IT Executive Director- Sales & Service

We are looking for a talented IT Executive Director- Sales & Service to join our team specializing in Systems/Information Technology for our Cummins Distribution Center in Atlanta, GA. This is a Hybrid position; expectation is to be in the office 2 or 3 days a week.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Manages a team of senior level IT employees.
• Participate as a key member of the IT Senior Leadership Team.
• Responsible for a significant IT area.
• Responsible for financial management including, budget management, and forecasting for a significant budget area.
• Responsible for People Management including work plan development, performance management, and people development.
• Responsible for team building and development including organization structure, recruiting, global team management.
• Participate in the IT Function ODR process.
• Compile and present Management Reports on team performance including metrics, deliverable status, etc.
• Communicate status to senior management – IT and business.
• Accountable for Six Sigma training, usage, and goal attainment for the team.
• Ensure team adherence to all IT processes, policies, and procedures including IT Security.
• Responsible of IT Controls compliance for the team.
• Engagement with customers in their respective function or business area.
• Governance/Leadership for all program/projects executed or supported by their teams.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

Financial acumen – Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.

Decision quality – Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.

Cultivates innovation – Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.

Strategic mindset – Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

Ensures accountability – Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.

Drives results – Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.

Manages conflict – Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.

Builds networks – Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.

Attracts top talent – Attracting and selecting the best talent to meet current and future business needs.

Communicates effectively – Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Tech savvy – Anticipating and adopting innovations in business-building digital and technology applications.

Drives vision and purpose – Painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action.

Values differences – Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Strategic Roadmap Planning – Produces a high-level, multi-year product and capability roadmap utilizing internal and external business resource, asset and market knowledge and experience to communicate the organization’s focus and priorities to internal and external stakeholders.

Education, Licenses, Certifications

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Information Technology, Business or a related subject required.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience

• Significant level of relevant work experience, including strategy, managerial, and budgetary experience, required. Broad business knowledge required.
• 15+ years of IT Senior Leadership experience (technology strategy, program/product centric execution and operational support)
• Strong working knowledge of the Salesforce.com platform and data model with experience deploying multitenant environment across functions and lines of business.
• Hands-on experience in implementation of significant customizations using the force.com platform.
• Knowledge of Salesforce recommended best practice around design and development.

Additional Information:

• Use technology to build value for their organization across departments. This includes leading efforts to enhance the performance and effectiveness of customer-facing technologies and guiding the organization through a shift towards digital business.
• Embody four crucial personas of being an effective communicator, salesperson, influencer and a digital first mindset.
• Make big-picture decisions to enhance profitability through improved technologies. This leader must be able to partner with other functions such as sales and marketing to understand and create new routes to market through digital technology advancement.
• Drive a customer focused IT team that is delivering tools, technology, and business outcomes that impact the end customers.
• Gain a better understanding of not just new digital technologies and how to cost-effectively operate them, but also to better understand the specific challenges and opportunities for the Distribution business and how IT can drive new revenue opportunities and accelerate growth.
• Serve as the IT Leader for the business unit executing all activities with Information Technology; establishes operational goals and plans, identifying customer requirements and assisting with project oversight; evaluates project implementation based on performance outcome measures, user’s expectations, and benefit realization.
• Build and promote a culture of agile, fast-moving, cross-functional teams of people from different parts of the organization, to experiment and innovate together to deliver new products and capabilities.
• Ability to Perform and direct configuration, customization, integration, and support of Salesforce.com.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary range: $187,500.00 – $312,500.00

Please note that the salary range provided is a good faith estimate on the applicable range. The final salary offer will be determined after considering relevant factors, including a candidate’s qualifications and experience, where appropriate.

Cummins Inc.