IT Director (Florida)
IT Director
M&F Talent has a client who manufactures fertilizers and pest control solutions for controlled environment agriculture (CEA) producers. They are looking to hire a new IT Director.
The IT Director will manage information technology (IT) operations – ensuring the department provides proper IT infrastructure, as well as efficient and effective technical support service.
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Responsibilities:
- Hires and trains IT staff and conducts performance evaluations.
- Schedules organize, and assign projects to members of the IT team.
- Leads development and implementation projects and processes for the IT department.
- Develops and implements IT business continuity protocols to reduce the impact of IT security failures, security breaches, intrusion, and data loss.
- Creates efficiency and efficacy standards, providing reasonable recommendations for streamlining and improving the IT infrastructure.
- Establishes and oversees specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals for hardware, software, and storage.
- Analyzes IT infrastructure and systems performance to assess operating costs, productivity levels, upgrade requirements, and other metrics and needs.
- Ensures the security of systems, networks, and enterprise information.
- Develops and maintains relationships with external IT vendors and service providers.
- Coordinates IT systems via enterprise resource planning (ERP).
- Works with Human Resources on IT system audits, physical security audits, perimeter protection, and employee investigations.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Computer Science (required), respective Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
- 6-8 years of professional experience working with IT programs, IT projects, and ERP.
- Proficient in MS Suite, G Suite, ERP software (preferred: NetSuite), web applications, BI software, networking solutions, and data management.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Solid project management skills.
- Great organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
If you would like to discuss the IT Director role in more detail or learn more about our recruiting services, please contact info@mandfconsultants.com.