DIRECTOR OF IT OPERATIONS

In true partnership with a highly personable, focused & genuinely dynamic Vice President of Information Technology, you will be devising & leading innovative strategies to streamline, significantly upgrade & fully optimize our infrastructure & support systems - which play a crucial role in the vibrancy of our consistently-expanding $1.3BB Operations - spanning throughout North, Central & South America. With a broad-based focus across our business, you will be leading initiatives to infuse a proactive business leadership cultural perspective and bring the best systems capabilities to the forefront - as we utilize those capabilities to achieve exceptional financial results throughout the hemisphere. We are at the onset of a proactive cultural shift in our IT philosophy - taking systems & infrastructure which has been 'OK' & bringing it forward to the 'exceptional' status level we desire to impact all facets of our swiftly growing worldwide presence. Your apparent ability to influence your environment with a make-it-happen mindset while leading quality professionals through application of insight, wisdom & contagious energy will make you a solid contender for this high profile role - which continually interfaces with our top executive team in the conduct of daily business. Working across Process, IT and Strategic Business Unit lines to define opportunities & create tools to capture those opportunities, you will direct implementation & deployment of innovative upgrades & new applications to meet the challenges that a business with an exponential growth track record faces. Your leadership of multiple concurrent projects, management of the departmental budget & our corporate IT assets will provide the business with strong, decisive analysis, appraisal & resolution to issues of challenging procedural, organizational & technical natures. Developing & managing service agreements for applications & infrastructure, you will hold significant responsibility as a leader who holds the key to our ability to utilize technology to significantly impact our bottom line results. Leading and mentoring people, driving a proactive Team culture, inspiring operational excellence - while demonstrating your capability as a Business Strategist not merely as a professional with technical expertise - you will play a front-line key role in our attaining the cultural & technical levels of excellence we fully intend to achieve near-term. We are firmly committed to being the best we can be - & seek a professional who has that commitment deeply ingrained as a continual personal challenge. This is a position we see as the highest priority to fill; if you are this very special leader, we warmly encourage your expression of interest.
REQUIREMENTS
With us, it's all about people. We look for leaders who want to build their career with us - & we provide the opportunity to do exactly that. We seek a proactive It CAN Be Done mindset, multi-faceted business strategist perspective, the desire to make a difference through the mentoring of others & the application of experience in the pursuit of excellence. Your track record of mentoring & empowering professionals and building a cohesive business culture shall be something of which you are rightly proud, as will be your experience in exercising strong judgment in the planning, development & conversion of operating systems. Your working knowledge of support models for custom & packaged software, experience with IBM iSeries, network & PC operating systems & protocols is an essential base; your ability to achieve results through the proactive collaboration with others is also a vital attribute you will possess. Working knowledge of 24/7 data center operations - including scheduling, capacity optimization, change control, business continuity - will be in your background - as will an obvious depth of the enjoyment you receive from meeting the challenge & making a business - and people - better for the efforts you contribute to the initiative. Should this spark your interest, please respond to our retained Business Consultant at [Click here for email] or at 630/443-1988 for totally confidential review of your credentials - which shall be shared with no one without your specific foreknowledge. We much appreciate your interest, & wish you a career marked by significant success.