Director, IT

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Toray Advanced Composites (TAC) is a leading supplier of advanced composite materials for the aerospace, sporting goods, motorsport, and industrial markets. You will find our thermoset composite products on nearly every satellite, space launch vehicle, unmanned aircraft, military and commercial aircraft in production today. TAC also provides composites materials to industrial and recreational applications including mountain bikes, medical prosthetics, and sports equipment.

Our thermoplastic prepregs, known in the industry as Cetex®, are found in a wide range of commercial and military aircraft, including large wing structures and interior applications like seats and galleys. Our Cetex products are available in unidirectional tape or fabric form in a variety of engineered thermoplastic resins including PEEK, PPS, PEI as well as a full line of performance thermoplastics including Nylon, PET, PC / ABS, HDPE, and PP.

Summary of Functions

The Information Technology Director will provide strategic direction and priorities to achieve the goals of the organization. The IT Director will manage and expand our IT portfolio, ensure data security and maximize productivity across the enterprise. This will be done through developing an overall IT strategy and roadmap to include business and operations systems, cloud solutions, IT hardware and IT security. This individual will also be responsible for building and leading a world class IT team. A focus on designing and implementing IT systems, while optimizing the workflows, business metrics and dashboards as well as improved automation of key processes will be a primary focus.

Major Duties and Requirements

• Develop and implement strategy as it relates to IT Infrastructure through analyzing business requirements for IT systems to support the anticipated business growth.
• Provide leadership, vision and management of the IT team ensuring that all internal business policies, Delegation Authority and ethical practices are strictly followed.
• Participate as a member of the TAC-US leadership team.
• Provide oversight of current ERP system and lead the team for next generation ERP implementation.
• Provide Oversight of Manufacturing Execution and Laboratory Information systems implementation and (Experience with GE Prophecy MES / LIMS as plus).
• Identify emerging technologies that can be introduced, assimilated and / or integrated within the organization’s current infrastructure.
• Oversee the development, design and implementation of new applications and changes to existing systems and software packages.
• Develop improved business reporting dashboards and automate key routine tasks through ERP interface using PowerBI or other suitable tools.
• Develop a plan and execute implementation of process automation tools for process data collection and control of manufacturing equipment.
• Manage and monitor networks (including our internal office networks), as well as managing our cloud infrastructure network and VPNs.
• Ensure maintenance of security and privacy of the information systems, communication lines and related equipment. Including meeting internal Toray and external customer Cyber Security controls and audit verifications.
• Develop, implement and manage data compliance policies and information system department guidelines, standards and procedures.
• Develop and review Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity procedures and plans.
• Prepare an IT budget and project timelines while making recommendations for opportunities to save and where to spend to increase productivity.
• Manage our external IT consultants / service providers and evaluate ROI of current structure.
• Effectively collaborate with other Toray IT organizations and leverage best practices.
• Provide day-to-day guidance and motivation to the IT team.

Experience and / or Education Requirements

Salary range : $170,000 - $250,000

Toray Advanced Composites employment practices offer equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate against its employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by law. Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer / employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall, and termination.

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