Local IT Manager

Company Description

Since its spin-off in September 2025 AUMOVIO continues the business of the former Continental group sector Automotive as an independent company. The technology and electronics company offers a wide-ranging portfolio that makes mobility safe, exciting, connected, and autonomous. This includes sensor solutions, displays, braking and comfort systems as well as comprehensive expertise in software, architecture platforms, and assistance systems for software-defined vehicles. In the fiscal year 2024 the business areas, which now belong to AUMOVIO, generated sales of 19.6 billion Euro. The company is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany and has about 87.000 employees in more than 100 locations worldwide.

Job Description

• Lead the Local IT Organization in R&D Guadalajara and R&D Queretaro.
• Establish & maintain a regular and open communication between BA, Local IT, Controlling, RIO and all respective plants.
• Ensure implementation of and sustained compliance with Aumovio-IT-Strategy, company targets, standards and guidelines in the R&D Mexico locations in accordance with Central IT and Competency Center Management.
• Harmonize requirements and interests of the R&D Locations in line with IT Strategy and IT-Standards.
• Advise, consult and further promote standardization in R&D Mexico.
• Build and sustain growth and performance of staff as well as personal development in accordance with Central IT and maintain strong team motivation, passion & team spirit.
• Ensure and coordinate R&D Mexico projects in line with Continental project management standards.
• Conducts HR employee dialogue(TMOD), personnel development, coaching and mentoring to subordinates and direct reports.
• Collaboration and people management at all levels.
• Maintain policies/procedures in accordance with Aumovio.
• Control activities, operations, resources and projects in all aspects of cost, capacity, time and quality. 
• Core IT Services: Business Consulting, Business Applications, Users & Workplace, Cybersecurity, Network Operations, Server & Storage Operations, DC operations within locations.
• Prioritizes projects in close coordination with Local Management.
• Communicates the IT-Strategy and IT targets towards the local management, ensures their implementation, as well as the compliance with all standards and guidelines.
• Understands requirements from local business stakeholders and ensures their implementation based on existing standard solutions. Implements reliable & robust local solutions to support local processes where no standard is available.
• Responsible for Cyber Security in the location
• Supports all IT related audits (Corp. Audit, ISO, OEM Audits, TISAX, Location Reviews, etc.
• Responsible for local IT Budget.
• Prepare, plan, control, implement and monitor fiscal year, location IT operating budget, forecasts and capital requirements.
• Responsible for local IT cost controlling and forecasting, ensure timely submission of financial data to Controllers and reports to top management.
• Drives local IT business based on local/operational IT reports & KPIs
• Methodical and Specialized experience in one or more of the following: Continuous Improvement/Lean/Six Sigma/Agile.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Equivalent in Engineering.
• Experience with Manufacturing Execution or Production Control Systems
• Leadership
• OS systems
• IT Infrastructure (Servers, Storage, Network, PC Clients)
• Shop Floor Technologies (MES/SAP Systems Interfaces)  
• Cyber Security (Best Practices)
• Digital Transformation (Cloud, Big Data, Smart Manufacturing)

Additional Information

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