Assistant Manager - IT

Job Function

Information Technology

Job Summary

The Manager - Innovation (Information Technology) is responsible for managing innovative technologies to improve company processes and implementing IT innovation solutions for customers and the business, including managing post implementation optimization. He/She is also responsible for project management, managing IT solutioning business resources, including manpower, internal assets and external vendors to ensure successful delivery of innovation projects on time and on budget.
Resourceful and analytical, he/she is required to manage resources and obtain buy-in from internal and external stakeholders. He/She is also expected to lead a department and make business decisions independently.

Job Responsibilities/Key Tasks (External)

• Influence stakeholders’ perspectives of requirements and activities
• Develop measures to improve vendor management capability in the organisation
• Review allocation of resources across different business activities
• Align resources management (manpower and asset) strategies with business strategies across different business activities
• Manage operational policies, standards and procedures
• Develop alternatives to enhance operational policies, standards and procedures
• Develop risk mitigation plans

• Integrate new enabled IT processes and systems across functions
• Align organisational IT strategies with users or customer experience strategies
• Manage network security of IT enabled processes and systems
• Manage integrated IT solutions through cost-benefit analysis to serve complex user needs
• Review users IT enterprise architectures to further improve system integration

• Manage key users through maintaining close contact with stakeholders
• Collaborate with users to ensure effective implementation of customers' IT projects
• Determine full user requirements to develop IT solutions
• Determine implicit user requirements through close interaction with customers to develop advanced IT solutions

• Lead team/departmental projects
• Influence department heads to achieve desired results
• Review different aspects of project management based on priorities and needs
• Develop strategic project plans to align projects with business strategy
• Review projects to meet cost and benefit targets of a programme
• Evaluate projects to influence bottom line of organisation

• Determine key messages to communicate to internal stakeholders for application of latest technology trends
• Drive organisational discussions on adoption of the latest technology innovations
• Facilitate interactions between internal and external partners to design technology projects
• Facilitate interactions between internal and external partners to implement technology projects
• Drive the successful completion of technology projects
• Develop technology solutions and automations to improve processes
• Review areas in logistics operations where technology can enhance processes
• Integrate technology solutions and automations to replace inefficient processes

Job Requirements

Professional Qualifications & Relevant Experience

• Degree in any IT related field or Computing Field
• 7-10 years of working experience