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Job descriptionThe TeamWe're looking for an ERP Applications Manager with strong expertise in Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Supply Chain and Manufacturing that is responsible for the strategic direction, architecture, support, and continuous improvement of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS R12) Supply Chain solutions supporting manufacturing, supply chain planning, procurement, inventory, warehousing, and global trade management.
This role serves as the primary liaison between Supply Chain business leaders and IT, ensuring enterprise systems are aligned with operational objectives while maintaining system stability, scalability, compliance, and process efficiency. The position combines supply chain domain expertise, solution architecture, stakeholder management, project leadership, and ERP governance to deliver business value through technology.
The Role Supply Chain Solution Architecture - Design and lead future-state ERP solutions supporting manufacturing, inventory, warehouse management, planning, and trade compliance.
- Evaluate business requirements and translate them into scalable Oracle EBS and integrated system solutions.
- Provide architectural leadership for integrations between Oracle EBS, MES, Oracle Fusion applications, reporting platforms, planning systems, and sister companies.
- Define end-to-end process designs that balance business requirements, standard functionality, maintainability, and technical debt reduction.
- Lead requirements gathering, design reviews, priority discussions, and solution governance activities.
Business Partnership and Stakeholder Management - Serve as the primary IT advisor to Supply Chain leadership, operations teams, manufacturing leaders, planners, warehouse personnel, and compliance stakeholders.
- Facilitate alignment between business strategy and technology capabilities.
- Communicate project status, risks, incidents, roadmap activities, and implementation plans to executive and operational stakeholders.
ERP Portfolio and Program Leadership - Lead strategic ERP initiatives from concept through deployment.
- Manage project scope, priorities, resource allocation, testing readiness, cutover planning, and business adoption.
- Oversee major initiatives involving supply chain transformation, process optimization, AI enablement, compliance reporting, and system modernization.
- Coordinate efforts among functional analysts, developers, DBAs, infrastructure teams, vendors, and business stakeholders.
Application Ownership and Governance - Own the overall health and direction of Oracle EBS Supply Chain applications.
- Establish standards for system configuration, custom development, integrations, documentation, and change management.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives while balancing operational support requirements.
- Ensure compliance with IT governance, security, audit, and operational standards.
Operational Support Leadership - Provide escalation leadership for production incidents impacting supply chain operations.
- Coordinate cross-functional troubleshooting efforts involving warehouse, manufacturing, infrastructure, network, integration, and application teams.
- Lead recovery planning, business continuity activities, and post-incident reviews.
- Ensure critical supply chain systems maintain high availability and support business operations.
Team Leadership and Knowledge Development - Mentor analysts, developers, and support personnel.
- Drive functional and technical knowledge transfer across the team.
- Promote the adoption of emerging technologies including AI-enabled support and automation.
What You'll Bring - 10+ years of experience with Oracle E-Business Suite, primarily in Supply Chain and Manufacturing modules, including at least 3 years in a leadership or managerial role.
- Deep knowledge of Oracle EBS R12 Supply Chain/Manufacturing and experience managing connected systems such as MES, planning, reporting, and integration platforms.
- Experience with Apriso MES or a comparable manufacturing execution system and its integration with ERP.
- Experience developing ERP strategies, multi-year roadmaps, modernization plans, investment priorities, and future-state architectures.
- Experience evaluating cloud and modernization options.
- Practical experience delivering AI, automation in enterprise applications/supply chain operations.
- Strong experience in application portfolio management, solution architecture, stakeholder management, and vendor management.
- Knowledge of Oracle Integration Cloud, enterprise integrations, data flows, reporting architectures, security, audit, and operational controls.
- Experience with trade compliance and Foreign Trade Zone processes is preferred.
- Experience leading functional and technical teams.
