IT Country Manager and Business Partner for Israel

We are looking for a Senior IT leader to have the overall responsibility for the strategic partnership between the Global Information Systems organization (GIS) and Applied materials Israel business units. In this role you will hold overall responsibility for all the IT systems and services provided by GIS in Israel.

Key Responsibilitie

• sBe strategic partner to applied materials Israel leadership to link the IT strategy to the business objectives and hold the responsibility for all the IT services and deliverables in Israel
• .Drive and support the overall IT landscape across business applications , R&D and operations
• .Collaborate effectively with global teams to initiate programs and drive them to execution
• .Identify business requirements and turn them into working plans
• .Ensure high level of customer satisfaction from overall IT systems, infrastructure, and services
• .Manage the IT demand and the business budgets. representing the “Voice” of the customer
• .Effectively manage changes, be the change agent and managing escalations effectively
• .Lead the Israel IT team (matrix

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Requiremen

• ts10+ years of managerial and influential IT experience in large corporates (500+ employees) – Mu
• stBA / BSc in relevant field – Must . M.sc / MBA is preferre
• d.Experience as application manager / regional or BU IT manager – Strong advantag
• e.Proven ability to work with executive management
• s.Experience with business application and business processe
• s.ERP and / or strong business processes knowledge - Requir
• edStrong business and financial understandin
• g.Strong operation, execution and leadership skil
• lsStrong communication & collaboration skil
• lsProven track record of influence managers across organizational barrie
• rsAbility to effectively amplify signals when business issues are truly impactful, dampen noise when they are not, and have the maturity to know the differenc
• e.Experience with global work environment and global culture orientate
• d.Travel abroad as needed (about 15
• %)Fluent English – Mus