VP, ERP & Digital Manufacturing Solutions

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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. This 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.

The VP will lead global teams responsible for ERP strategy, enterprise applications, software engineering, manufacturing systems, integration architecture, plant digitalization, cloud platforms, and advanced manufacturing technologies. This leader will partner closely with Business, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, R&D, and Commercial leadership to enable operational excellence, scalable growth, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and data-driven decision making across the enterprise.

The role requires a visionary leader with deep expertise in global ERP environments, software engineering management, AI-enabled transformation, manufacturing technologies, and enterprise-scale program execution. #LI-CT1

• Define and execute the global ERP and Digital Manufacturing strategy aligned with business priorities, operational excellence goals, and enterprise transformation initiatives
• Lead the global SAP/ERP organization, including business process transformation, application delivery, support operations, governance, architecture, integrations, and continuous improvement initiatives
• 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 including Agile, Dev Sec Ops , CI/CD automation, platform engineering, test automation, release governance, and software quality management
• Drive enterprise application modernization initiatives leveraging 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 engineering performance metrics
• Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Procurement, Finance, and Commercial leaders to optimize end-to-end business 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…