VP, ERP & Digital Manufacturing Solutions

Company Overview

At West, we are a dedicated team focused on improving patient lives. Our story began when Herman O. West supplied penicillin in mass quantities to the U.S. Government during World War II, and we continue to deliver life‑saving injectable medicines to millions of patients daily. A name started our story. How will yours help write our future?

The Vice President, ERP & Digital Manufacturing Solutions is a strategic technology executive responsible for defining, implementing, and optimizing the company’s global ERP platforms, software engineering capabilities, and digital manufacturing ecosystem. The role drives enterprise‑wide transformation initiatives across ERP, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Industrial Automation, Operational Technology (OT), Supply Chain Digitalization, Data Platforms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Smart Manufacturing capabilities.

• Define and execute the global ERP and Digital Manufacturing strategy aligned with business priorities and transformation initiatives.
• Lead the global SAP/ERP organization, including process transformation, application delivery, support operations, governance, architecture, integrations, and continuous improvement.
• Own the strategy and roadmap for digital manufacturing platforms including MES, SCADA, historian systems, Industrial IoT, Automation Platforms, Advanced Analytics, and Smart Factory initiatives.
• Lead global software engineering teams responsible for enterprise applications, manufacturing solutions, integrations, APIs, cloud‑native platforms, and custom application development.
• Establish modern software engineering practices such as Agile, Dev Sec Ops , CI/CD automation, platform engineering, test automation, release governance, and quality management.
• Drive enterprise application modernization using cloud technologies, microservices architecture, API‑first strategies, and scalable engineering frameworks.
• Build engineering excellence through standardized development methodologies, code quality practices, architecture reviews, technical mentoring, and performance metrics.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Procurement, Finance, and Commercial leaders to optimize end‑to‑end processes and drive digital innovation.
• Lead enterprise‑wide ERP modernization initiatives including SAP S/4
  
  HANA transformation, global template deployment, process harmonization, and master data governance.
• Establish and govern enterprise architecture standards for ERP, manufacturing technologies, software platforms, and integrations ensuring scalability, security, reliability, and compliance.
• Drive adoption of Industry 4.0 capabilities such as predictive analytics, machine connectivity, AI/ML‑enabled insights, digital twins, intelligent automation, and advanced manufacturing technologies.
• Lead the adoption and operationalization of AI, Generative AI, ML, and advanced analytics across ERP, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and operations.
• Define and implement enterprise AI governance frameworks, including responsible AI usage, model lifecycle management, data governance, security, compliance, and ethical standards.
• Partner with leaders to identify and scale AI‑driven use cases in predictive maintenance, intelligent automation, digital copilots, supply chain optimization, manufacturing insights, quality analytics, and knowledge management.
• Oversee enterprise data engineering and integration capabilities supporting AI/ML platforms, advanced analytics, and digital manufacturing initiatives.
• Ensure stable and secure 24/7 operations of global ERP, manufacturing systems, software platforms, and business‑critical applications supporting manufacturing sites, distribution centers, laboratories, and global operations.
• Lead integration strategies between ERP, MES, PLM, Quality Systems, Supply Chain systems, enterprise data platforms, and cloud ecosystems.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity and Infrastructure teams to secure and comply with operational technology environments, enterprise applications, and manufacturing networks.
• Build and develop high‑performing global teams.
• Manage technology vendors, software…