It Manager

As a successful family-owned company on a path to global growth, the Brose Group offers challenging responsibilities and exciting career opportunities to performance-driven, skilled specialists with solid professional knowledge and proven career expertise who wish to contribute to our company's success.
Your tasks

• Consults and communicates with management team to analyze computer system requirements for information and functional operations, to manage scope and priority of projects, and to discuss system capability, capacity and system availability for the sites.
• Recommends and develops plans for systems and operations, hardware and software purchases, budget control (costs and investments), and staffing for the sites.
• Manages the development, implementation, installation and operation of information and functional systems as well as enforce policies and controls to ensure data accuracy, security, and legal/regulatory compliance.
• Establishes and manages service level agreements with contractors and suppliers. Negotiates and contracts with consultants, technical personnel, and vendors for services and products.
• Understansd business needs and processes to manage diverse technology environment, incl. but not limited to manufacturing shopfloor IT, network (wired and wireless) infrastructure, virtual desktop, VOIP, windows and network security, Office applications, Exchange, backup solutions, virtual and physical server configuration and support.
• Coordinates and supports all activities related to new site launches and ramp-ups from planning to implementation of all IT related systems for office and shop floor support.
• Responsible for coordination and management of integration tests, emergency systems (Emergency Systems JIS/JIT), SAP key users and SAP release changes for the sites.
• Responsible for IT inventory management of the sites, support of IT hardware, related maintenance tasks, and lifecycle management to control costs and minimize impact from failures.
• Develops, maintains, and tests disaster recovery plans to ensure reliable IT service and availability.
• Considers all valid Procedures, Job Related Instructions, and Organizational Instructions and ensures alignment with Brose IT Strategy and compliance with IT security and operational guidelines

Your Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or similar discipline from four-year college or university
• Job experience: 8-10 years of job experience in organization and Information Systems Management as well as Brose site shutdown and/or Brose site launch/ramp-up experience
• Excellent understanding of information and telecommunication techniques and of the manufacturing and support organization at the location
• Profound knowledge of PC installations, software/hardware, network management and client/server solutions
• In addition, the individual shall have knowledge of Microsoft Software , Server administration and support, Basic Cisco switches administration (VLANs assignment)
• Knowledge of SAP, Server installation, Cisco Equipment configuration
• Polycom configuration, Vsphere ESXI, Kaspersky software
• Intermec terminals configuration and support, Barcode/Thermal Printers
• VolP Unified Communication Systems, Video Conference Equipment
• Active directory, File system and user account administration
• Building access control systems, esp. KABA
• Database knowledge
• Citrix knowledge, Network topology knowledge
• Network cabling support
• PLC knowledge preferred, PC's and laptops installation using Wimera, IT Audit
• Support to videoconference equipment
• File system administration
• Network cabling basic support
• Basic Cisco switches administration (VLANs assignment)

Brose offers a high-tech work environment and a wide range of benefits. Along with competitive performance-based compensation and health insurance, our employees also benefit from attractive social and family-oriented programs throughout our North American locations*. Our benefits packages include comprehensive medical and insurance. Brose also provides educational assistance and a variety of community outreach, family, and sporting events. Flexible working hours and a collaborative work environment give our employees the freedom to balance work and personal life. Brose believes in investing in people. We offer a wide range of development programs with great opportunity for individual growth through training, international or regional assignments and tailored career paths. Our objective is to provide our employees the tools necessary to live a balanced life, experience a rewarding work environment and contribute to our surrounding communities.
*Benefits package may vary slightly per location