Vice President, Enterprise Applications

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute a multi-year enterprise applications strategy aligned with corporate objectives and digital transformation initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on technology-enabled business transformation opportunities.
• Establish enterprise application governance, portfolio management, and prioritization processes to ensure investments deliver measurable business value.
• Drive standardization, simplification, and optimization of enterprise business processes.

Oracle Fusion ERP Leadership

• Provide strategic leadership for Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and related applications.
• Lead ERP transformation initiatives, including implementation, enhancement, optimization, and post-go-live stabilization activities.
• Ensure Oracle Cloud capabilities are fully leveraged to improve operational efficiency, financial performance, reporting, compliance, and user experience.
• Oversee ERP roadmap planning, release management, system upgrades, and adoption of emerging Oracle technologies and innovations.

Business Partnership & Transformation

• Partner with Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Sales, and Operations leaders to identify opportunities to improve processes and organizational effectiveness.
• Lead enterprise-wide process transformation initiatives supported by modern cloud technologies, automation, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics.
• Champion data integrity, business intelligence, and enterprise reporting capabilities that support informed decision-making.

Operational Excellence

• Oversee application support, service delivery, system performance, availability, and user satisfaction across all enterprise platforms.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity, data privacy, audit, and regulatory requirements.
• Manage budgets, vendor contracts, licensing, and resource allocation to maximize ROI..

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related discipline. MBA or equivalent preferred
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in enterprise applications, ERP, and business technology transformation.
• Proven experience leading large-scale, global enterprise application organizations. Manufacturing, industrial, specialty chemical, or other asset-intensive experience preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership of at least one full lifecycle Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP implementation from strategy, design, and deployment through successful go-live and stabilization. Global ERP transformations exceeding $10 million in project value preferred.
• Deep expertise across Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Procurement, Manufacturing, Projects, and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM).
• Strong understanding of enterprise integrations, data management, analytics, governance, cybersecurity, cloud architecture, and digital transformation practices.
• Experience establishing, managing, and optimizing a Managed Service Provider (MSP) relationship supporting Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, including application support, enhancements, release management, and service-level governance preferred.
• Experience managing large budgets, global teams, and complex technology vendor relationships, preferably throughout ERP transformation programs.
• Experience leveraging AI, machine learning, robotic process automation (RPA), and advanced analytics to improve business performance preferred.
• Strong communication, leadership, and organizational change management skills.