Director of IT

ASP Global; Austell (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

ASP Global is seeking an Information Technology Director in Austell, GA. The role provides strategic leadership and day-to-day direction for the IT department and serves as a key organizational leader.

Responsibilities include defining IT strategy, aligning with business goals, overseeing ERP changes, and driving cross-functional initiatives to improve effectiveness. The position requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to manage complex IT environments, including

Qualifications

• Coaching and development of direct reports to improve performance and career growth.
• Discernment and sound judgment when choosing among alternatives.
• Collaborative leadership to foster teamwork and drive results.
• Influence and ability to persuade and mobilize stakeholders to achieve goals.
• Effective conflict management to build consensus and act in the organization's best interests.

Responsibilities

• Lead definition of IT strategy, architecture, processes, and future roadmap.
• Work with VP, Operations to define departmental goals.
• Provide direction in selecting key systems areas including warehouse management.
• Align IT initiatives with current and future business goals for success.
• Oversee ongoing changes within the P21 ERP system.
• Participate in cross-functional initiatives to improve company effectiveness.
• Analyze business requirements with stakeholders to develop IT solutions.
• Assess 3rd party vendors and develop IT infrastructure and core application strategies.
• Provide leadership to IT personnel and set performance metrics for the team.
• Define and set IT SLAs for business functions.
• Onboard and educate users regarding network security, applications, end-user computing and tools.

Skills

Coaching & Dev

Discernment

Collaborative Leadership

Influence

Conflict Management

Job description

Position Summary

The Information Technology Director provides strategic leadership and day to day direction for ASP Global Information Technology department. This position is a key leadership role for the ASP organization.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead definition of Information Technology strategy, architecture, processes, and future roadmap.
• Work with VP, Operations to define departmental goals
• Provide direction and support in the selection of key systems areas to include warehouse management systems.
• Understand current and future business goals and ongoing Information Technology issues to ensure business success.
• Oversee and lead the continued changes within the P21 ERP system.
• Participate in cross functional initiatives to improve company effectiveness.
• Analyze business requirements by partnering with key stakeholders across the organization to develop solutions for business needs.
• Assess 3rd party technology and services vendors and develop strategies for infrastructure and core application.
• Provides leadership to IT personnel and define and set performance metrics for team.
• Define and set IT application and infrastructure SLAs for business functions.
• Onboard and educate users regarding network security, applications, end user computing and available tools.

Competencies

To perform this job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

List at least 5 competencies and definition of competencies

• Coaching and Development - Works to improve and reinforce performance of others. Takes responsibility for ones direct reports performance by setting clear goals and expectations, tracking progress against the goals, ensuring constructive feedback and addressing performance problems and issues promptly. Works with, coaches, and supports direct reports in developing knowledge, skills, and abilities in the interest of performance improvement and employees career development.
• Discernment/Judgement - Makes decisions authoritatively and wisely, after adequately contemplating various available courses of action.
• Collaborative Leadership - Promotes and generates cooperation among ones peers in leadership to achieve a collective outcome; fosters the development of a common vision and fully participates in creating a unified leadership team that get results.
• Influence - Asserts own ideas and persuades others, gaining support and commitment from others; mobilizes people to take action, using creative approaches to motivate others to meet corporate goals.
• Conflict Management - Brings substantial conflicts and disagreements into the open and attempts to manage them collaboratively, building consensus, keeping the best interests of the organization in mind, not only ones own interest.