UNIQLO is looking for a Head of IT Department.
Key responsibilities include:
- Building and maintaining solid relationships with all key business stakeholders, local and global to understand the business needs and priorities that will drive business objectives; provide best solutions to lead the business
- Projects execution control together with managing global systems deployments, finding proper IT solutions
- Planning and executing corporate IT strategy
- Managing IT landscape within the company, control service contracts within agreed SLAs
- Leading IT organization, managing the local IT team
- Developing and improving IT policies and systems to support strategy implementation set by Top management
- Assisting building relationships with vendors and creating cost-efficient contracts
- Analyzing the business requirements of all departments to determine their technology needs
- Preparing budget for local IT department and aligning with global one
- Controlling all the processes related to IT during company expansion, providing full support to offline stores maintaining and developing store-related IT systems and solutions with a strong store-centric mentality
- Recommending architectural improvements, design solutions and integration solutions
As a business leader/team manager, he/she will:
- Commit for team members’ growth. Set high targets to oneself and the team, and boost team’s performance through daily challenges leading members to success
- Be a problem solver and demonstrate a high level of analytical skills in order to identify problems in advance, foresee potential risks, and come up with solutions
- Always think a few steps ahead, anticipating opportunities and Company’s needs
- Have a quality high level discussion with management leadership to identify key expectation and challenges, then reflect these into strategy and KPIs
- Be proactive to try for new strategy, methods and approaches by convincing key stakeholders, and also by encouraging the team. Aspire to make a breakthrough in current operations
- Always aim at highest possible standards and perfection in everything, never stop to improve oneself and search for new innovative solutions
- Collaborate effectively with key stakeholders, control every project with excellent quality and time management
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of work experience in IT with minimum 4 years of experience in managing teams
- Previous experience working in an international environment
- Higher education in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
- Certificates of Completion of Additional IT Courses
- Excellent understanding of computer systems, security, network and systems administration, databases and data storage systems, and telecommunications systems
- Ability to understand network technologies, knowledge of cloud solutions is required
- Project management solid skills
- Understanding of IT methodologies and best practices such as ITIL, etc.
- Understanding and adhering to current government laws specifically for IT
- Solid knowledge of the basics of technical documentation development
- Excellent leadership and decision-making skills
- Fluent English
Required soft skills:
- Advanced managerial skills
- Hands-on and proactive approach to business processes
- Ability to work in fast changing environment
- Ability to constantly perform at high level
Company offers:
- Competitive salary and corporate benefits
- Challenging and fulfilling job in an international fast-growing company
- Clear prospective of professional growth together with the company