Head of I.T.: Manufacturing Industry, ERP, Data Reporting, IT Security

Stable Midwest Manufacturing firm targeting multiple commercial and consumer industries.

Managerial Culture of leveraging the best available technology in order for increased client satisfaction, revenue and efficiency.

Leadership role that will assess-lead-improve 'all' areas of I.T. including ERP, disparate data sharing and access, overall standards and procedures, Modernizing Infrastructure-Cloud-Networks-Security and will also serve as the I.T. go-to-person for multiple domestic and international department heads.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Desired skills/Experience:
• Experience working in a similar highly visible/highly-communicative ‘Head of All I.T.’ position; Experience leading a small Team of I.T. Leaders in disparate areas of I.T.
• Experience Managing ‘All’ areas of Information technology, including, and not limited to: Oracle ERP, Infrastructure-Networks-Cloud-Security-Support, Data Governance-Data Reporting-Data Analytics, Strategy and Planning, High Availability, Backup-Recovery (and related planning), IT Security Audit (including self-Audit/Self-Assessments); Experience with IT Security assessment and IT Security modernization is a strong plus
• Industry Experience: Experience working for a Multi-Site Manufacturing type Company ideally with International Divisions with Data from Different Systems that need to work together
• Data Experience: Experience assessing an environment with different types of data (coming from different DB’s and disparate sources) that needs to be reported-compared-analyzed all together and then transforming the way we access and report on this data by using AI or other tools.
• Strong Senior Level I.T. Leadership/Managerial experience: Ability to provide real-world examples of your strong-decisive leadership alongside your key initiatives, metrics and projects.
• Experience partnering with C-Level Management in areas such as approvals for new and ongoing technical tools-initiatives-goals-issues; the I.T. representative for formal or informal executive steering committee (experience recommending, advising, suggesting things that needs to be changed, upgraded, improved, and modernized alongside Financial or Non-Financial ROI planning-presentation to the C-Level).
• P&L Budgetary Responsibly; Staffing and hiring-planning; Vendor relationships including vendor negotiations and contracts; must be metrics driven with the ability to perform metrics reports related to budgets, ROI, timing, staffing, IT Responsiveness and other areas.
• Experience leading I.T. Security (pen-testing), Data Access-Reporting-Governance Assessments and/or Audits for sub-teams and departments within I.T.
• A Naturally Driven Quest for knowledge about new, better, and forthcoming technologies and techniques that will save time and money; should enjoy self-learning, attending relative meetings and trade shows in order to remain current while staying on top of future-forthcoming Industry Trends and Upgrades for HW and SW.
• Experience optimizing Oracle ERP within a manufacturing company environment (ERP support and usage-maximization on the software usage side AND on the infrastructure-cloud-network side) is preferred.
• A Bachelor’s Degree is Required; an MBA is a plus.

Very Competitive Compensation and a Super Benefits Package. (salary listed does not include bonus)

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Note: This Is an on-site role near Cleveland, Ohio.