• 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 gapsin pursuit of solutions. 
• Consult with Leadership team to review project plans and toobtain 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, careerplanning, 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 Compliancerequirements.
• Information Security: Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements.
• Must comply withall 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.
• Abilityto 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.