McCain Foods USA Hiring For It Manufacturing Lead, Appleton at Appleton, WI, United States , United States Full Time

Job Description

Position Title: IT Manufacturing Lead, Appleton
Position Type: Regular – Full-Time
Position Location: Appleton
Requisition ID: 8074
The Manufacturing Information Technology Lead will be the single liaison between the Business and the IT side of the enterprise, and can provide detailed change management, system training, testing, and support. This person will be the key IT point person to any and all Engineering Projects / enhancements, line improvements and expansions. They will ensure that all the IT requirements are planned for with the projects and work with the relevant teams to plan, fund and then execute.
The Manufacturing Information Technology Lead will work with the Manufacturing business stakeholders as the IT Lead. Work to manage and support all IT services at location. As projects occur, gather, analyze, communicate, and validate requirements for changes to and the implementation of new business processes, policies and information systems with a focus on medium to high levels of complexity.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be the single point of contact for Enterprise Applications and Plant specific applications will be essential for this individual as they will be leveraged to ensure the systems are running and troubleshoot as needed.
• Responsible for the analysis, requirements gathering, and testing during the IT system enhancement process.
• Provide support/incident management process (issue identification, root cause analysis, issue resolution, testing and change management), of IT system issues within Service Level Agreement (SLA) guidelines as required.
• Ensure that all standards are followed and when plant expansions, additions or any changes occur in the factory, that our standards are followed and update diagrams on network, with all access points and wireless coverage clearly noted.
• Act as the eyes and ears to help troubleshoot when issues occur that involve data flowing from applications to Servers.
• Participate in planning when production lines are being moved or expanded so that all the networking and technology required can be planned for and funded appropriately.
• Develop and maintain relationships with a focus on Internal IT and business partners including Plant Management, providing support and analysis where necessary and ensuring alignment between IT and the Business.
• Identify and explore opportunities to realize value through technology. Help build and communicate short, medium and long term strategies and ensure that business needs and requirements and understood so that alignment with other IT functions occurs.
• Responsible for gathering, documenting and obtaining sign-off of process information and documenting Manufacturing Business and functional requirements aligned with our IT standards. Contributes to and reviews requirements and process related documentation.
• Facilitate, manage the business case engagement to determine the investment case and plan for accomplishing the project.
• Execute tasks of medium to high levels of complexity during all phases of implementation projects including business analysis, training, testing, and support. Understand and adhere to IT implementation methodologies and practices (Project Management Methodology, Systems Development Methodology and Project Management Office).

KEY QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCES:

• 3-5 years relevant work experience coupled with a University degree or College diploma or equivalent experience in the field of Computer Science.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage project on time, on budget and that resources are available when needed.
• Requires strong decision making and negotiation skills to influence and persuade in their working relationships while ensuring professionalism when dealing with internal customers and outside vendors.
• Strong presentation and communication skills required for sharing information, training and guiding to all levels and business users from junior staff to executives.
• Proven experience working on major system projects, including SAP. In depth knowledge of a number of primary application groups at the system level.
• Experience in working in a factory, understand the sense of urgency and GMP’s.
• Proven expertise in knowledge exchange and liaison between IT and business stakeholders/users, as well as mentoring staff.

The health and safety of McCain employees and their families has been our number one priority since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Supported by science, and in line with our culture and values, we believe that being vaccinated is the most effective way to protect each other, our families, our customers, and our communities. It is therefore a requirement that the successful candidate for this role be fully vaccinated and have completed the mandatory incubation period prior to the candidate’s start date with McCain, subject to reasonable accommodations if you are unable to be vaccinated for protected grounds under applicable human rights legislation (e.g. medical or religious reasons).
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: Information Technology
Division: Global Technology
Department: Regional IT North America

Location(s): US – United States of America : Wisconsin : Appleton
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.