Team Leader Information Technology (f/m/d)

Iveco Group (MI: IVG) is a leading global automotive company active in commercial and special vehicles. It
employs approximately 34,000 people worldwide and has 28 production sites and 29 R&D centres. Within
the Group, FPT is the business unit specializing in the research, development and production of powertrains.

Around 270 highly qualified employees work at FPT Motorenforschung AG in Arbon, directly on the shores of
Lake Constance in North-Eastern Switzerland. We are the leading innovation centre for FPT and play a central
role in the development of future powertrain solutions (not only for diesel engines but also for electrified
drivetrains, hybrid engines and fuel cells, as well as for novel engine concepts and fuel types) and are
therefore at the forefront of a transition within Iveco towards a future of alternative propulsion systems.

As part of our succession planning activities, we are currently looking to fill the position as

Scope of the role:
You will be responsible for coordinating the local IT team, currently consisting of 4 full-time resources and 2
apprentices, ensuring compliance with global guidelines, maintaining excellent service standards and
achieving high levels of customer satisfaction, guaranteeing the security of all systems and overseeing the
cost-effectiveness of all measures taken.

Your responsibilities:

• Leading the local IT team to manage all IT-related tasks and maintain all IT-devices used across the site
• Develop strategic medium- and long-term plans for all local IT infrastructure projects and applications,
  including the evaluation of new applications and software
• Prepare budgets and track costs for both, the daily business as well as for new investments and initiatives
• Manage IT local projects, including the training of local employees
• Ensure the reliable running of all IT services for Arbon Site without outages with regards to Infrastructure,
  Network, Security, Devices, Applications, Engineering Licenses and related areas of responsibility
• Coordinating all activities of the Arbon-based and central IT teams for local and global services respectively
• Continuously evaluate new opportunities for local IT improvements
• Define development methods, team processes, implementation of processes and KPIs to measure process
  quality and to ensure its continuous improvement
• Scout relevant methods and technologies, and develop a clear roadmap for future initiatives

Our requirements:

• (Post)graduate degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics or a closely related discipline
• Total job experience in relevant functions of no less than 10 years with responsiblity for IT management,
  telecommunications and automation, which ideally include a minimum of 2 years in a team-leading position
• Any experience gained in the automotive industry, including working in an automotive testing environment,
  would be a welcome asset
  FPT Motorenforschung AG
  Schlossgasse, 2
  Postfach 80
  9320 Arbon –
  Switzerland
  Ph: +41 71 447 74 77
  VAT n° CHE-108.055.502

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• Fields in which you gained substantial experience and in-depth know how include, but are not limited to:
• IT operations, support organization, enterprise architecture, network infrastructure as well as security
  and governance
• Telecommunications systems
• Budget planning and controlling
• Team building and leadership
• Coaching and communication
• Fluency in English (at least C1) is a must-have qualification, with additional German skills (ideally B1 or
  above) being not mandatory, but highly desireable
• A valid work permit for Switzerland is required for this position (not needed if you are a Swiss citizen or
  hold a passport from any EU-26 or EFTA member state!)

Life at FPT/IVECO in Arbon
Arbon is located in North-Eastern Switzerland on the shores of Lake Constance 30 minutes from the German
and Austrian borders offering an outstanding quality of living, with our site being based right at the lakefront.
Lunchbreak by the water or meeting the family after work in the park? That will take you literally just seconds.
Are you more into skiing, hiking or biking than watersports? The Swiss and Austrian mountains are at our
doorstep. You prefer settling in a city over country life? St.Gallen, Eastern Switzerland’s cultural and economic
center with its world-renowned university, is a mere 15 minutes’ drive from Arbon with distinctively more
affordable costs of living than most of the other larger cities in Switzerland.

As Swissmem members, our working conditions are regulated by the tariff of the Swiss machinery and
metal industry .We work a 40 hour week with flexible working hours, offer between 25 and 30 days of holidays
per year depending on your age grade (plus another 5 to 6 days off as a compensation for 10 minutes extra
per day, so in effect 30 to 36 days of holidays for a 40.83 hours week ), home office opportunities of up to
12 days per month (depending on the position) as well as an open-minded corporate culture with international
and diverse teams, flat hierarchies and informal culture based on mutual respect. And, most importantly, we
are providing a state-of-the-art environment for engineers in the automotive industry that is second to none
within Switzerland and offers various career paths for all interests.

Interested?
Please send your application to Write an email

FPT Motorenforschung AG, Schlossgasse 2, CH-9320 Arbon, +41714477477, www.fpt-motorenforschung.ch