Sr. Director, Information Technology ERP - SAP

Job Description

As the Sr. Director IT, ERP - SAP at Envista, you will lead our ERP strategy and operations for SAP and a few other smaller ERP systems. This role will define the SAP ERP vision, ensuring scalability, alignment with business objectives, and a best‑in‑class digital ecosystem for global operations working closely with our MSP partner. Your leadership will drive digital transformation, process standardization, and operational excellence across the organization.

Envista operates with a diverse ERP footprint due to acquisitions, multiple business units, and cross‑functional operations. This role provides a unique opportunity to simplify processes and solutions, unify and rationalize ERP landscapes for our Operating Companies and markets that run on SAP and a few other smaller ERPs, drive digital maturity, and build a scalable foundation for growth. The role will serve as both technical visionary and operational champion—making a direct impact on efficiency, decision‑making, and profitability.

This is a hybrid role requiring 4 days in the Brea office and 1 day work from home.

• Define and execute the ERP roadmap and strategy supporting SAP including migrations, integrations, upgrades, and decommissioning.
• Oversee ERP governance, ensuring standards for architecture, data quality, security, integration frameworks, and change management.
• Lead full ERP lifecycle implementations and enhancements—functional design, technical build, QA, deployment, training, and ongoing support across modules (finance, supply chain, manufacturing, HR).
• Manage cross‑functional teams: ERP functional consultants, MSP Team, integration team, solution architects, Dev Ops team.
• Serve as senior liaison between SAP ERP, IT Business Delivery Partners and business leadership (finance, operations, manufacturing, procurement), driving SAP based innovation and continuous improvement.
• Ensure alignment of ERP platforms with evolving business models—acquisitions, reorganizations, new markets, regulatory/compliance changes.
• Own vendor and MSP relationships, SLAs, licensing, and cost optimization for ERP platforms.
• Drive digital transformation initiatives leveraging ERP as backbone: automation, AI, RPA, advanced analytics.
• Provide enterprise‑level leadership: hiring, mentoring, performance management, budget planning, and forecasting.
• Maintain SAP industry best practices, risk mitigation plans (DR, resilience, security) and documentation.
• Strategic thinker with a proven ability to translate business needs into technology‑enabled solutions.
• Executive communicator—comfortable presenting to C‑Suite and Operating Company leadership audiences, balancing technical depth with organizational context.
• Strong change management acumen, experienced in managing resistance and ensuring adoption across business units.
• Collaborative leadership, able to build high‑performing global SAP ERP teams and manage external partners.
• Budget oversight experience in multi‑million‑dollar ERP portfolios, cost‑benefit analysis, ROI justification.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related fields.
• 10+ years of SAP leadership experience in large‑scale, ERP environments.
• Ideally 15+ years in IT with at least 8–10 years in senior roles managing SAP platforms.
• Proven track record running, implementing or transforming ERP systems across global operations.
• Deep knowledge of SAP (ECC, S/4
  
  HANA), plus exposure to other ERP systems.
• Strong understanding of integration methods within ERP systems and to enable interactions with internal and external systems and vendors: APIs, middleware (e.g. Mulesoft), EDI.
• Familiarity with BI/reporting technologies (Power BI, Tableau) and ERP analytics.
• Familiar with cloud migrations, SaaS ERP models, hybrid/On‑Prem architecture.
• Skilled in data governance, master data strategy, and security/compliance for ERP data.

• MBA or Master’s degree preferred.
• SAP certifications preferred (e.g. SAP ECC, S/4
  
  HANA).
• PMP, Six Sigma, ITIL or equivalent process certifications a plus!

$180,700 - $271,100

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