ICT MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT

Ariston Group is a global leader in sustainable thermal comfort that offers a unique, extensive range of solutions for climate comfort, water heating and air handling, as well as components and burners. Listed on Euronext Milan since November 2021, in 2024 the group reported over 2.6-billion-euro revenues, with over 10,000 employees, direct presence in 40 countries in 5 continents, 28 production sites and 28 research and development centers. The group demonstrates its commitment to sustainability through the development of renewable and high efficiency solutions, such as heat pumps, water heating heat pumps, hybrids, domestic ventilation, air handling and solar thermal systems. The group also stands out for its continuous investment in technological innovation, digitalization, and advanced connectivity solutions. The group operates under global strategic brands Ariston, Elco and Wolf, and brands such as Calorex, NTI, HTP, Atag, Brink, Chromagen, Racold, as well as Thermowatt and Ecoflam in the components and burners business.
 

As ICT Manufacturing Manager, you will contribute to a multi‑year Digital Transformation Program aimed at designing, implementing, and scaling the Group Digital Factory. You will be accountable for the evolution, governance, and lifecycle of digital manufacturing platforms, ensuring scalable, standardized, and high‑performance solutions across plants. The role combines strategic leadership, program ownership, and strong alignment with business and operational stakeholders, ensuring consistency across applications, architectures (TLC, security, infrastructure), and governance models.

Job Responsibilities:

• Own the evolution, governance and lifecycle of Digital Factory systems, ensuring alignment with business priorities and operational excellence across manufacturing plants
• Drive the standardization of manufacturing applications and processes at Group level
• Define and steer the technology roadmap for manufacturing platforms, ensuring consistency across architecture, infrastructure and security
• Contribute to the continuous evolution of governance and service models for factory systems
• Ensure the effective implementation and rollout of the Digital Factory model, enabling scalable and repeatable deployments across sites
• Lead strategic manufacturing initiatives as senior program owner, coordinating internal teams and external partners
• Oversee the end‑to‑end lifecycle of complex programs and projects, ensuring delivery, quality, cost control and risk management
• Collaborate with the Digital Manufacturing team to prioritize and manage demand across plants
• Act as key interface with Business Process Owners, plant stakeholders and global ICT teams, translating business needs into scalable digital solutions
• Ensure service continuity, performance and reliability of manufacturing platforms in collaboration with internal teams and external providers

Qualifications & Skills

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other degrees related to Manufacturing/Supply Chain
• Strong experience in ICT Manufacturing / Digital Factory environments, ideally in multinational contexts
• Solid knowledge of Supply Chain and Operations processes (manufacturing, industrialization, planning, logistics, quality), with exposure to Lean / WCM
• Proven experience with MES/MOM platforms and Industrial Systems and understanding of IT/OT integration (e.g. ISA‑95, industrial architectures)
• Good knowledge of telecommunications, infrastructure and security architectures
• Proven ability to lead transformation programs and manage stakeholders in complex international environments
• Strong leadership, ownership mindset and ability to drive change
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Fluent in Italian and English
• Availability to travel

Location: Fabriano (hybrid work mode)

The compensation package will be determined based on the candidate’s experience, skills and the scope of the role, applying objective and gender‑neutral criteria. We believe that transparency and fairness are essential to building trust, fostering inclusion and ensuring equal opportunities for everyone.

As a reference, for such position we offer a salary ranging between 64.000 € and 94.000 €. You will also be part of the Ariston Group short-term incentive program. This position is covered by the CCNL Metalmeccanici Industria.

We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all people. We strive to provide a work environment that is accessible, welcoming and inclusive, in full compliance with applicable legal requirements. In line with this commitment, we promote fair, transparent and equitable reward practices. The compensation package will be determined based on experience, skills and the scope of the role, applying objective and gender‑neutral criteria. We believe that transparency and fairness are essential to building trust, fostering inclusion and ensuring equal opportunities for everyone.