Director – IT Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Procurement

Location: Stanford Heights

Job Title:

Director – IT Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Procurement

Summary:

The Director, IT Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Procurement is a high-impact enterprise leadership role created to support IT’s evolving organization and the full scope of the COO’s global operations. This leader will own the technology strategy and transformation roadmap for manufacturing, supply chain, and procurement systems across a multi-billion-dollar global enterprise, with direct influence on productivity, reliability, service levels, cybersecurity resilience, and operational performance.

Partnering closely with the COO and senior business leaders, you will lead a global organization of approximately 60 IT professionals and oversee a large-scale applications portfolio spanning ERP, MES, plant-floor systems, operational data platforms, supply chain planning, and procurement solutions. This is a rare opportunity to modernize critical business capabilities, standardize global processes, and help shape the future-state digital operating model for manufacturing and supply chain.

Ideal for a business technology executive with deep manufacturing, supply chain, ERP, and transformation experience, this role offers significant visibility, strategic influence, and ownership of initiatives that connect operations, procurement, security, infrastructure, and enterprise architecture across a complex global footprint.

Relocation benefits are available.

Responsibilities Include:

Own the Portfolio:
Lead strategy and lifecycle management for global systems supporting manufacturing (MES, plant floor), supply chain planning, and procurement processes across a multi-national, $2 billion+ revenue, 5,000+ employee, 40+ location enterprise.

Lead a global organization of 60 IT team members and contractors with accountability for $4mm+ in operating expense.

System Governance:
Establish roadmaps for Manufacturing, MES, Supply Chain, SIOP and Procurement systems in alignment with enterprise architecture and business digitalization goals.

Implementation & Optimization:
Direct systems implementation, upgrades, and continuous improvement projects across operations, ensuring integration with ERP and other enterprise systems.

Operational Excellence:
Ensure system stability, performance, and compliance for 24x7 manufacturing and supply chain functions.

Cyber/OT Security Partnership:
Collaborate with IT Security & Infrastructure operations to define security standards and protect plant-floor systems.

Stakeholder Engagement:
Partner with Supply Chain, Operations, and Procurement leadership to ensure IT capabilities enable productivity, quality, and cost objectives.

Vendor Management:
Oversee relationships with key technology vendors and integration partners, ensuring contract compliance and high service delivery standards.

Qualifications:

The following are required for the role Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Supply Chain, or relevant discipline.
12+ years in IT roles with significant experience in managing IT teams focused on Manufacturing Systems, Supply Chain Planning, or ERP-driven operations.
8+ years in IT program management, project management, or IT business partner roles with a proven track record of delivering large-scale IT projects.

Software Development, Dev Ops, programming (Java based environments) and other forms of development  understanding of Supply Chain, Supply Chain planning and forecasting systems, and all other aspects of Supply Chain.

Deep understanding of MES, plant floor automation interfaces, data historians, and integrated ERP-SAP landscapes.

Skills:

Experience in managing global teams and large-scale business system projects.

Vendor and portfolio management experience.

Excellent stakeholder and change management capability

Strong verbal and written communication skills to influence and collaborate with senior leadership.

Excellent problem-solving and decision-making capabilities with a focus on risk management and continuous improvement.

The following are preferred for the role Master’s/Advanced Degree in Computer Science or Engineering.

Specific hands-on experience driving, leading or participating in ERP Greenfield or Brownfield…