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Sr. IT Manager - Applications

Oshkosh Corporation · Oshkosh, WI · $118,700–$211,300 a year · Full time

Posted Jul 31, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about the applications team you lead today. How big is it and how have you shaped it?

What they are checking: Whether they have truly led a medium to large IT team and built it, not just inherited one.

Tell me about a time you had to give tough feedback to someone on your team. How did it go?

What they are checking: Whether they handle performance management directly and fairly instead of avoiding hard conversations.

The posting names customer obsession, agility, results and entrepreneurship. Give me an example of building one of those into how your team works.

What they are checking: Whether they shape team culture on purpose rather than leaving it to chance.

How do you help someone on your team grow toward their career goals, even if that means they eventually leave your team?

What they are checking: Whether they invest in people's development genuinely, which keeps strong performers engaged.

What would you do

Two business leaders both want their project done first and you only have capacity for one. How do you decide?

What they are checking: Whether they prioritize on business value and get leaders to agree, rather than favoring whoever pushes hardest.

Oshkosh Delivery is a newer business. How would you run IT applications differently for a growing business than for a mature one?

What they are checking: Whether they can balance speed and structure when the business is still forming its processes.

A key ERP interface fails during month-end and the plant can't ship. Walk me through how you lead your team through it.

What they are checking: Whether they stay calm, communicate clearly upward and outward, and follow up with a real root cause fix.

About the work

What experience do you have with JD Edwards, and what's the hardest JDE problem your team has solved?

What they are checking: Whether their ERP knowledge is hands-on enough to guide a team supporting manufacturing and aftermarket.

How do integrations between the ERP and engineering or warranty systems usually break, and how do you design to prevent it?

What they are checking: Whether they understand interfaces and data flow across the value stream, where most real outages happen.

Walk me through how service and warranty processes work in a vehicle business, and where IT applications support them.

What they are checking: Whether they understand the aftermarket value stream rather than seeing it as just another set of tickets.

How do you build and defend an IT applications budget?

What they are checking: Whether they can tie spending to business outcomes and make tradeoffs leadership will trust.

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The full job description

As published by Oshkosh Corporation.

About Oshkosh Delivery, an Oshkosh company Oshkosh Delivery is dedicated to redefining the future of last-mile and commercial delivery. Built on Oshkosh Corporation’s legacy of engineering excellence and innovation, we design and manufacture advanced delivery vehicles that are durable, efficient, and sustainable. With a focus on reliability, driver experience, and cutting-edge technology, Oshkosh Delivery empowers fleets and businesses to move goods smarter, safer, and with confidence, today and for the road ahead. Leads a medium to large size team and is responsible for the deliverables of team and executing the IT goals and strategy. Responsible for coaching and developing the members of the team by setting clear goals, providing feedback, and supporting team members in their career development plans. Additional responsibilities include defining budgets, driving process improvement, innovation, and building a culture based on the IT Competencies of customer obsession, agility, results, and entrepreneurship as well as the Oshkosh leadership traits. Possesses strong knowledge of ERP applications, preferably JDE, integration technologies, interfaces and key value stream processes within engineering, manufacturing and aftermarket (service and warranty). YOUR IMPACT • Lead a team of information technology professionals through performance management, annual reviews, career coaching, personal development plans, and promoting a people first culture. • Ensure compliance with IT and business policies and audit requirements including and coordinating measuring, and reporting on the technical aspect of IT management. • Deepen understanding of core business domains across advanced digital solutions, digital manufacturing, ecommerce, and ERP through policy change, emerging trends, and economic impacts to better position strategic planning • Coach managers and senior staff in technical, financial, and business impact forecasting to ensure process continuity • Partner with business and technology leaders to develop 1-year strategy roadmap, define performance metrics, milestones, and outcomes across business optimization results • Partner with business leaders to understand the organizational direction, vision, and outcomes sought to better position technical solution design • Responsible for establishing financial management best practices through annual plans, budgets, assessing ongoing spend, ROI, and proposing and implementing changes to better the results and agility of the organization • Analyze process, technology, results, and vendors to continually find areas for improvement and enhance the customer experiences • Ability to interact with company personnel, build strong relationships at all levels and across all business units and organizations, and understand business imperatives. • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including ability to communicate effectively with the IT organizations, management, and business personnel. • Develop departmental best practices, policies and procedures across IT operations, project approach, architecture and management with overall global IT targets and approach • Overseeing technology operations and evaluating them accordingly to established goals and strategic roadmaps • Function as an agent for change in the process optimization and strategic planning for technology and business innovation • Serve as channel between upper management and front-line workers to communicate change impact, risk mitigation, and business objectives • Other duties as assigned. • Regular attendance is required. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelors degree with seven (7) or more years of experience in the field or in a related area. • Three (3) or more years of management experience. • ITIL, COBIT, financial planning, budgeting, business acumen, data analytics, design thinking, agile, scrum, risk management, strategic planning, workforce planning • Communication, listening, adaptability, relationship building, negotiation, leadership, storytelling, coaching, public speaking, delegation skills STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS • Masters degree • Seven (7) or more years of management experience • Solid people leader with ability to build and maintain excellent relations with key business stakeholders as well as stakeholder management. • Strong experience with ERP applications (preferably JDE), system integrations and interfaces • Strong manufacturing industry knowledge and related key value stream processes. Additionally, aftermarket processes related to warranty and claims. Pay Range: $118,700.00 - $211,300.00 The above pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target pay for the position across all U.S. locations. Within this range, individual pay is determined by various factors, including the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, education and skills, as well as the equity of pay among team members in similar positions. Beyond offering a competitive total rewards package, we prioritize a people-first culture and offer various opportunities to support team member growth and success. Oshkosh is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at corporatetalentacquisition@oshkoshcorp.com. Oshkosh Corporation is a merit-based Equal Opportunity Employer. Job opportunities are open for application to all qualified individuals and selection decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristic. To the extent that information is provided or collected regarding categories as provided by law it will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application. Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information. Certain positions with Oshkosh Corporation require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. Applicants for these positions may need to be "U.S. Persons," as defined in these regulations. Generally, a "U.S. Person" is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or an individual who has been admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.

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