Director of Technology – Oracle Fusion

Company Background:

Established in 1928, Genuine Parts Company is a leading global service organization specializing in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts. Our Automotive Parts Group operates across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australasia, France, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Portugal, while our Industrial Parts Group serves customers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australasia. We keep the world moving with a vast network of over 10,700 locations spanning 17 countries supported by more than 60,000 teammates. 

Position Purpose:

Seeking world-class talent to join the world’s leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services operating 5,500+ locations and servicing more than 20,000 locations in the U.S and Canada. Specifically, this role will be responsible for developing and leading a package implementation team that owns implementing and maintaining GPC’s new store back-office platform, Oracle Fusion. Specifically, this is a newly created role to lead Digitization and Technology Modernization of the Retail Stores. 

This is an engineering leadership role with responsibility for implementing Oracle Fusion and integrating it within the larger environment.  This environment includes legacy systems, cloud native domains and the unified commerce platform. In this position, you will leverage your expertise to optimize processes, enhance user experiences, and drive operational excellence as we integrate Oracle Fusion into our business framework. If you’re passionate about ERP systems and eager to contribute to a dynamic, innovative environment, we want to hear from you!

This individual must be a technologist & engineer at heart and be comfortable in enabling new technology and being hands on with the execution of the strategy.  They must have deep functional experience with Oracle Fusion and expert level in one of the modules (SCM, Financials, or HCM). They should demonstrate clear understanding of Oracle’s product roadmap and a keen curiosity to stay abreast with the latest Fusion offerings. They must exhibit a deep understanding of modern technology stack and agile delivery models, demonstrated focus on customer experience, and must have a proven track record of delivering solutions.

Close collaboration and alignment with business teams, application development teams and security will be required.  As such, exceptional abilities in building and maintaining strong working relationships and organizational savvy will be required.  High level communication and presentation skills are required. Ability to attract, retain, and develop engineering talent will be critical.

Successful candidate in this role will require to demonstrate close collaboration and alignment with a wide variety of both internal stakeholders and external vendors. 

Responsibilities: 

• Complete responsibility of architecture roadmap and vision for the Oracle Fusion Platform at Genuine Parts Company.
• Reviews business context for solutions to company challenges as well as defining the vision and requirements for the solution, recommending potential options, selecting the most optimal solution, and the development of a technical roadmap for the selected solutions.
• Lead design and architecture discussions for IT platforms engaging with other engineering teams across different domains and business units to ensure secure and scalable solutions.
• Directs the identification and recommendation of appropriate solutions, upgrades, replacements, or decommissioning options incorporating business and technology productivity, usability, and total cost of ownership.
• Communicates the architecture to the stakeholders and collaborates and coordinates with existing domain architects in the formalization and adoption of IT standards and procedures.
• Provides oversight on delivery to ensure industry best practices, standards, automation, quality, timeliness, operational readiness, continuous improvement, and cost-effective solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to staff / lead engineers and the technical team within a domain(s).
• Provide direction and oversight to Systems Integrators and Other Outsourced partners. Manage delivery across global teams in multiple time zones.
• Responsible for delivery and support of the platform.
• Responsible for simplifying the complexity of current platforms and reducing the technical debt and total cost of ownership.
• Recruit, manage, and motivate a team of en