Information Technology Manager

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary. Job Summary We are seeking to hire a Manager of Information Technology located in Columbia SC , reporting to our Director of Information Technology. In this role; you will be R esponsible for performing a wide range of tasks varying form individual contributor to project manager for medium to large size projects, in order to provide business analysis and recommend / implement automated solutions in support of financial processes and to ensure that the technical requirements are met in each development and testing environment. What a typical day looks like: Plan, prioritize, and manage IT support and mainte nance activities to ensure that organization's information systems function reliably and that IT resources are used effectively. Research, evaluate, and recommend hardware and software products that will enhance the capabilities of the organization's information systems. Liaise with functional or operational area managers to understand their current and future information needs and determine how information systems should be installed, configured, and maintained to best meet these needs. Lead, direct, evaluate, and develop a team of information systems professionals and support staff to ensure that the organization's information systems are supported effectively and within budget. Approve system development cost estimates, budgets, and schedules. Direct daily department activities in order to maximize system utilization a nd support business needs as it pertains to a site's IT infrastructure. Examples include IMAC, VMAC, and responding to Help Desk tickets. This IT infrastructure includes (but is not limited to) LAN, WAN, telephony, server administration, desktop support, printers and barcode scanners. M anage s the relationship with the service providers of any outsourced infrastructure component. This includes managing the service level agreement, change management, maintaining a thorough understanding of cost issues inclu…