IT Manager

IT Manager

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Sparta Division - Sparta, WI 54656

Overview

Position Type Full Time

Description

Overall Purpose of Position:

The IT Manager is responsible for establishing the scope and directions of information system activities for the company. The IT Manager is also responsible for managing direct reports by establishing departmental KPI's and providing strategic initiatives to ensure information security and system related efficiencies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implements and manages AXAPTA information system
• Establishes, reviews and enforces policies and procedures for informational systems throughout the organization
• Maintains information technology strategies.
• Manages and directs staff to specific goals/objectives (business plan)
• Researches and implements technological strategic solutions.
• Accomplishes information technology staff results.
• Plans, monitors, and appraises job results.
• Coaches, counsels, and disciplines employees.
• Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
• Maintains a safe and secure work environment.
• Develops personal growth opportunities.
• Maintains organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining and delivering strategic plans for implementing information technologies.
• Directs technological research by studying organization goals, strategies, practices, and user projects.
• Completes projects by coordinating resources and timetables with user departments and data center.
• Verifies application results by conducting system audits of technologies implemented.
• Preserves assets by implementing disaster recovery and back-up procedures and information security and control structures.
• Recommends information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes.
• Identifies problems.
• Evaluates trends.
• Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team efforts by accomplishing related results as needed.

Qualifications

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a computer field
• Five (5) or more years of IT management experience and Technical management
• Optional product or system certification
• Technical understanding
• Experience evaluating, analyzing and implementing IT systems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with team members, peers, vendors and customers
• Ability to manage staff
• Problem solving techniques
• Data center management
• Developing budgets for IT development
• Strategic planning
• Good organizational skills