Supervisor IT

Yanfeng; Highland Park (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Yanfeng seeks an IT leadership professional to align regional IT strategy with global business goals and to manage plant IT operations across multiple locations.

The role requires extensive project management experience in a manufacturing setting, strong budgeting skills, and willingness to travel to customer sites and industrial plants. You will guide IT staff and ensure timely, cost-effective delivery across global operations.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of automotive industry experience.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites and plants, including potentially in confined spaces.
• Proven project management experience for complex, global business applications in discrete/repetitive manufacturing.
• Experience delivering projects in manufacturing and working in an international setting.
• Demonstrated budgetary management experience.
• Experience with IT lifecycle methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Regional Leadership to ensure IT strategy aligns with regional/global business goals.
• Consolidate, analyze, prioritize Regional and Plant IT requirements and gaps for solutions.
• Consult with Leadership to review project plans and obtain approvals & funding.
• Lead IT staff to support plant operations, ensuring timely delivery, budget adherence and customer satisfaction.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

IT lifecycle methodologies

Travel readiness

Job description

Yanfeng is a leading global automotive supplier, focusing on interior, exterior, seating, cockpit electronics, and passive safety, and is exploring new business actively. Yanfeng has more than 240 locations and approximately 57,000 employees worldwide. The technical team of 4,200 experts is in 10 R&D centers and other regional offices, with complete capabilities including engineering and software development, styling, and test validation. Focusing on smart cabin and lightweight technology, Yanfeng supports automakers to explore future mobility and provide leading cabin solutions. For more information, please visit www.yanfeng.com.

• Partner with Regional Leadership teams to ensure the IT Strategy supports and is in alignment with the regional/global operational business strategy.
• Consolidate, analyse, prioritize (based on business returns), understand and document Regional and Plant IT requirements and gaps in pursuit of solutions.
• Consult with Leadership team to review project plans and to obtain project approval & funding.
• Leverage IT economies of scale across the region; deliver IT best practices, and aggressively drives cost optimization efforts.
• Manage a team of employees; responsibilities may include hiring, terminations, performance, goal setting and coaching team members.
• Provide leadership and direction to plant management regarding plant IT staff in defining IT position responsibilities, recruitment, staff development, career planning, compensation definition, training, and performance appraisals.
• Lead and mentor Plant IT Staff to successful support of plant operations measured by timeliness, budget performance, quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Ensure and document adherence to standard technologies, policies, security, and Business Operating System (BOS) processes throughout the Business Unit.
• Quality Systems: Understand, apply and meet all function-related BOS requirements.
• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Understand, apply and meet all function-related EHS requirements.
• Product Safety: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements.
• Compliance: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Compliance requirements.
• Information Security: Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements.
• Must comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Employee must have the ability to work additional hours and / or overtime as needed or assigned to complete job duties on time.
• Ability to multitask, interact politely and professionally with customers, suppliers and vendors, and work cooperatively with employees at all levels.
• Ability to maintain predictable and regular attendance, arrive to designated location on time, or be at assigned location ready to work for assignment (plant, corporate office, or remote).

Qualifications

• 3-5 Minimum Years of Experience within the automotive industry.
• Must be able and willing to travel and work at customer sites, including industrial manufacturing plants which might require climbing, lifting, or working in confined spaces.
• Proven project management experience in the implementation of complex, integrated, global business applications in a discrete/repetitive manufacturing environment.
• Experience delivering projects in a manufacturing environment and comfortable in an international setting.
• Demonstrated experience in budgetary management.
• Experience with IT lifestyle methodologies.