Eurofins Looking for Director Information Technology Solutions at Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India Full Time

The Role:

The role has primary responsibility to work with the Regional Director (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia) to design, build and operate the IT Strategy and needs of the region. The role demands a constant need to understand and strategize the dynamics needs of the growing business in this region.

The role would require the candidate to plan and deliver business IT solutions like CRM, DWH, Power BI, LIMS, HRMS and an ERP solution, in line with the Eurofins global guidance. It would require the candidate to liaise with various Group Solutions and ensure the most optimum solutions are made available to the businesses in the region, and also work with the Infra teams on any deliverables or issues related to infrastructure, including integration of acquired organizations.

Responsibilities:

• Works with the business leaders/business responsible and defines strategies for IT. Contribute to vision discussions and finalize IT roadmap for the region and participate in the decision process of team‘s overall strategic directions.
• Manage business expectations and day-to-day interactions with key stakeholders and sponsors.
• Build and manage the team to deliver required IT solutions (including CRM, DWH and any others) within the approved time and budget.
• Plan and Lead various IT steer-co meetings for the region. This involves preparing detailed IT project(s) plans, progress reports, financial summary, etc.
• Liaise with solutions owners for any issues or additional features needed in the group solutions used by the business in the region
• Liaise with Regional Infrastructure Manager to address any technical issues in the region and also co-ordinate any integration efforts for new businesses.
• Co-located with business and having constant interaction with the businesses and it’s customers.
• Effective management of IT solutions budget for the region, ability to define, track and manage both capex and opex.
• Create, evolve and manage IT delivery for One IT team
• People Leadership – manage and lead team successfully towards agreed objectives and build within the teams a sense of ownership, self motivation, innovative mindset, focused on results and collaboration.
• Build a culture of high performance. Set performance expectations with team, conduct annual appraisals, track performance and provide feedback.
• Work closely with transversal teams like Group architecture team, Group IT security team, Group solutions team to maximize productivity.
• Talent management – identify required capabilities and skill gaps within team and plan for fulfilling the gaps
• Recruit the people with right attitude, skill, customer centricity and potential for efficient delivery.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

Experience:

• 15+ years of experience in IT, with at least 5+ years in IT Management
• Strong experience in IT Project Management, stakeholders engagement.
• Strong experience of working with enterprise tools like CRM, ERP, LIMS, Power BI and DWH.
• Experience with Microsoft suit of technologies is must
• Experience in managing small to medium (~10 people) delivery teams
• Experience working with business and Infrastructure stakeholders in a fast paced environment

Skills:

• Experience with CRM, ERP, DWH or Power BI reporting systems
• Prior experience of defining IT strategy is good to have
• Knowledge of Azure migration and SQL is a plus
• AGILE & ITIL background is a big plus

Personal Skills:

• Excellent verbal/written communication skills. Fluent in English and the working country language.
• Ability to simplify the complex IT problems and articulate the solutions to business leaders.
• Executive presence and Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and strategic thinking skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and project management skills, able to adapt quickly, work well under deadlines in a complex changing environment and perform multiple tasks effectively and concurrently.

· Experience in driving discussion with Senior Mgmt. and CxO.

· Ability to think out of the box, keen observer and eye for details.

• Ability to manage relationships with both internal and external customers.
• Ability to work independently and within a collaborative team oriented environment using sound judgment in decision-making.
• Should be a self-motivated, independent, responsible team-player and exhibit exceptional relationship management skills
• Ability to quickly learn new concepts and software if necessary

Additional Information:

PREFERED CANDIDATES:

Master of Business Administration or equivalent degree with the right experience

TRAVEL: Ready to travel (~10%)