Information Systems Manager

POSITION SUMMARY

The Information Systems (IS) Manager is responsible for overseeing the management, coordination, and execution of both the development/application (DevOps) support team as well as the information technology operations (ITOps) team. This role requires a strategic leader who can manage multifunctional teams to ensure that IT systems, business applications, and development projects align with organizational goals and objectives.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Essential Functions Statement(s)

• Team Management: Lead, mentor, and manage a multifunctional team of employees, including developers, business application support staff, and IT professionals. Foster a collaborative and productive work environment, ensuring effective communication and coordination between individuals within the team, other groups within the organization, and external stakeholders (where applicable).
• Project Oversight: Oversee the planning, development, and implementation of business applications and IT infrastructure projects. Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and budget.
• System Maintenance and Support: Ensure that business applications and IT systems are reliable, secure, and meet the evolving needs of the organization. Manage ongoing support, troubleshooting, and upgrades for these systems.
• Strategic Planning: Collaborate with senior management to develop and implement IT strategies that support the organization’s business objectives. Identify and evaluate emerging technologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Budget Management: Develop and manage the budget for the IT and development teams. Optimize resource allocation and cost management across projects and ongoing operations.
• Compliance and Security: Ensure that all systems comply with organizational policies, industry regulations, and security protocols. Proactively identify and mitigate risks to data security and system integrity.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a liaison between IT, development teams, and business units to ensure alignment and address any concerns or requirements. Provide regular updates to stakeholders on project progress and system performance.
• Asset Management: Monitors assets, their utilization, and performance to ensure systems and data are highly available and reliable.
• Active Participation: Actively participates in projects where skills align and additional resources are needed. Participates in various organizational groups to ensure
• Reporting: Develops and updates reports that will be presented to management team(s) to demonstrate continued progress against project, goal, personnel development, financial, and security objectives and strategies.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Competency Statement(s)

• Accountability – Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions. 
• Accuracy – Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly. 
• Adaptability – Ability to adapt to change in the workplace. 
• Analytical Skills – Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem. 
• Business Acumen – Ability to grasp and understand business concepts and issues. 
• Change Management – Ability to encourage others to seek opportunities for different and innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities. 
• Communication, Oral – Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word. 
• Communication, Written – Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely. 
• Creative – Ability to think in such a way as to produce a new concept or idea. 
• Decision Making – Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures. 
• Delegating Responsibility – Ability to allocate authority and/or task responsibility to appropriate people. 
• Detail Oriented – Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task. 
• Ethical – Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards. 
• Leadership – Ability to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions. 
• Management Skills – Ability to organize and direct oneself and effectively supervise others. 
• Organized – Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.  
• Project Management – Ability to organize and direct a project to completion. 
• Problem Solving – Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems. 
• Resource Management (People & Equipment) – Ability to obtain and appropriate the proper usage of equipment, facilities, materials, as well as personnel. 
• Technical Aptitude – Ability to comprehend complex technical topics and specialized information. 

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.

Experience:

• Proven experience in managing IT and development teams, with a strong background in both technical and managerial roles.
• Excellent leadership, communication, interpersonal, interdepartmental, and project management skills.
• Deep understanding of business applications, IT infrastructure, and emerging technologies.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and experience with budgeting and resource management.

Technologies (Desirable Experience):

• Enterprise Resource Planning; Historians; OPC; Bar Coding; VBA; VB.Net; RPA; Workflow; BI; AI; Security Management; Exchange; M365; Collaboration Tools;

PHYSICAL DEMAND

Other Physical Requirements: Ability to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) – Safety Glasses.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Works primarily in an office environment with occasional exposure to manufacturing and warehousing environment.  

The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee’s ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the company may deem appropriate.  

EEO Statement
Fujimi Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.