Head of IT

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Dold-Holzwerke GmbH

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In this role, you will take responsibility for the IT of a modern company, enhance IT structures, and lead projects on digitalization and cyber security while closely collaborating with management.

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Your role in the team

  • Take responsibility for the IT of a modern industrial company and shape our digital future together with an agile team.
  • You will play a key role at the intersection of IT, production, and management.
  • Together with a dedicated, agile team, you will drive innovative projects forward, further develop the existing internal IT structures, and lay the groundwork for building a small IT team in the future.
  • As part of a structured succession plan, we offer you the opportunity to gradually assume overall responsibility for IT and shape our company’s digital development over the long term.
  • Ensuring stable, secure, and high-performance IT operations at our locations in Germany and Estonia.
  • Management and further development of our Microsoft-based IT landscape with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and Entra ID.
  • Responsibility for networks, end-user devices, and backup and security solutions.
  • Ensuring and continuously improving high IT availability in an industrial production environment.
  • Organization and further development of IT support for administration and production.
  • Analysis, optimization, and documentation of IT processes, as well as implementation of technical data protection and IT security measures.
  • Planning and management of IT and digitalization projects, with a focus on cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and the modern workplace.
  • Further development of our IT systems landscape, as well as supporting and managing system implementations.
  • Further development of the interfaces between business systems, production, and technical infrastructure.
  • Evaluation of new technologies and solutions in terms of their tangible benefits to the company.
  • Gradual assumption of overall IT responsibility as part of a structured succession plan.
  • Development and implementation of a forward-looking IT strategy.
  • Evaluation and implementation of IT investment decisions.
  • Selection and management of external IT service providers.
  • Further development of IT security, backup, and disaster recovery concepts.
  • Strategic development and leadership of a small in-house IT department.

Our expectations of you

Education

  • Successfully completed IT training, a degree in computer science or business informatics, or an equivalent qualification.

Qualifications

  • In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and Entra ID, as well as a good understanding of networking, IT security, and modern infrastructure concepts.
  • Good understanding of operational processes and the digitalization of business and production processes.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset and a structured, pragmatic, and solution-oriented approach to work.
  • Enjoy taking on responsibility, getting hands-on with operational work, and developing structures further at the same time.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical topics clearly.
  • Willingness to travel to our subsidiary in Estonia (once or twice a year).

Experience

  • Several years of professional experience in IT infrastructure, system administration, or IT management.
  • Experience in planning and successfully delivering IT projects.
  • Ideally, experience with IT infrastructure in a manufacturing or medium-sized company.
  • Experience working with external IT service providers.

What we offer

  • With us, you’ll have the opportunity to play a key role in shaping the IT function of a successful mid-sized industrial company and, in the longer term, take on overall responsibility.
  • A clear development path toward overall IT responsibility as part of a structured succession plan.
  • Significant scope to shape infrastructure, cybersecurity, digitalization, and the future direction of our IT.
  • Direct communication with management, short decision-making processes, and the opportunity to put your own ideas into practice.
  • Modern Microsoft-based IT landscape with Azure, Microsoft 365, and Entra ID.
  • Exciting cross-location IT responsibility in Germany and Estonia.
  • Individual training and certification opportunities in the fields of IT, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and leadership.
  • Structured onboarding and handover of responsibilities.
  • 30 days of annual leave, plus December 24 and 31 off.
  • Company pension plan with a monthly employer contribution of €50.
  • JobRad and Hansefit.
  • A secure, long-term position in a successful family-owned business.

Benefits

Health, fitness & fun

Topics you will work on

Job locations

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  • Location Buchenbach
    79256 Baden-Württemberg, Germany

About your employer

Dold Holzwerke GmbH is a traditional, family-run company based in Buchenbach in the Black Forest. It produces and sells wood products such as sawn timber, planed goods, and wood-based materials, as well as other solutions for industrial and commercial customers. The company focuses on processing wood using modern plant technology.

Company type
Established Company
Work model
Onsite
Industry
Industry, Production
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Head of IT

Dold-Holzwerke GmbH