What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Manager position at Kaneka North America?
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ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Description
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Analyzes complex business needs presented by the user community and/or clients and recommends technical solutions
- Supports and recommends the best solution to support business growth, especially for establishment of additional facility in Americas and M&A integration.
- Ensures the consistency and maintainability of existing applications by creating, maintaining, and enforcing standards/procedures for implementing technical solutions.
- Participates on all hardware and software evaluations; periodically reviews and analyzes investments made and reports with insight to management.
- Develops, maintains, and drives IT Department Framework.
- Develops and maintains IT Service Catalog.
- Represents the IT function at customer review meeting when appropriate.
- Plans and develops policies and procedures for carrying out computer network operations.
- Prepares progress reports to inform management of project status and deviation from goals.
- Prepares proposals and solicits contracts from outside firms during IT related projects; manages on an on-going basis software, hardware and telecommunications contracts.
- Stay abreast of trends and regulations to ensure effectiveness and compliance.
- Develops and maintains company Disaster Recovery Plan
- Responsible for JSOX (Japan Sarbanes Oxley) compliance and network security.
- Assists in development of budget and monitoring of expenditures.
- Responsible for ISO certification of IT systems.
- Responsible to define and maintain cybersecurity, network and data security policies, procedures and solutions.
- Coordinates US corporate website planning and ensures appropriate review of content.
- Proposes the appropriate IT organization to management according to business needs and environmental change.
- Directs and prioritizes the workload of the Infrastructure Team and direct reports; assigns team members for IT related projects and manage the project progress and cost with them.
- Documents job duties, procedures, updates, etc.
- Directs education programs for her/his staff; trains team members and/or gives them the opportunity for training to raise their skills
- Must demonstrate the following emotional intelligence skills:
- Emotional Empathy
- Positive Attitude
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Flexibility / Adaptability
- Interpersonal Skills
- Maintain complete and open lines of communication with other personnel, functions, or departments to facilitate operations and interaction in the organization.
- Keep supervisor informed of status and progress, ensuring that regular and periodic communication takes place.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks and keeping abreast of industry trends and related compliance issues within the area of responsibilities.
- Maintain professional conduct, attendance, and high ethical standards in the work place, complying company’s policies and procedures.
- Fulfill mandatory training requirements applicable for department and job duties as appropriate.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as required or requested by supervisor or Management.
