DIRECTOR, ERP

<p>You are a seasoned ERP leader (JDE) who is equally experienced on&#xa0; fulfillment center floor, Accounting &amp; Finance leadership team, and in the executive suite. You lead with metrics and structure; you know JD Edwards deeply across both fulfillment and financials, and you are forward-looking about where the platform, the cloud, and AI are heading.</p><p>You will own the full JDE application portfolio — everything connected to or embedded in JDE — and lead the team and partners that deliver it:</p><ul><li><strong>The JDE platform &amp; ecosystem</strong> — fulfillment (RFSmart, Parcel / shipping, QC Software, warehouse robotics), financials and AP (ScanMan, K-RISE and related), integrations, orchestration, and the surrounding supporting applications.</li><li><strong>The JDE team </strong>— functional / business analysts, developers, and finance analysts reporting to you directly.</li><li><strong>End-to-end delivery</strong> — JDE projects, enhancements, and support, run with tollgate discipline and clear delivery metrics.</li><li><strong>The vendor ecosystem</strong> — managed-service and delivery partners for CNC, DBA, project delivery, and monitoring, governed through clear SOWs and healthy competitive tension.</li><li><strong>Key partnerships</strong> — Systems Operations / IT (production, CNC, and the cloud / OCI roadmap run in close partnership), Accounting &amp; Finance, and Fulfillment Center leadership.</li></ul><p><u><strong>Our First Director, ERP Will:</strong></u></p><ul><li><strong>Own strategy &amp; roadmap </strong>— set the JDE strategy and roadmap with key Business stakeholders; translate business priorities into a sequenced, ROI-cased plan aligned with executive leadership.</li><li><strong>Be the accountable owner and face of JDE</strong> to the business, the executive team, and externally — one voice for strategy, delivery, and support.</li><li><strong>Lead and develop the team</strong> — set clear role expectations, coach the function, restore the embedded fulfillment-center support model, and build bench strength.</li><li><strong>Install delivery discipline </strong>— charter → business-requirements sign-off → solution design → estimates → structured execution → plan-vs-actual tracking, with delivery metrics and spend visibility on every initiative.</li><li><strong>Run projects like a business </strong>— ROI-cased, leadership-aligned, and delivered through governed, fixed-price partner engagements where it makes sense, while keeping requirements, context, and platform knowledge in-house.</li><li><strong>Own solutioning across fulfillment and financials / AP</strong> — partner with Accounting &amp; Finance in its own language on AP modernization and financial processes, and with the FCs on fulfillment optimization.</li><li><strong>Establish governance &amp; compliance</strong> — configuration, change-management, documentation, validation, auditability, and access controls consistent with PCI / SOC 2 and internal standards.</li><li><strong>Remove key-person risk</strong> — convert solo dependencies into governed, trainable, resilient managed services, and expand the managed-service model.</li><li><strong>Drive the modernization &amp; cloud roadmap</strong> — sequence JDE modernization, the OCI cloud migration, AI / automation, and integration modernization</li></ul><p>&#xa0;</p> <p>This is not a step-up role. We are looking for a leader who already operates at the Director level or above and has personally led a JDE / ERP function through a transformation like this one — building delivery discipline, enhancing the operating model, and helping achieve business outcomes. You have done this before and can do it again from day one.</p><p><strong><u>Our Director, ERP Has</u>:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>16+ years of ERP experience</strong>, including deep, current hands-on and leadership experience with Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (10+ years JDE).</li><li><strong>5+ years leading teams at the Manager / Director level </strong>— currently operating at Director level or above.</li><li><strong>Proven track record leading ERP transformations</strong> — has personally led two or more end-to-end ERP / JDE transformation or organizational-restructuring initiatives (operating-model, delivery discipline, or major program), with measurable results.</li><li><strong>Deep JDE domain expertise across both fulfillment/distribution and financials / AP</strong> — not one or the other; strong on the modules that run our business (distribution, inventory, warehouse, financials / AP).</li><li><strong>End-to-end JDE depth </strong>— Projects, Support, and CNC knowledge; able to run JDE as a self-contained function.</li><li><strong>Vendor-management strength</strong> — highly experienced managing JDE partners and managed-service engagements, including SOWs and delivery accountability.</li><li><strong>A metrics-driven operator</strong> — owns, manages, and reports delivery metrics and spend as a genuine strength, not an afterthought.</li><li><strong>AI-forward and integration-savvy </strong>— fluent in JDE integration tooling (Orchestrator / AIS and related) and JDE’s limitations, and active in the AI space around ERP.</li></ul><p><u><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></u></p><ul><li>Retail, powersports, or high-volume distribution, multi-brand experience.</li><li>JDE 9.2 and cloud migration (OCI) experience</li><li>Experience operating in a PCI / SOC 2 environment and with international/multicurrency operations.</li><li>Enterprise-grade third-party tools that assist in the JDE ecosystem&#xa0;</li><li>Master’s Degree/MBA</li><li>Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne certification</li></ul> <p><em>Cycle Gear provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without reg</em><em>ard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.</em></p>