Director of Digital Technology Affiliates

Overview

Lead digital technology roadmap and integration for manufacturing and supply chain affiliates.

Key Responsibilities

• data visualization
• edge cloud
• ai/ml
• erp management
• digital twin
• industrial analytics

Tasks

-Lead and inspire cross-functional product teams, fostering collaboration, innovation, and excellence. -Mentor and develop talent aligning growth with organizational goals. -Oversee business applications, acquisition of new technologies, and process improvements. -Promote technology awareness, adoption, and effective use throughout the organization. -Develop manufacturing dashboards and data visualization tools (preferably Power BI). -Lead industrial data collection, historian systems, and analytics pipelines. -oversee e-commerce platforms, customer self-service portals, and digital product catalogs. -Implement edge-to-cloud architectures and AI/ML for production optimization, defect detection, and yield improvement. -Facilitate enterprise architecture planning, identifying capability gaps and ensuring technology initiatives support organizational growth and innovation. -Enable digital product flow, pricing, and customer experience across the supply chain. -Build relationships throughout the company and industry to understand business needs and goals. -Integrate automation, robotics, CNC machinery, sensors, and digital twins into production environments. -Oversee systems for sourcing, procurement, staging, transportation, warehouse, and field delivery. -Manage ERP, MES, CPQ, AVC, MRP, WMS, TMS, and other core business systems, ensuring seamless IT/OT integration. -Identify risks and bottlenecks in technology architecture, providing mitigation strategies to safeguard data and operations. -Manage budgets, optimizing resource allocation for maximum impact. -Lead and oversee the design, development, and deployment of custom technology applications and solutions to meet unique business requirements. -Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, evaluating their applicability to the organization’s technology stack. -Define and execute a digital roadmap for vertically integrated operations, aligning technology solutions with business goals. -Drive intelligent, integrated supply chains via real-time analytics, AI-driven forecasting, and unified data architecture. -Oversee design and governance standards for IT/OT, robotics, data, and application architectures. -Lead solution design and delivery for complex, cross-departmental processes, ensuring downstream impacts are considered and mitigated. -Manage vendor and partner relationships -Building supply, distribution, and retail operations

Requirements

• it-ot
• plc/scada
• mes
• aws iot
• power bi
• leadership

What You Bring

-IT-OT integration and alignment -Proven experience managing full lifecycle custom development projects, including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, and deployment. -Data analytics, AI/ML, cloud integration (AWS IoT, Azure IoT), Power BI -10–15+ years of progressive IT/OT leadership in manufacturing or industrial environments -Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills -Sawmill or process industry technology (PLC/SCADA, sorting, yield optimization, production analytics) -Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Technology, or related field preferred -Manufacturing/OT systems: PLC/SCADA, MES, CNC controls, IoT/sensor networks, robotics, RPA, DCS, RTUs -Strategic leadership and cross-functional influence -Supply chain and logistics technology -Demand planning, supplier integration, API connectivity, barcode/RFID/IoT integration -Proven experience leading digital transformation initiatives (automation, MES, ERP integration, etc.) -Effective resource management, organizational skills, and attention to detail -Construction tech integration (CAD/CAM, BIM-to-fabrication workflows) -Demonstrated success implementing technologies that improved throughput, yield, quality, or uptime -Strong understanding of enterprise-level software, system integration, and architectural frameworks -ERP, MES, CPQ, AVC, MRP, WMS, TMS systems -Ability to lead and motivate teams through influence and collaboration -Smart Manufacturing / Industry 4.0 -CAD/CAM and BIM integration (Autodesk, Revit, Rhino, Tekla, etc.) -Cyber-physical security and IT/OT convergence -Scalability mindset for multi-location operations

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