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.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

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, DevOps 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.

Job Requirements:

• 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/4HANA), 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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• MBA or Master’s degree preferred.

• SAP certifications preferred (e.g. SAP ECC, S/4HANA).

• PMP, Six Sigma, ITIL or equivalent process certifications a plus!

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Actual compensation packages take into account a wide range of factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to geographic location; skill sets; relevant education