Director, IT Digital Partner - Manufacturing, Supply and SAP

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Location: ​Libertyville​
Department: ​Information Technology 

 

Summary:

Join our Global IT Organization as we help shape the future through digital, data, and AI. We are seeking an innovative and strategic leader to join our Global IT Organization as the Director IT, Digital Partner – Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and SAP COE. This is a pivotal role in accelerating our digital transformation journey through a multi-year SAP S/4HANA business transformation leveraging the latest innovations in SAP S/4HANA. In addition, the role will explore and implement advanced technologies like IIoT, digital twin, real-time predictive analytics and AI to transform our manufacturing environments and our global supply chain network.

 

Reporting directly to the Global Chief Information Officer, you will collaborate with senior leaders across manufacturing, supply chain and our global IT organization to reimagine the future of our business, creating unparalleled business value.

 

This role will lead our multi-year global SAP S/4HANA program as well as lead an enterprise culture shift toward a digital-first, AI-first, data-driven culture. You will help evolve the IT landscape to support seamless end-to-end business processes, efficient, resilient, and agile operations aligned with industry 5.0 standards to respond swiftly to market changes and disruptions while maintaining high standards of quality and sustainability. You will inspire a high-performing global IT team to deliver continuous business value.

This role builds deep, trusted relationships with business leaders across the core ERP functional areas (Order Management, Supply Chain, Planning, Manufacturing, Engineering, Procurement), understanding their operating environments, key strategies and tactics while providing ERP and other technology recommendations to business leaders to maximize value. Hollister operates in a hybrid work enviornment. This position is to be based out of the Libertyville, IL office.

 

Responsibilities:

 

• SAP S/4HANA ERP Transformation:  Partnering closely with the CIO and VP Transformation, you will lead the technology transition from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA, leveraging RISE with SAP to modernize our ERP systems and processes, creating unparalleled business value. This transformation will significantly enhance the company’s ability to scale and support its growth strategy.

• Leadership and Strategy: Be an industry thought leader and provide strategic direction to the SAP Platform team, IT Digitals Partners, and Global Process Owners, aligning Product and Platform roadmaps with manufacturing and supply chain roadmaps and corporate objectives. Stay informed on emerging technologies and SAP’s roadmap and assess their potential impact on the business. Evolve our SAP practices, standards and governance in alignment with industry advances and regulatory requirements.
• Innovation and Collaboration: Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration within the team and across the enterprise, establishing Global IT as a strategic partner and change catalyst driving unparalleled business value. Role model and encourage “Outside In” thinking leveraging SAP and Industry experience.
• Future SAP Architecture and Platform: Design and implement modern SAP architectures to enhance analytics, AI / Agentic AI, hardware connectivity, edge system and partner integrations required to operate the global business. Develop a secure, compliant, and scalable SAP platform that is easily upgradable to stay current with latest SAP investments and feature packs.
• Legacy SAP Platforms: Responsible for the ongoing operation of the current SAP ECC platform (Business as Usual) including HA/DR, data retention, integrations including EDI partner connections & archiving strategies. Plan critical development and enhancements to meet key business needs & value drivers in the legacy platform while the new S/4HANA solutions are being implemented.
• Security, Governance, Risk & Compliance: Establish comprehensive frameworks using SAP and other approved toolsets to ensure data quality, security, and compliance while simplifying governance via AI and automation within the SAP environment. Ongoing collaboration with Internal and external audit for all related improvements & observations.
• Cloud Transformation: Drive the transition from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA, leveraging RISE with SAP to modernize ERP usage, leverage industry best practices, increase flexibility, and unlock business value. Use