IT Manager- Asia

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Analyse business requirements to automate processes in Asia, including India, from multiple stakeholders.
• Work with various business leaders, process owners and external vendors to gather requirements and provide an efficient and innovative IT solution.
• Work with business owners and leaders to identify gaps in processes, analyse  and propose corresponding process improvements through automation solutions.
• Lead, plan and execute process improvement solutions.
• Present business case to senior leaders and steering committee and seek approvals.
• Monitor, track and drive strategic initiative including business process automation initiatives in Asia and update project status to senior business leaders.
• Work with internal and external auditors on compliance and SOX audits related to automation of finance and other business processes.
• Define specifications to bridge gaps in business functionality or data.
• Work with development staff to ensure they understand the specifications and design.
• Assess the products to ensure they satisfy the specifications and the underlying business need.
• Support the implementation of the product as appropriate -- training, presentation, etc.
• Lead development of correct and effective processes, suggestions for the documentation of those processes, and evaluation of the training materials and program developed in support of the change.
• Lead the development of test plans and support their successful completion during the project implementation cycle.
• Maintain and support the applications that are “in production” by building and maintaining relationships with the users of the systems.
• Gain credibility as an "evaluator" of requests, respond quickly and effectively to the issues, follow through to ensure the issue is addressed and anticipate related or future issues.
• Support SAP transformation
• Participate in budgeting.

Candidate Requirements:

Overall Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in driving business automation initiatives to success
• Strong exposure to working with senior business leaders and presenting business case and status update.
• Good people management
• Exposure to Automation, ERP especially Navision and SAP, and IT Infrastructure & Application.

Required Skills:

• Expertise in order management, supply chain, or manufacturing processes and technology systems
• Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to interact with business leaders.
• Experience in handling teams

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good analytical skills and exposure to ERP systems
• Team Management  
• Vendor management