IT Team Lead/Supervisor

About the role

The IT Team Lead/Supervisor is a key member of the plant’s Smart Factory / Industry 4.0 team, responsible for implementing software solutions and coordinating all digitalization and Industry 4.0 activities throughout the plant. This role acts as a lead, providing experience, guidance, and best practices to support and develop the broader smart factory team while driving effective and scalable solutions. Is responsible for leading and developing direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct the Smart Factory team in departmental day-to-day task, including providing guidance on best practices, standards, and emerging technologies
• Lead the design, development, and implementation of software and automation solutions to enhance data analytics capabilities and overall plant performance
• Define and maintain system architecture for digital solutions, ensuring alignment with business requirements and scalability needs
• Drive and coordinate all plant-level digitalization initiatives aligned with the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) maturity roadmap; regularly report progress and outcomes to plant management
• Develop and maintain the I4.0 roadmap based on maturity assessments, ensuring alignment with Smart Factory standards and broader industrialization projects
• Lead and coordinate Citizen Development activities within the plant, including the development and support of Digital Cell solutions
• Ensure projects deliver measurable economic value, including proper documentation and tracking (e.g., CALC, CIS measures)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineer or related technical fields
• 8+ years solid working experience in IT, Digitalization and Manufacturing Operations
• 3+ years leadership experience including coaching/mentoring skills

Skills

• Profound knowledge of programming languages (Python, C#, .Net, SQL, and associate)
• Profound knowledge of analytics frameworks/libraries and analytics tools and technology (mainly platforms like Microsoft Azure, AWS, Databricks, NoSQL, MS Power Apps/BI, Apache Spark etc.)
• Experience in Project Management and Lean Manufacturing Tools
• Good understanding of IT system interrelationships and IT architectures
• Coaching and Mentoring Skills

Benefits

• A supportive collaborative team environment
• Annual Incentive Plan
• Paid Vacation
• Personal Time
• 401k Plan
• Health Care Benefits
• Paid Holidays
• A strong diversity culture
• Supportive Employee Groups and community outreach activities