Business Applications Manager

Houston, MS - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

SunSource and its family of companies represent 200 locations and 3000 employees making up one of North Americas leading value-add industrial distribution companies. We provide customers with products and solutions within Fluid Power Fluid Process Fluid Conveyance General Industrial Components and Industrial Service & Repair.

The Business Applications Manager leads and coordinates the development support and continuous improvement of multiple ERP platforms. They are responsible for managing three distinct Business Analyst teams to deliver scalable efficient and business-aligned ERP solutions across various departments including Sales Inventory Finance and Supply Chain.

In this role the Business Applications Manager will collaborate with teams of application developers and business leaders to implement new innovative application systems and enhance existing systems to overcome business challenges expand capabilities and efficiencies. The overall objective of this role is to drive applications systems analysis and support programming deliverables that deliver competitive advantages.

The successful candidate must be a good communicator able to forge alliances with business leaders juggle multiple priorities and meet deadlines. As a member of the IT Team the role will be located in either Addison Illinois or Houston Texas office and will report to the UDG CIO.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Lead and manage three ERP development teams each supporting a different platform (SX.e P21 Mincron).

Evolve applications team best practices processes documentation and capabilities within:

Testing PM QA Agile & Scrum Functional specification and requirements.

Develop and execute a unified ERP applications strategy while aligning each platforms roadmap with business objectives.

Provide coaching mentoring and performance management for Developers and BAs

Responsible for Demand Management and the In-take processes

Will manage critical business applications through the life cycle maintaining evergreen ERP environments (i.e. Roadmaps ERP upgrades and consolidations)

Manage and improve KPIs around automation and team delivery

Responsible for Strategic Planning & Execution

Manage and improve Agile and Iterative Development Practices

Business Process Mapping / Functional & Technical Requirements

Oversee end-to-end ERP software development lifecycle (requirements gathering design development testing deployment support).

Coordinate cross-functional projects involving multiple ERP systems and business units.

Ensure solutions are compliant with corporate standards scalable and aligned with enterprise architecture.

Partner with business leaders to translate business needs into effective ERP enhancements or new capabilities.

Serve as the primary point of contact for ERP application escalations and critical incident resolution.

Change Management & Control

Guide the teams in leveraging APIs middleware and integration tools to streamline operations across disparate systems.

Vendor Resource & Contract Management

Liaise with ERP vendors (Infor Epicor Kerridge) for support licensing upgrades and product roadmaps.

Manage external consultants and third-party resources when required.

Key Competencies

Must have a deep understanding of ERP development lifecycles

Must have excellent leadership and communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with IT business stakeholders and external partners.

Hands-on experience with: Infor SX.e Epicor P21 or Kerridge Mincron.

Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent ERP projects or development teams.

Strong understanding of business processes in distribution inventory management supply chain and finance.

Proven track record of Optimizing Distribution Operations through the successful implementation and advancement of Operational Best Practices including (Pricing Working Capital Freight) & Automation opportunities

Experience with enterprise application ecosystems and third-party applications (i.e. EDI Tax Document Management VMI Finance Apps etc.)

Familiarity with SQL-based development REST/SOAP APIs scripting and ERP-specific toolsets. Pro2SQL Progress Database.

General Education and Experience

Bachelors degree in computer science or related discipline; Masters preferred.

7 years of experience in ERP application development or support.

5 years in a team leadership or management role

Strong Experience with P21 (highly desired) SAP Oracle Infor or JDE

Direct experience managing cross-platform ERP environments (e.g. transitioning between or integrating multiple ERPs).

Exposure to ERP modernization projects cloud migrations or custom module development.

Understanding of warehouse management inventory management procurement order processing and customer relationship workflows as handled within ERP systems.

Experience in developing detailed business requirements/needs analysis/gap analysis

Experience with application development methodologies Agile and/or Waterfall preferred

Strong Excel and/or MS SQL Query capabilities preferred

Proven success in ERP implementations upgrades maintenance and/or support

Knowledge of business process flows in an ERP system is required

Knowledge of ERP system configuration and security is preferred

After hours availability and travel are occasionally required

Reporting Structure:

Reports to: CIO of UDG

Supervises: 3 ERP Development Teams (Developers and Business Analysts)

Location & Travel:

Location: Adddison IL. or Houston TX

Travel: Occasional travel to company sites (<10%)

Compensation & Benefits:

Competitive salary and Performance-based Bonus based on experience

Full benefits package including health dental vision 401(k) PTO

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Required Experience:

Manager