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We are looking for a leader who already operates at the Director level or above and has personally led a JDE / ERP function through a transformation like this one - building delivery discipline, enhancing the operating model, and helping achieve business outcomes. You have done this before and can do it again from day one., * 16+ years of ERP experience, including deep, current hands-on and leadership experience with Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (10+ years JDE). * 5+ years leading teams at the Manager / Director level - currently operating at Director level or above. * Proven track record leading ERP transformations - has personally led two or more end-to-end ERP / JDE transformation or organizational-restructuring initiatives (operating-model, delivery discipline, or major program), with measurable results. * Deep JDE domain expertise across both fulfillment/distribution and financials / AP - not one or the other; strong on the modules that run our business (distribution, inventory, warehouse, financials / AP). * End-to-end JDE depth - Projects, Support, and CNC knowledge; able to run JDE as a self-contained function. * Vendor-management strength - highly experienced managing JDE partners and managed-service engagements, including SOWs and delivery accountability. * A metrics-driven operator - owns, manages, and reports delivery metrics and spend as a genuine strength, not an afterthought. * AI-forward and integration-savvy - fluent in JDE integration tooling (Orchestrator / AIS and related) and JDE's limitations, and active in the AI space around ERP., * Retail, powersports, or high-volume distribution, multi-brand experience. * JDE 9.2 and cloud migration (OCI) experience * Experience operating in a PCI / SOC 2 environment and with international/multicurrency operations. * Enterprise-grade third-party tools that assist in the JDE ecosystem * Master's Degree/MBA * Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne certification ## Description You are a seasoned ERP leader (JDE) who is equally experienced on fulfillment center floor, Accounting & Finance leadership team, and in the executive suite. You lead with metrics and structure; you know JD Edwards deeply across both fulfillment and financials, and you are forward-looking about where the platform, the cloud, and AI are heading., * The JDE platform & ecosystem - fulfillment (RFSmart, Parcel / shipping, QC Software, warehouse robotics), financials and AP (ScanMan, K-RISE and related), integrations, orchestration, and the surrounding supporting applications. * The JDE team - functional / business analysts, developers, and finance analysts reporting to you directly. * End-to-end delivery - JDE projects, enhancements, and support, run with tollgate discipline and clear delivery metrics. * The vendor ecosystem - managed-service and delivery partners for CNC, DBA, project delivery, and monitoring, governed through clear SOWs and healthy competitive tension. * Key partnerships - Systems Operations / IT (production, CNC, and the cloud / OCI roadmap run in close partnership), Accounting & Finance, and Fulfillment Center leadership. Our First Director, ERP Will: * Own strategy & roadmap - set the JDE strategy and roadmap with key Business stakeholders; translate business priorities into a sequenced, ROI-cased plan aligned with executive leadership. * Be the accountable owner and face of JDE to the business, the executive team, and externally - one voice for strategy, delivery, and support. * Lead and develop the team - set clear role expectations, coach the function, restore the embedded fulfillment-center support model, and build bench strength. * Install delivery discipline - charter * business-requirements sign-off * solution design * estimates * structured execution * plan-vs-actual tracking, with delivery metrics and spend visibility on every initiative. * Run projects like a business - ROI-cased, leadership-aligned, and delivered through governed, fixed-price partner engagements where it makes sense, while keeping requirements, context, and platform knowledge in-house. * Own solutioning across fulfillment and financials / AP - partner with Accounting & Finance in its own language on AP modernization and financial processes, and with the FCs on fulfillment optimization. * Establish governance & compliance - configuration, change-management, documentation, validation, auditability, and access controls consistent with PCI / SOC 2 and internal standards. * Remove key-person risk - convert solo dependencies into governed, trainable, resilient managed services, and expand the managed-service model. * Drive the modernization & cloud roadmap - sequence JDE modernization, the OCI cloud migration, AI / automation, and integration modernization ## Related Videos - [Convincing Product teams to Adopt Gitops in a Large Org](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1936-convincing-product-teams-to-adopt-gitops-in-a-large-org) - [Independently together: how micro-applications improve developer experience + app performance](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/452-independently-together-how-micro-applications-improve-developer-experience-app-performance) - [Edit Your Future: Queerverse Radical AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/909-edit-your-future-queerverse-radical-ai) - [Delete the roles, deploy the skills](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2104-delete-the-roles-deploy-the-skills) - [Effective Java Strategies and Architectures for Clouds](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/186-effective-java-strategies-and-architectures-for-clouds) - [AWS Migration within 3 months](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/196-aws-migration-within-3-months) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager) - [Promotion Interview Questions: How to Answer and Get the Job](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/413-promotion-interview-questions-how-to-answer-and-get-the-job) - [Should Tech Managers Be Developers First? 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