Sr Mgr, Information Technology - ERP

Based in St. Louis, Core & Main is a leader in advancing reliable infrastructure with local service, nationwide. As a specialty distributor with a focus on water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products and related services, Core & Main provides solutions to municipalities, private water companies and professional contractors across municipal, non-residential and residential end markets, nationwide. With over 370 locations across the U.S., the company provides its customers local expertise backed by a national supply chain. Core & Main's 5,700 associates are committed to helping their communities thrive with safe and reliable infrastructure. Visit coreandmain.com to learn more.

The Senior Manager, IT ERP will lead teams responsible for acquiring, building, deploying and supporting ERP software applications that supports business. Works closely with functional leaders. Understands development lifecycle, Sarbanes Oxley controls in system design and development controls. Collaborates on plans to achieve business goals by delivering leading-edge application platform.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities

• Minimum of 10 years progressive IT experience, with at least 5 years of directly managing an ERP team.
• Experience managing IBM and Microsoft projects is highly desired
• Working knowledge and understanding end to end business processes such as Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report and Order-to-Cash
• Knowledge of integrations to major systems and cloud-services
• Led multiple ERP upgrades and/or implementations.
• Expert in IT System Development Lifecycles, Agile Development Methodologies, Root Cause Analysis, IT process improvement, and delivers results on-time and on-budget,
• Adept in creating finished presentations to the Executive leadership, such as IT Project Initiation/Approval, Project Statuses, IT Application Strategy, Budgeting, and IT Roadmap.
• Champions the development of a standard global business process design aligned with out-of-the-box application and is diligent in the avoidance/removal of heavy customization
• Overall responsibility for the planning, quality, delivery and management of all aspects of the development lifecycle
• Overall responsibility for all internal and external technical and analyst resources engaged on the platform and ecosystem, including external vendors and providers - manages the partner
• Overall management of the change control process and approval board
• Leads and coaches the development and business systems analyst teams
• Point of escalation for project delivery issues from all partners

Specialized Skills and Knowledge

Executing for Results

• Track record of successfully delivering complex, technical solutions in and around an enterprise resource planning system
• This position will require adept and creative skills at solving complex business process and information technology challenges that cross multiple functions, demands substantial involvement with parties at all levels in the company, while acknowledging corporate priorities

Leading Teams

• Is skilled at getting individuals, teams, and an entire organization to perform at a higher level and to embrace change and standardization; negotiates skillfully to achieve a fair outcome or promote a common cause; communicates a compelling vision and is committed to what needs to be done; inspires others; builds motivated, high-performing teams; understands what motivates different people
• This position requires exceptional collaboration, teamwork, negotiation, influence, and relationship building skills at all levels with internal and external parties in alignment with our key values: integrity, teamwork, excellence, and accountability
• Manages people well; gets the most and best out of the people he/she has; sets and communicates guiding goals; measures accomplishments, holds people accountable, and gives useful feedback; delegates and develops; keeps people informed; provides coaching for today and for the future
• Exposure to multi-vendor & multi-cultural global IT delivery. Ability to manage multi-cultured teams with an appreciation and awareness of individual differences

Required Qualifications

• Advanced broad-based supply chain management, process development and manufacturing operations knowledge
• Broad and deep knowledge of ERP Systems including product centered order-to-cash, Warehouse Automation, Customer Relationship Management, Finance & Accounting
• Strong leadership skills - influence all facets of the organization, mentoring, coaching and teaching
• Strong ability to collaborate, influence and build consensus - addresses conflict and resolves issues

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting ERP implementations.
• Source control versioning systems such as Azure DevOps, VSTS, TFS, Git, or SourceSafe
• Test Driven Development using Automated Unit Testing and Mocking frameworks
• Ability to lead and even participate in technical POCs, including technical architect and engineer mentoring
• Experience implementing frictionless business to business commerce solutions
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Process orientation: Demonstrated ability to develop repeatable processes or improve existing processes in and out of product development.

Core & Main is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment at Core & Main is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Core & Main does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship, or any other basis protected by law.

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