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# Manufacturing IT Applications Lead

- **Company:** Experis
- **Location:** Troy, MI, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Backup Devices, Cloud Computing, Disaster Recovery, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, SAP (Applications), System Availability, Data Management, AIOps, Devsecops, Engineering Base
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.experis.com/en/job/414750/senior-manufacturing-it-applications-lead

## About the Role

* Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, or a related discipline is required.
 * 15 or more years of progressive experience in application engineering, application services, managed services, IT delivery, or related enterprise technology roles.
 * Extensive experience supporting manufacturing and enterprise applications in complex, multi-site environments.
 * Demonstrated ability to lead global technical support, service improvement, transition, and transformation initiatives.
 * Strong understanding of IT service management practices, including incident, problem, change, release, configuration, knowledge, and service-level management.
 * Proven expertise in application architecture, integration patterns, interfaces, databases, middleware, APIs, infrastructure dependencies, cloud services, and production support.
 * Experience with monitoring, observability, automation, performance engineering, high availability, backup, disaster recovery, and security controls.
 * Ability to analyze complex technical and operational problems, establish root cause, evaluate options, and drive durable solutions.
Other Skills:

 * Experience in automotive or other discrete manufacturing environments.
 * Knowledge of MES/MOM, plant-floor systems, industrial data platforms, quality, maintenance, warehouse, supply chain, and engineering applications.
 * Experience with SAP or comparable ERP ecosystems and their integration with manufacturing operations.
 * Familiarity with cloud platforms, DevSecOps, SRE practices, AIOps, AI/GenAI use cases, and enterprise observability solutions.
 * Experience in supplier governance, commercial delivery, service transition, and multi-tower managed services.
 * Relevant certifications such as ITIL, cloud, architecture, security, project management, or platform-specific credentials

## Description

* Manufacturing & Enterprise Applications
 * Own delivery and support of Manufacturing and Enterprise Applications.
 * Ensure availability, performance, reliability, and SLA compliance.
 * Technical Operations & Service Management
 * Lead Incident, Problem, Change, Release, and Service Management.
 * Manage global L1/L2/L3 support and cross-functional technical teams.
 * Platform Integration & Transformation
 * Collaborate across Cloud, Infrastructure, Security, Network, ERP/SAP, and vendors.
 * Drive automation, AI/GenAI, observability, and modernization initiatives.
 * Transition, Business & Client Leadership
 * Lead application transitions, operational readiness, and hypercare.
 * Partner with manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, and IT stakeholders to drive business outcomes..
Mandatory Skills