Regional IS Manager (Asia)

Valeo; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Valeo in Chennai seeks a Regional IS SSC Manager to lead cross-functional teams across Finance, Sales, Purchasing, manufacturing, and other digital systems. You will oversee the IS SSC regional growth, ensure efficient operation of business systems, and align IT evolutions with Group strategy.

Responsibilities include directing daily activities, coordinating with outsourcers, and promoting group standards, with emphasis on SAP and shop-floor systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS or related field.
• Experience in team or project management.
• Experience with Sales, Finance/Controlling, Purchasing, EDI, BI.
• Shop floor systems in logistics/manufacturing.
• Experience with automation and AI digital solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead IS SSC teams and arbitrate priorities in Finance, Sales, Purchasing, manufacturing, and digital systems.
• Oversee growth and engagement of the IS SSC regional team.
• Monitor performance of country business systems and coordinate actions with outsourcers and Group teams.
• Drive evolution of business systems to align with Group core systems and strategy.
• Develop usage of key solutions with Site IS managers and promote group standards.
• Supervise site evaluations and ensure adherence to best practices; validate improvement plans.
• Establish and maintain DRPs and coordinate annual testing; support Continuity Plans.
• Maintain partnership with Regional IS Managers for communications on infrastructure topics and incidents.

Skills

Autonomous

Motivated

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science

Tools

SAP

Industrial Control Systems

Job description

• Manage the IS SSC Regional Team in the areas of Finance, Sales and Purchasing, HR, manufacturing, and other digital systems.
• Ensure the efficient operation and evolution of the Information Systems in the Region.

Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of the Regional IS SSC Manager include:

• Efficiently lead the IS SSC teams and their leaders in their daily activities and arbitrate priorities, in the areas of Finance, Sales and Purchasing, manufacturing, and other digital systems.
• Oversee the growth the IS SSC team within the regional perimeter, ensuring the optimal engagement of its members.
• Vigilantly oversee the performance of the country's business systems and initiate necessary corrective actions, with the collaborative support of our outsourcers and Group team members.
• Oversee the implementation of business systems evolutions to ensure alignment with the Group's core systems and global strategy.
• Assume responsibility for overseeing the growth and functionality of the key user network, ensuring the optimal engagement of its members.
• With the support of Site IS managers, develop the usage of key solutions and push best practices while promoting group standards and rules.
• Supervise the evaluations of sites within our operational perimeter, gauging their maturity in utilizing systems and their adherence to Group rules and best practices. Work closely with Site IS Managers to validate and monitor site improvement plans.
• Establish and upkeep the DRPs of the country’s business systems, and coordinate their annual testing . Execute these DRPs in the event of a disaster. Additionally, support sites in perimeter in designing their Business Continuity Plan when related to the country's business systems.
• Maintain a close partnership with Regional IS Managers to ensure the upstream and downstream communication of key infrastructure topics and incidents.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited 4-year college or university in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field.

Experience in:

• Team and/or project management
• Business systems, in the areas of Sales, Finance and Controlling, Purchasing, EDI, Business Intelligence.
• Shop floor systems, in the area of Logistics and manufacturing.
• Other digital solutions, in the area of automation and AI.

Skills:

• Autonomous and motivated
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Problem-solving and decision-making aptitude.

Key Competences:

• SAP in the areas of Sales, Finance and Controlling, Logistics, Purchasing, EDI, Business Intelligence.
• Shop floor systems and/or Industrial Control Systems