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nformation Technology Manager – Consumer & Dealer
Rank P6 / P7
Scarborough, Ontario (Hybrid)
Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) is the exclusive Canadian distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Toyota Canada's head office is in Toronto, with regional offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Halifax. Toyota parts and accessories are distributed through TCI's Parts Distribution Centres in Bowmanville and Vancouver. TCI supports over 287 Toyota and Lexus dealers in Canada with services that include training, sales, marketing, environmental and customer satisfaction initiatives.
What Sets Us Apart?
A focus on People, Passion for Toyota, Innovation and Make Things Better has made us an award-winning company, recognized worldwide for our technological leadership and superior standards of quality, community involvement and environmental responsibility.
Job Summary:
Toyota Canada currently has an exciting opportunity - Information Technology Manager – Consumer & Dealer. We are looking for a leader in the Application Development and Business Relationship areas. This is a full-time role and will report to the National Manager, Enterprise Business Solutions. The selected candidate will provide leadership to technical teams, guidance and mentoring SDLC and Application Portfolio Management, and build relationship with several internal business units and our dealer stakeholders.
What We’ll Bring:
A hybrid work environment
A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect
Competitive compensation package including health and dental benefits, and bonus
Health and dental benefits effective immediately
Company pension plan with matched contribution
Company demo vehicle
Associate vehicle discount program
Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
Fitness reimbursement
Great company culture – Respect for people and continuous improvement is at our core
Paid holiday shutdown and competitive paid time off benefits
Summer Hours – condensed work week during the summer
Sabbatical Leave Program
What You’ll Be Doing:
Leadership
Lead a team of Analysts, Developers, Solution Architects, Development Lead, vendors, and partners, throughout the PMLC, SDLC, from requirement, design, and delivery, to support and on-going maintenance
Guide and develop competencies in Application Portfolio Management and Technology Roadmaps
Define and deliver IT capabilities and solutions across multiple platforms and technologies for the TCI enterprise and the TCI Dealer network
Lead Continuous Improvement initiatives towards excellence in service delivery
Set goals and objectives, provide feedback, coach for performance, develop technical, analytical, and interpersonal skills of the team and mature their knowledge of the business
Business Relationship Management
Act as a Business Relationship Manager for several TCI business units Network (8 to 12, in average), and the TCI Dealer network to deliver technology consulting in business terms, lead initiatives around process definition, budget planning, intake and prioritization of new enhancement, requests, and projects
Administration
Provide guidance and direction in vendor negotiation, RFP Vendor Selection, definition of SOW and KPI
Manage budgets, purchase orders, vendors, contracts, and daily departmental tasks
Manage resources, scheduling, performance, and provide support to your staff
Manage daily activities, issue resolution, and communication across project execution teams in order to deliver projects on-time, and on-budget
PMLS & SDLC & Technical Practices
Ensure projects do not diverge from approved and established architecture guidelines
Lead the following practices: DevSecOps, Adobe, Salesforce, and Software Development. Ensure SDLC best practices are followed, technical roadmaps are kept up to date and facilitate dissemination of knowledge across Enterprise Business Solutions
Manage teams of Application Managed Services (AMS) partners including contract renewals, performance metrics, and resource management
Collaboration
Built relationship and work collaboratively with other Toyota affiliates, peers from other IS functional areas, external vendors, and leaders across the organization.
What You’ll Bring:
University Degree in computer science or related discipline
Minimum of 7 years’ experience leading teams in large scale business systems implementations
Minimum of 5 years related work in a supervisory/managerial and business support role within IT environment
Experience in implementation and leadership on technical practices
Ability to lead, motivate and direct within a matrixed organization structure
Strong understanding of application architecture and how it interconnects with enterprise architecture strategy, middleware, and security standards
Experience in application development including DevSecOps and SDLC utilizing varied environments including Azure DevOps, MuleSoft, AWS (Ruby, Lambda, S3, Cognito) Java, SaaS, PaaS solutions running on multiple databases and integration across varying types of systems e.g., SAP, Salesforce, Adobe Experience Manager and Dealer Management Systems
Ability to organize several teams and focus on best practices, particularly regarding coding standards and quality assurance.
Solid experience in the following areas: Project Management, Change Management, Release Management, Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies, Quality Assurance and Testing, Requirements Gathering, and Systems Analysis and Design. Certifications related to PMP, ITIL, Agile, CMMI, and TOGAF will be considered asset
Proven ability facilitating negotiation of competing requirements among stakeholders.
Understanding of organizational change management practices and how to bridge the gap between technology and the business
Ability to work with other teams, partners, and external organizations for the resolution of business or technical problems
Outstanding communication, organization, time management, presentation, problem-solving, interpersonal skills
Ability to demonstrate initiative, good judgment, and effective decision-making, exhibit strong process improvement orientation, and have the experience to lead discussions and achieve positive results amongst inter-disciplinary groups
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Work Location?
- Hybrid - some time in office, some remote
What key functional expertise are you seeking? Choose as many as necessary.
- IT
What seniority level or years of experience does your business seek for its job candidates?
- Director
- Manager
- < 10 years experience
- 10-15 years experience
- 16-20 years experience
- > 20 years experience
When does your Business wish to have work started on this job?
- Time-sensitive, wanting to start soon.
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