GHSP, a global Mechatronics organization, is currently looking for a Vice President of Information Technology to work in our world headquarters in Grand Haven, Michigan.
As the Vice President of Information Technology, you will lead the establishment and execution of GHSP's IT strategy, and ensure alignment with overall enterprise business strategy, and the delivery of capabilities required to achieve business success. This role will participate in and contribute to business strategy development, bringing a current knowledge and future vision of leveraging information and technology in business model design, business processes re-engineering, products and services development, and support for competitive advantage.
Executive Competency Expectations Include:
- Set the mission and vision of the IT organization to foster business-oriented culture and mindset.
- Lead the development of the IT strategy and roadmap, and ensures its integration with the enterprise's strategic planning process, and the resulting business strategy and plans.
- Act as a trusted advisor, and build and maintain relationships with other executives and business unit leaders to develop a clear understanding of business needs.
- Create synergies across the enterprise to enable cost-effective and innovative shared solutions in achievement of business goals.
- Collaborate with key business partners and leaders to define and execute the digital business strategy.
- Provide strategic direction in the IT organization's innovation efforts and role in experimenting with new solutions to take advantage of those opportunities in the fulfillment of the digital business strategy of the enterprise.
- Provide strategic direction and oversight for the design, development, operation and support of IT systems and programs that fulfill the needs of the business, including enterprise architecture management, application management, security and risk management, and infrastructure and operations support management.
- Develop and control annual operating and capital expenditure budget for IT to ensure it is consistent with overall strategic objectives of the enterprise and is within plan.
- Directs the development of IT sourcing strategy and provides executive oversight for strategic vendor and partner relationship management.
- Partner with Human Resources to develop leading-edge and innovative solutions in the recruitment, development and retention of the IT workforce. Provide leadership, coaching and direction to the IT leadership team and staff.
- Lead the establishment and execution of a digital workplace strategy that ensures employees have the tools and work environment to be more engaged, productive and effective.
- Drive the development of enterprise technology standards, governance processes and performance metrics to ensure IT delivers value to the enterprise.
Required Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or related field required. Master's Degree preferred.
- Fifteen (15) years of experience in IT, to include ten (10) years of technology leadership in an innovative business environment.
- IT strategic planning, organization design and development experience required.
Additional Qualifications - Ability to lead IT transformational initiatives in a complex and dynamic environment, utilizing digital opportunities to innovate business models and enable the digitalization of the business.
- Ability to identify and leverage resources internally and externally to the enterprise to enhance capabilities that drive digital business.
- Ability to drive organizational change and build capabilities that effectively balance the needs between continuously exploiting capabilities to optimize operational efficiency and delivering innovative and agile IT solutions to enable the business to explore digital business opportunities
- Focused and influential communication style
- Strong negotiation skills
- Ability to travel 10% to U.S., Mexico and China locations.
- Automotive industry experience preferred.
- Experience in the functional oversite of an international location (Mexico and/or China preferred).
At GHSP, we serve our customers, owners, communities, suppliers and each other through the four values that define us as a company: Earn Trust, Learn by Doing, Work Together, and Steward the Legacy of our founders.
These simple, yet powerful ideas form the foundation of a work environment in which people are recognized for their work. People can develop and grow here in a strong team environment where creativity and innovation are woven into the fabric of everyday life and work. Great people and great teams produce great outcomes for our customers and the communities where we do business.
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We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
