IT Manager

Adient•Romulus, MI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Manage the Information Technology (IT) department of a Manufacturing Plant in the Automotive industry. Provide services and support to Plant Operations maximizing availability, performance and efficiency. Focus on cost effective solutions with a continuous improvement mindset.

Requirements

6 years IT related experience.
3 years leading IT operations services and team.
Strong communication, analytical, project management and problem-solving skills.
Ability to delegate and track multiple work streams.
Desire to have broad responsibilities and work in fast paced environment.
Bachelors’ Degree in IT.
Or Associates/Technical Degree in IT related field of study with 5+ years of experience.
7x24 on-call availability for critical plant operation system support
Willingness to work 45+ hours a week and weekends

Nice To Haves

At least 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, ideally automotive industry.
Manufacturing Execution System (MES) experience.
Basic database knowledge and report writing skills.
Technical Certifications.
Continuous Improvement training.

Responsibilities

Manage IT Team, primarily on 1st shift weekdays, ensuring support for off-shift, weekends and on call support.
Consult with plant management on continuous improvement ideas and fulfill requests.
Project Management or key team member of projects to deliver new initiatives and/or service improvements.
Drive problem management resolution and permanent corrective actions.
Provides key Plant IT contact for internal and external Adient Customers.
Ensures Company IT activities are communicated in a timely fashion to the Plant Leaders.
Responsible for IT tasks related to launches and communicating updates at readiness reviews.
Perform Level 1, incident management, support for hardware, communications, networking, software and shop-floor systems ran at the manufacturing facility. Escalate to next level support teams if applicable.
Monitor, event management and administration of local IT Infrastructure.
Adhering to the processes and standards of the company.
Manage access to IT services while complying with Security and Vulnerability standards.
Ensure system backups are current and can be restored.
Schedule and coordinate hardware and infrastructure installation with Corporate and 3rd party suppliers.
Maintain Key and Operational Metrics
Maintain documentation of IT Services, Equipment and Procedures