IT Head

Job Description : IT HEAD PENANG MALAYSIA This role is pivotal in coordinating, planning, and implementing company-wide system hardware, standard office applications, software solution development, and networking infrastructure readiness. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the organisation's operations productivity is maximised, costs are minimised, and system disruptions are reduced along with business growth and expansion. As a Head of IT, you will play a crucial role in shaping the technological landscape of the organisation. Your primary responsibility will be to coordinate, plan, administer, and implement company-wide system hardware, standard office applications, software solution development, and networking infrastructure readiness. You will interface with users across all levels of management to ensure that new technologies adequately meet both current and future needs. Your role will also involve administering the network infrastructure and servers to support data storage growth. Additionally, you will be tasked with managing annual budgets for system upgrades and maintenance while also overseeing IT purchasing and asset management. Interface with users and management to ensure that new technology and computer applications meet present and future needs. Plan and schedule resources to ensure effective operation of the computer network. Administer and ensure high scalability of network infrastructure and servers. Monitor and set up effective backup and restore systems. Coordinate technical assistance to resolve compute and network operational problems. Train users in the utilization of the computer network and application packages. Plan, manage, and control annual computer systems upgrade and maintenance budgets. Administer IT purchasing and asset management. Establish IT standard procedures, policies, and practices to support ISO, SOX, CTPAT compliance. The ideal candidate for this Head of IT position brings 15 years of experience working information technology with at least 5 years people management experience. Bachelor’s of Degree in Information Technology At least 15 years of total working experiences in Information Technology function in manufacturing industry Knowledge of Manufacturing Executive System (MES) such as Critical Manufacturing or CAMSTAR Experience managing technical team in both application and infrastructure teams

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