About Us
Since the invention of the truck over 125 years ago, Daimler Truck AG has been a pioneer in the commercial vehicle sector and is today one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers. Established in South Africa over 60 years ago, Daimler Truck Southern Africa Ltd together with its subsidiaries Daimler Truck Financial Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd and Sandown Motor Holdings (Pty) Ltd provides an optimal experience for our esteemed customers based on a comprehensive products and services portfolio. The Group’s success is based on its leading brands inclusive of Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Mercedes-Benz Buses, and FUSO Trucks in addition to offering parts and services for Freightliner and Western Star Trucks. Its product range is backed by its market-leading value-added services in Fleetboard, TruckStore, TruckTraining, and Financial Services. With a Southern African footprint that includes South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Zambia, the company is headquartered in Pretoria, the capital city of South Africa, and all its products are assembled locally in its East London production plant.
Job Overview
The Information Technology Team Leader – Business Applications and Digital Delivery is responsible for leading an internal information technology team and working closely with business stakeholders to ensure the stable operation, continuous improvement, and modernisation of enterprise business applications.
The role provides day-to-day leadership, delivery coordination, and supplier oversight, while acting as a key interface between local business teams and global information technology organisations. A key focus is supporting the introduction and adoption of standard enterprise platforms provided by global technology partners in compliance to the Company's Integrity, Anti Bribery Codes, Conflict of Interest Policy, Safety, Health, Environment, Risk and Quality requirements and to perform delegated SHERQ tasks and duties & to inform superior about deviations.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Team Leadership and People Management: Lead, coach, and develop an internal information technology team responsible for business application support and delivery. Allocate work, set priorities, and monitor performance to ensure effective and timely outcomes. Foster a collaborative, accountable, and continuous-improvement culture.
- Business and Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with business stakeholders across sales, marketing, production, and corporate functions. Translate business requirements into clear and achievable technology delivery plans.
- Supplier and Contractor Management: Manage third-party suppliers and contractors in line with agreed service level agreements. Coordinate supplier activities supporting application support, system enhancements, and project delivery.
- Project and Delivery Coordination: Coordinate information technology delivery for business projects, system enhancements, and product launches. Ensure solutions are delivered on time and provide a positive user and customer experience.
- Global Platforms and Standardisation: Support the rollout of standard enterprise applications, including enterprise resource planning platforms and collaboration and productivity platforms used for communication, document management, and workflow automation.
- Technology and Continuous Improvement: Drive the use of modern workplace and application technologies, including collaboration platforms, low-code automation tools, reporting and analytics platforms, and application development and integration technologies.
- Matric/Grade 12 plus 3-year relevant qualification (Diploma/Degree in Information Technology/Computer Science related qualification or equivalent).
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years’ proven experience in leading Information Technology teams and managing external suppliers and service providers.
Special Knowledge:
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and general IT systems.
- Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, systems, and service delivery.
- Good business acumen with the ability to align IT solutions to business needs.
- Knowledge of vendor and supplier management within an IT environment.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Other important Information:
Daimler Truck Southern Africa is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered; however, the following will apply:
- Foreign nationals must qualify for a work visa/permit as per the provisions of the Immigration Act 13, 2002.
- Employment Equity Plan in terms of the Employment Equity Act, No 58, 1998. Code of good practice on the employment of people with disabilities.
Our company places emphasis on reducing environmental footprint and contributing positively to society.
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