leading IT for a region in a manufacturing organization preferably a director of IT for a complex region of a business unit or a global business unit.
Bachelors Degree in Business Administration or Computer Science (or equivalent). A Masters Degree is a plus.
Strong business experience as well as experience in IT with proven experience leading organizations in a matrixed organization
Experience in defining developing and implementing IT strategies and major systems; a broadbased business person capable of applying current and future technology and competencies to meet overall business strategies and priorities. Must have experience with ERP implementations.
Working knowledge of Oracle EBS or Fusion experience preferred.
Proven expertise in supply chain knowledge and IT transformation in manufacturing companies.
Strong leadership capabilities and proven collaboration and communication skills navigating global business and regional structures across IT and the business to influence and execute effectively.
Strong interpersonal skills performancedriven.
Ability to see the bigger picture and to focus on and work in the details this is a handson role.
Proven ability to act as a change agent for the organization (beyond the IT organization).
Ability to travel regionally and globally (approximately 25% of the time and possibly more at times).
Core Capabilities
The Director of IT should be highly proficient in ten core capabilities:
Display Agility: Adapt easily and quickly to new information changing circumstances and different people and situations
Champion Collaboration: Work collaboratively with others to align upon and drive shared business outcomes
Deliver Results: Demonstrate a track record of delivering results through self and others despite obstacles
Build HighPerforming Diverse Teams: Develop a capable diverse and cohesive team to maximize their collective skills and talents translating into business results
Lead Change: Champion organizational change for accelerated impact and reduced friction
Simplify & Prioritize: Maintain focus on and mobilize others around efforts that will translate into maximum impact for the organization
Create Vision & Purpose: Craft and communicate a compelling vision that motivates others to action
Provide Strategic Leadership: Connect possibilities and vision to action and results by way of competitive breakthrough strategies
Think OutsideIn: Focus on and work towards stakeholders success
Nurture Innovation: Create an environment in which teams can experiment with new technologies approaches and solutions to solve challenges and make improvements
Additional Information :
The salary range for this position is $175650 $215400/ year. The hiring base salary range above represents what Avery Dennison reasonably expects to pay for this position as of the date of this posting. Actual salaries will vary within the range and in some circumstances may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to a candidates relevant skills experience education and training and location as well as the job scope and complexity responsibilities and regular and/or necessary travel required for the position which may change depending on the candidate pool. Avery Dennison reserves the right to modify this information at any time subject to applicable law.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability protected veteran status or other protected status. EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability protected veteran status or other protected status. EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Remote
