IT Applications Manager

**Job Description – IT Applications Manager** **FSLA Status: Exempt** **Location: Lordstown, OH** **Reports To: IT Director** **Direct Reports: IT Specialists** **Primary Function: The IT Applications Manager provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for the organization’s enterprise applications portfolio and technology solutions. This role holds end-to-end accountability for the architecture, deployment, maintenance, and continuous enhancement of core commercial software systems, with a dedicated focus on SAP, MES, and ERP platforms. Managing both internal engineering talent and strategic vendor partnerships, the Manager drives technical development and collaborates cross-functionally with business units to deliver high-impact solutions aligned with corporate goals.** **Duties and Responsibilities:** - Provide strategic leadership and guidance to the cross-functional SAP, MES, PLM, and Application Development teams at Foxconn, Ohio. - Manage, mentor, and develop a team of technical professionals, balancing structured team management with a strong interest in staying hands-on with technology. - Formulate comprehensive competency and scaling plans to support the long-term expansion and evolution of the SAP and MES ecosystems. - Oversee and delegate critical milestones across core platform implementations, ensuring resource optimization and high team productivity. - Act as the primary IT liaison, facilitating clear and proactive communication between business users, key stakeholders, and project execution teams. - Partner with cross-functional business leaders to analyze requirements, identify operational needs, and deliver tailored enterprise IT solutions. - Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to prioritize, plan, and schedule application development pipelines and system enhancement requests. - Deliver comprehensive project status reports and executive-level insight presentations to various tiers of management. - Drive stakeholder satisfaction by delivering stable, quality applications backed by rigorous, planned organizational change management. - Lead large-scale IT projects, driving the end-to-end design, deployment, and adoption of new systems and enterprise architecture. - Establish and execute project delivery frameworks to ensure successful, on-time implementations and robust system maintenance. - Partner with leadership across disciplines to guarantee that proposed application solutions seamlessly align with information, infrastructure, business, and cybersecurity architectures. - Maintain end-to-end accountability for the availability and performance of the enterprise applications portfolio, managing the full Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and custom application lifecycles. - Own the incident, problem, and release management processes to ensure operational continuity and minimal business disruption. - Monitor IT system performance to continuously analyze cost-versus-productivity levels and deliver data-driven recommendations for applications and infrastructure improvements. - Evaluate external vendors and consultants, establish strategic partnerships, and develop robust testing methodologies for new hardware and software procurement. - Enforce technical governance and standard adherence by conducting thorough code reviews and technical specification audits. - Foster a culture of continuous innovation, bringing a strong passion for experimenting with emerging technologies to drive business value. - An interest in staying hands-on technical as well as wearing that team management hat. **Required Education** - Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or a related field. - Industry standard technical certifications or equivalent field experience may substitute. **Required Experience** - 7+ years of relevant work experience. - Expertise in business process analysis, requirements gathering, solution design and development, vendor management, SAP, Manufacturing Execution System…