IT Solutions Manager

Req ID: 141566 
Remote Position: No
Region: Asia 
Country: Japan 
State/Province: Miyagi 
City:  Miyagi 

General Overview

Functional Area:  Information Technology (ITM)
Career Stream:  IT Solutions (SOLN)
Role:  Manager (MG1)
Job Title: Manager, IT Solutions 1     
Job Code:  MG1-ITM-SOLN
Job Level:  Level 09    
Direct/Indirect Indicator:  Indirect

Summary

Provides business, process and technical expertise to teams that are responsible for assessing, designing, delivering and supporting IT solutions to clients and customers. The Manager, IT Solutions will also have the experience and responsibility to ensure that solution team members that are external to IT or even Celestica will also provide quality input and deliverables in a way that meets Celestica's overall goals and requirements, and will need to manage relationships and negotiate and resolve conflict when necessary.  The Manager, IT Solutions will have the knowledge and experience to establish goals and strategies in areas of specialty, and make or guide decisions that steer the overall team activities in the established strategic direction.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Support and communicate with stakeholders including IT/Business Partners as well as external/internal communities for opportunities and or alignment of solution strategy

• Support in providing solution architecture as well as guidance in the selected area of responsibility (e.g. Shop floor, IT, SCM, Ops, etc.)

• Provide guidance in IT Process (e.g. Operating Model, Governance, System Development Life Cycle)

• Support in providing guidance on relevant technologies and concepts (e.g. Azure, Cloud Tech, .NET, SAP/ABAP, etc.)

• Perform technical execution of solutions including requirements gathering, blueprinting, development and deployment

• Manage a small team of permanent and contractor staff, performing tasks including onboarding, off boarding, training

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Strong knowledge & experience in IT process (e.g. operating model, governance, IT delivery lifecycle)

• Strong knowledge & experience in select business processes (e.g. Shop floor, IT, SCM, Ops, etc.) 

• Strong knowledge & experience in relevant technologies and concepts (e.g. SAP, xAAS, .NET, Azure, etc.)

• Ability to make or guide decisions, and drive team actions in accordance with strategy.

• Good problem solving & analytic skillset, with an ability to innovate.