Senior ERP Functional Lead

Senior Erp Functional Lead

CECO Environmental is a global leader in providing sustainable solutions for industrial air, water, and energy transition. Since 1966, we've been addressing the world's most pressing environmental challenges. Our mission is to protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment, making a tangible impact across industries like renewable energy, semiconductor manufacturing, power generation, and water treatment. At CECO, you'll be part of a growing, dynamic team committed to a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable future.

The Senior ERP Functional Lead is responsible for leading the delivery of business application projects, primarily D365 F&O implementations, enhancements, and business process improvement initiatives within CECO's broader transformation efforts. This role is focused on not just implementing technology but transforming and optimizing how we operate.

The role works closely with business stakeholders, IT teams, and external implementation partners to ensure business requirements are translated into practical, scalable solutions that align with CECO standards and support operational objectives.

The successful candidate will combine strong ERP functional expertise with business process knowledge and stakeholder management skills. They will provide client side leadership of ERP projects throughout the delivery cycle, working with both other members of the CECO Business Applications team and third party partners.

The Senior ERP Functional Lead is expected to provide leadership throughout the project lifecycle, from requirements gathering and solution design through testing, deployment, and post-go-live stabilization. The role requires an individual who can build credibility with stakeholders, effectively challenge assumptions, and drive projects to successful outcomes. The ideal candidate will combine deep D365 skills with industry knowledge of manufacturing or project-based companies.

Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Lead the functional delivery of assigned ERP projects, enhancements, and business improvement initiatives.
• Act as the primary functional lead between business stakeholders, implementation partners, and IT teams.
• Facilitate workshops and solution design sessions to define business requirements and translate them into practical ERP solutions.
• Guide stakeholders through complex business and process decisions.
• Support business process standardization and continuous improvement initiatives across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Operations.
• Hold business partners accountable for active participation and deliverables during the implementation cycle.
• Identify risks, gaps, and design issues and drive timely resolution.
• Provide functional leadership throughout requirements, design, testing, deployment, and stabilization activities.
• Ensure implementation partners remain aligned with project objectives, approved designs, and CECO standards.

Business Engagement & Requirements Management

• Work closely with business leaders and subject matter experts to understand business challenges, objectives, and operational requirements.
• Gather, document, analyze, and prioritize business requirements.
• Lead requirements workshops, process reviews, and solution validation sessions. Draft and review requirements.
• Develop and maintain process flows, functional designs, requirements documentation, user stories, use cases, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead documentation of current state and future state business processes.
• Ensure business requirements are clearly understood, approved, and traceable through design, testing, and deployment.

Solution Design & ERP Delivery

• Lead functional solution design activities and collaborate with technical teams on solution delivery.
• Evaluate proposed solutions to ensure alignment with business objectives, ERP best practices, and CECO standards.
• Review and validate designs developed by internal teams and implementation partners.
• Promote standard ERP functionality where appropriate while balancing business requirements and long-term maintainability.
• Support decision-making around solution alternatives, risks, and trade-offs.

Partner & Vendor Management

• Work closely with external implementation partners and consultants to ensure successful project delivery.
• Hold partners accountable for agreed deliverables, quality standards, and timelines.
• Review recommendations and challenge assumptions where necessary.
• Escalate risks, issues, and quality concerns when appropriate.
• Ensure external resources understand and follow CECO standards, templates, governance processes, and delivery expectations.
• Works with the Solution Architect to review the market for potential solutions and providers

Testing, Deployment & Business Readiness

• Develop and coordinate functional testing activities.
• Support creation of test cases, execution of testing, defect management, and solution validation.
• Ensure solutions meet approved business requirements before deployment.
• Support deployment planning, cutover…