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South Carolina, United States
Onsite
Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family-owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high-quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations. Our personal care and household product portfolio includes baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, paper towels, bath tissue, adult incontinence products, laundry detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash solutions. In addition, we manufacture certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of these products, including flexible print and packaging solutions.
Guided by our values of humility, unity, and integrity, we leverage advanced technology and innovation to drive growth and create new opportunities. At First Quality, you’ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better®.
We are seeking an Operating Unit IT Leader for our First Quality Tissue facility located in Anderson, SC. This position as a key member of the IT Divisional Leadership Team provides strategic leadership and management within Divisional/Campus and FQ IT Team. This includes the development and implementation of short- and long-term strategies, development and compliance with policies, procedures, managing and optimizing IT assets, fostering a continuous improvement environment. Leads development of First Quality’s long-term systems requirements and any hardware and software acquisitions required to accomplish business objectives and support company growth. Also contributes actively as a member of the Divisional/Location LT to the overall development and delivery of IT capabilities required to support business growth and provide a competitive advantage through the use of technology to First Quality.
As an Operating Unit IT Leader in our FQ IT Group, you will work closely within the assigned business in aligning technology requirements with business initiatives. The Operating Unit IT Leader is responsible to understand the business needs, assist in the prioritization of projects, ensure that projects align with the technology that best provides maximum return on investment, and direct IT strategy in support of the overall business strategy. You will also be responsible to ensure that technology initiative requests by business clients are serviced throughout the project governance lifecycle. You will serve as the lead communicator with assigned business departments in respect to technology initiatives, requirements, and escalation.
Primary responsibilities include:
The ideal candidate should possess the following:
What We Offer You
We believe that by continuously improving the quality of our benefits, we can help to raise the quality of life for our team members and their families. At First Quality you will receive:
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First Quality is committed to protecting information under the care of First Quality Enterprises commensurate with leading industry standards and applicable regulations. As such, First Quality provides at least annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.
First Quality is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification, or protected Veteran status.
