Director, ERP

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

We believe our culture is a differentiator and fosters an environment where our employees can bring bold ideas, be authentic, and build a more sustainable and electrified world.

• See how our Win Right values and culture of inclusion drive engagement and high performance

• Learn about our health, wealth, and life benefits that support the well-being of our people

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

The Director, ERP is responsible for deploying overall capabilities (Infrastructure, ERPs and other connected enterprise applications) for nVent. This leader will work in tight collaboration with our Digital team and business segments to drive consistency of their landscape within the nVent Digital ecosystem. They will also be working with leaders from Finance and Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) on strategic, high-priority initiatives, leveraging state-of-the-art technology to drive transformative change.

In this position, you will be accountable for the following areas:

• Systems thinking: Collaborate with multiple digital and business stakeholder to develop a shared understanding of business capabilities and how the Digital ecosystem can be leveraged to solve business problems.

• ERP + Connected Apps: Develop & execute on a multi-year ERP consolidation and modernization roadmap strategy with input from relevant stakeholders. Own the ERP + connected apps architecture and develop a best-in-class approach towards ERP deployment & cutovers leveraging Agile methodologies.

• Change Management: Collaborate with PMO and business stakeholders to ensure change management is fully integrated into ERP cutovers ensuring zero business disruption. Stakeholder acceptance, communication, and all levels of required training should be effectively implemented.

• Talent: Manage, lead and grow functional analyst and technical development talent ensuring that the teams are right sized by region with up-to-date skills & knowledge to deploy, enhance and operate platforms. Work with PMO to track and manage resource capacity and utilization within the team.

• Operate: Define SLAs around resiliency and security. Prioritize technical launches/patches to ensure the continued stability of the platform & minimize technical debt.

• Innovate & Partner: Own vendor relationship and licensing; optimize vendor ecosystem and invest/divest depending on lifecycle & roadmap. Develop relationships with external service providers to develop flex capacity and/or to optimize support quality/cost. Assess technology trends and develop a “forward thinking” platform roadmap

YOU HAVE:

Academic background: Bachelor’s Degree is required, preferably in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Business Administration or related field. MBA preferred.

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Previous experience:

• Ideally 15+ years’ experience with overall IT management -including infrastructure, data, large scale systems deployment such as ERP

• Successfully led at least three complex, full-lifecycle system implementations

• At least five years of leadership responsibility managing a team of teams (managers and senior managers) and influencing executive-level management and key stakeholders.

• Strong understanding of overall IT landscape especially with modern platforms such as Cloud, API

• Ability to make and influence decisions around SaaS v/s IaaS; Build v/s Buy etc.

• Experience at deploying technology within a manufacturing/industrial environment

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
  • At nVent, we believe safer systems ensure a more secure world. We connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high-performance products and solutions for mission-critical equipment, buildings and essential processes. Our solutions are helping build a more sustainable and electrified world.
  • We are a $3.3B company with a dedicated team of more than 11,000 emp