Purpose :

She/He leads the strategy and the application roadmap for her/his domain, to deliver the most adequate services to support the Nexans Group. She/He maintains a consolidated picture of all the applications of the domain and leads a community of the associated applications managers to co-build an applications roadmap, identify new standards and maintain existing ones. She/He promotes rationalization, standardization and Cost Reduction whenever it is possible She/He manages standard applications of her/his domain, or delegates the management to other application managers within the Group (ex. : a Business Coordination and Delivery Manager in a dedicated counrty). She/He leads all the changes requested and prioritized by the business. She/He also is responsible for ensuring the upkeep of functional and technical skills required for the longevity of the applications under its responsibility. She/He leads the strategy and the application roadmap for her/his domain, to deliver the most adequate services to support the Nexans Group. She/He maintains a consolidated picture of all the applications of the domain and leads a community of the associated applications managers to co-build an applications roadmap, identify new standards and maintain existing ones.  She/He promotes rationalization, standardization and Cost Reduction whenever it is possible She/He manages standard applications of her/his domain, or delegates the management to other application managers within the Group (ex. : a Business Coordination and Delivery Manager in a dedicated counrty). She/He leads all the changes requested and prioritized by the business. She/He also is responsible for ensuring the upkeep of functional and technical skills required for the longevity of the applications under its responsibility.

 

Areas of responsabilitiies :

Strategy  Provide leadership IS vision and direction for her/his scope of work. Define the Strategy and the roadmap in her/his domain to support the Business needs, in collaboration with her/his peers (application managers in the Areas).  Lead the studies and selection of new solutions in her/his domain. Promote the rationalization and the standardization of her/his scope of work. Lead the implementation of the roadmap for her/his scope of work. Design Define an operating model to support the current portfolio and the roadmap. Ensure compliance of application architectures with business needs & IS standards. Design and manage suppliers’ contracts in accordance to Nexans internal rules (Purchasing, Finance, legal, etc.). Development & Delivery Provide a leadership role in the overall supervision of activities of her/his scope. Support/Lead the IS strategic projects in his/her domain. Ensure the effective resolution of incidents and problems within his/her area. Guarantee the functioning and the coherence of components for her/his scope, and ensure that the group policies (norms, standards and security) are applied. Ensure that changes requested by Business are validated, prioritized and implemented. Define KPIs to monitor the performance and adoption of the applications. Manage daily relationship with external suppliers. Prepare budget and ensure adequate follow-up along the year to reach targets. Business Coordination Support function IT strategy in line with IT standards Manage the appropriate governance to ensure good relationship with the Function(s) management Coordinate the delivery of the Function(s) IT Coordination team Be IT escalation level and ensure right level of escalation towards Function(s) management Ensure the defense of the Function(s) interest within IT,  Promote the standards of IT Core towards the Function(s) Continuous Improvement Contribute to the improvement of services. Facilitate the transfer of know-how, experience and best practices within the team, the community and with his/her peers. Contribute to market watch and propose axes of evolutions of the existing solutions. Knowledge Management Ensure that all applications have appropriate and up-to-date documentation, stored in a secure and easily access way.

 

Expected results :

She/He is responsible for building, with her/his Business counterparts, the Business Cases, projects scopes and ROI of the projects. She/He is in charge of managing projects and ensures the delivery on-time, on-budget with adequate quality. She/He is accountable to define and agree Service Levels with key Business representatives. She/He is accountable for delivery of Operations & Services as defined in the SLAs. She/He is in charge of the solutions design.  She/He is also responsible for animating and improving competency level of his/her team. She/He is in charge of allocating her/his resources on projects and maintenance, depending on their competencies and the needs.  She/He ensures IS relationships with key stakeholders at Corporate and Business Units levels.
 

Required skills :

Proven experience in Managing Project and Team for an industrial Group. Proven experience in leading System Integration projects and HR performance tool implementation. Customer satisfaction/ service oriented. Understanding the existing and emerging technologies. Innovation awareness. Influencing and networking. Communication & story telling skills. Result oriented. Team work. Advanced English  Master’s Degree in major business school or engineering school or top-class University.