SENIOR DIRECTOR, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Thank you for exploring a career with us, we are an international company where we work in small teams that have a direct impact on success. We’re seeking a highly skilled Senior Director, Information Systems to join our group.
In this role, you will direct and manage the global teams (US, China, and Mexico) across multiple functional elements of information technology including IT-customer relations, project prioritization / selection / execution / communication plans, technology strategy and architecture, application development and technical design, application testing, reporting initiatives, systems support, governance, and the financial and human resources management of the IT function. You will also be responsible for developing a multi-year strategic roadmap in support of business needs and priorities. If you’re seeking experience and growth in a personable, stable yet thriving environment, our Senior Director, Information Systems could be a match for you!
A little more about the role:
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Develops and implements, in partnership with the Executive team, a multi-year global IT strategic roadmap that aligns with the company’s goals and drives growth. This will include system architecture, application development and technical design, and governance.
- Acts as a trusted advisor, builds and maintains relationships with executives and business/functional leaders to develop a clear understanding of systems needs and requirements - validating the business case for requested technology changes while staying current with latest industry advancements including security, software, EDI and other applicable technologies.
- Ensure core services reliability, systems security and fault tolerance, and positive IT-customer relations including adherence to agreed-upon support SLAs - Regularly communicating strategies and progress against them to the executive team as well as the cross functional teams.
- Build, lead and manage team of technical support and programmers, including hiring, training, mentoring and professional development while fostering a culture of innovation, continuous improvement and high level of customer centric/service within the IT team.
- Drives transition from BU support to Corporate support based on IT/Business Roadmap
- Foster culture of innovation, continuous improvement and high service level within the IT team, representing PPG’s values of Teamwork, Innovation, Excellence, and Resilience.
- Provide functional expertise and guidance on the use of the ERP and related technology systems
- Administer vendor management; approve technology providers and related contractual agreements
- Lead budgeting/forecasting of OpEx/CapEx for the IT function; partner with FP&A on business cases and financial assessment of information systems initiatives
- Drive data integrity and reporting initiatives
- Other duties as assigned
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience in people management or 8+ years of applicable experience including 5+ years in people management.
- Experience in manufacturing environment, preferred.
- Proven experience developing a digital roadmap with necessary transformation to align with company’s long-term strategies.
- Highly effective in building teams, mentoring and coaching and aligning skillsets and teams to execute against strategies while motivating teams to produce quality materials within agreed-upon timeframes and simultaneously manage several projects.
- Strong project management and change management skills to support adoption.
- Applicable certificates for digital transformation, security, AI, or other applicable areas.
- The ideal candidate will also have prior experience as a systems architect, application developer, and/or functional super user in a Tier 1 ERP environment.
- Proficiency in understanding business processes from a broad, cross-functional, systems thinking perspective.
- Work requires professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills across all levels of experience.
- Understanding of the technologies impacted within this functional element of IT including service-oriented architecture, application development, packaged-based application deployment, manufacturing / distribution business systems (ERP), and production support of existing systems. Oracle preferred.
- Financial acumen, including experience in cost center budgeting/forecasting, capital expenditure planning, and ROI analysis.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
- Ability to communicate technical topics to non-technical groups/leaders
- Ability to influence – without direct reporting structure
- Excellent at managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
- Able to see the big picture and also operate with a strong attention to detail
- Adept at interacting with and influencing at the most senior levels of the organization, and working collaboratively across functions, levels, and departments toward shared objectives.
- Able to consider business and technology issues in both a strategic / systems context and a deeply detailed manner.
- Able to investigate customer issues and diagnose root causes.
- Proficient with Oracle E-Business Suite (Functional & Technical), Oracle Cloud Technologies (Cloud PDH, CDM, OM, WMS, etc.), SQL, PL/SQL, .NET, web services (REST, SOAP), and/or other relevant areas of the technology stack in a service-oriented environment.
- Experience working in Salesforce CRM
- Stay abreast of emerging technologies, industry best practices, ensuring compliance and driving innovation within the organization.
- Cultivate best practices for software development and documentation with DevSecOps mindset, assure designs meet requirements and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules
- Experience working in MS Office Tools (preferred advanced Excel) and experience working in Linux environments.
- Capable of working with various technology groups or business disciplines in order to design, spec, plan, initiate, lead, and complete IT initiatives.
- Able to establish financial plans for IT projects.
