IT Director - North American Manufacturing Operations

Clover Consulting has a direct client in need of an IT Director for their North American Manufacturing Operations. This role can be remote due to extensive travel requirements (50-75% TRAVEL): MI, GA, AL, KY, WV, MD, Mexico

Competetive relocation and compensation package.

The IT Director North America will be responsible for implementing and managing IT staff and systems, delivering business critical IT solutions and support in a high paced, high demand, multi-location manufacturing environment. ERP, MES and Manufacturing experience a big plus! Successful delivery of major projects currently active or planned include SAP, Supply Chain Planning, MFG Execution/Shop Floor Systems.

General experience and skills

• 10-15 years of experience in IT with 5-10 years in a senior leadership role, Bachelor degree in information technology with a master s degree preferred.
• Experience working in a multinational company with centralized functions and de-centralized accountability.
• Ability to work, collaborate and get things done in a global matrix organization and in collaboration with different Global IT, local IT teams and local business teams.
• Good leadership skills and ability to manage and develop a regionally distributed information technology team.
• Strong and convincing communication and interpersonal skills to work in various business organizational levels effectively.
• Good skills in making operational and project budgets (including business cases), forecasting, tracking, living and promotive a financial discipline.
• Ability to manage projects as a project manager and to supervise team members who are managing projects.

Interpersonal skills

• Excellent business relationship and communication skills.
• Strong people management and leadership capabilities.
• Open and direct.
• Acts with drive and shows a can do, get it done attitude.
• Team player, with ability to gain trust and respect within the broader IT community, driving initiatives and lead by example.
• Multi-cultural sensibility and versatility.
• Commercially aware, in terms of contractual aspects and value-added propositions.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Takes ownership and shows accountability.

Good listener and knows when listening is more powerful and influential than speaking.