
Assistant Manager, IT Services
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Delta • Canada
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Salary
💰 CA$109,800 - CA$134,200 per year
About the role
- Supervise the support team, including Analysts supporting business applications, operational systems, and end-user/hardware services
- Ensure effective collaboration across application support, hardware support, and other IT service teams
- Set priorities, service standards, and delivery expectations
- Assign and prioritize support tasks and project work
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, and outcome-driven team culture
- Ensure adherence to operational processes
- Monitor and manage service levels
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve service delivery
- Plan, coordinate and deliver IT projects of varying size and complexity
- Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of projects
- Develop project plans, scopes, schedules, risks, and dependencies
- Coordinate internal IT teams and external vendors
- Develop and maintain technical and business documentation
- Coordinate system maintenance activities
- Provide technical oversight in troubleshooting and resolving complex application issues
- Work closely with business stakeholders to understand operational needs and technology requirements
- Ensure system enhancements align with business goals and IT strategies
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field
- Minimum 5 years of IT leadership experience, including supervisory or team lead responsibilities
- Prior experience in IT project delivery and coordination, business analysis, and IT service management best practices
- Prior experience leading and coordinating teams supporting both application services and hardware-enabled IT services in an operational environment
- Strong understanding of system development life cycle (SDLC) and change management principles
- Solid understanding of IT infrastructure and system architecture concepts (e.g., networking, servers, storage, end user devices)
- Hands-on experience with system integrations, troubleshooting methodologies, and issue resolution techniques
- Technical expertise with relational databases and programming languages (e.g., SQL, .Net, Java, C#)
- Experience with enterprise applications (e.g., ERP, MRP) and supporting business-critical systems
- Experience working in the marine transportation, logistics, or a similar industry is an asset
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict resolution skills
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Benefits
- Competitive salary in line with the successful candidate’s experience
- Annual bonus and pension plan matching
- Best-in-class health and wellness benefits package including extended health care, dental care, vision care, life insurance, medical leave coverage, parental leave coverage, $500 personal spending account, and an Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
- Access to Pemberton campus gym
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
IT project deliverybusiness analysisIT service managementsystem development life cycle (SDLC)change managementIT infrastructuresystem architecturetroubleshooting methodologiesrelational databasesprogramming languages (SQL, .Net, Java, C#)
Soft Skills
leadershippeople managementproblem-solvingdecision-makingconflict resolutioncommunicationstakeholder managementcollaborationaccountabilityoutcome-driven
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Business Administrationrelated field degree