Job Description

Wurth Canada is a high-performance organization that is built on humanistic values-achievement, trust, respect, integrity, accountability, and affiliation. We promote a strong culture that possesses authenticity and encourages crucial conversations and boldness. If you are looking for the opportunity to make a real impact, be part of a growing organization and grow personally and professionally, you have a future at Wurth!If you want to make a difference and energize your career, Wurth Canada has a great opportunity for you. We are looking for a IT Manager with prior experience supporting a growing organization that leads through culture.Our employees enjoy:

• A culture of empowerment and trust that puts a focus on professional development and coaching from a supportive management team.
• A Monday to Friday opportunity that values work/life balance integration, providing flexibility within the day-to-day role.
• Strong compensation.
• Group Benefits Program (Health, dental, life, EAP, etc.) and Pension Plan
• 3 weeks paid vacation and 5 paid sick days. Company-wide vacation time at end of the year.
• A solid onboarding plan with a 6-month mentoring program for new employees.
• A corporate recognition platform that promotes appreciation and collaboration providing both intrinsic recognition and monetary rewards.
• An open-door environment that promotes close collaboration within all levels of the organization
• Continued professional development within a privately owned global company that offers both stability and growth opportunities.
• Work From Home hybrid option, yet an office that offers an onsite gym, unlimited coffee/tea, and an outdoor patio in the summer.

The IT Manager will be responsible for:

• Leading and developing a high-performance team of IT professionals (IT Support, Applications, and Network /Database Administrators).
• Managing, evaluating, planning, and implementing IT and Security best practices, systems and methodology that will enable W\xc3\xbcrth Canada to grow and scale while maintaining compliance, integrity and availability to the organization and our customers.
• Overseeing all IT infrastructure across Canada for 500+ employees in addition to software, applications, and development activities.
• Ensuring strong Security practices and education are in place for the organization.
• Working with internal managers to understand their needs, the tools they are using today, while driving efficiencies and scalability as well as anticipating needs for the future (while ensuring alignment with the W\xc3\xbcrth Group\'s global policies).
• A strong entrepreneurial mindset: a passion that is led by customer centricity, continuous learning, and willingness to drive crucial conversations across all levels in the organization.
• Resilient by nature; strong communication, listening and change management skills.
• Strategic planning regarding the future development of the IT department spearheading major parts of the change management process to continue W\xc3\xbcrth Canada\'s growth into a multichannel company.

The ideal candidate should have:

• A bachelor\'s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; coupled with a strong business acumen. An advanced degree in the above disciplines is preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience working in IT operations, growing, or setting up IT functions, and supporting large information technology projects.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience managing/supervising a team
• A proven track record with initiating process efficiencies and developing information technology processes and procedures from the ground up.
• A track record in leading IT capability changes and development from vision to implementation in support of organizational growth and supporting ambitious business goals. IT vision and IT strategy development and implementation capability.
• Strong talent assessment, development, coaching and engagement skills coupled with the ability to inspire others to embrace change in a way that fosters a collaborative, engaging and empowering team environment.
• Good communication skills with the ability to work effectively with all levels of an organization, both internally and externally.
• Keen self-awareness and alignment with a workplace culture that is built on humanistic values and continuous improvement.
• Adept and interested in understanding business needs and working to achieve the company\'s vision and goals.
• Experience with effectively managing a department budget.
• Strong organization skills and ability to balance project work with urgent day-to-day tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• A drive to seek out continuous professional development and growth to ensure you are staying on top of industry trends.
• Fully bilingual (French/English) is greatly preferred - verbal and written.
• Experience with an ERP migration is an asset.

Our parent company, the W\xc3\xbcrth Group is a family-owned globally operating sales organization with over 87,000 employees in 80 countries. Our Wurth sales team caters to clients from a range of different industries such as Automotive- dealerships, garages, and body shops, Cargo - heavy-duty equipment (farming/agriculture, trucking, construction leasing) municipalities, Metal - fabrication, welding, HVAC/plumbing, manufacturing, etc., Construction - General Contractors, and On-Site).W\xc3\xbcrth Canada is an equal employer and encourages/promotes a diverse workforce. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family status, national origin, or disability status. Please contact a member of the HR team if accommodation is required during any point of the recruitment process.We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all requirements. Wurth Canada is looking for individuals that are driven to grow themselves and we provide the necessary training to be successful within the industry. We value career development and growth. However, a strong cultural fit is necessary!

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