Sr. Manager - ERP Applications

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IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you!
Job Description
Job Summary / Role Overview
HSSu2019s Global IT Function is committed to enabling our business to successfully utilize technology to attain company goals and execute on our vision of setting the technology standard in our industry. Our Global IT team plays a critical role in ensuring solutions development and delivery excellence and an engaging customer experience, while demonstrating values of Sharing Knowledge, Integrity, Long-Term Thinking, Performance, Humility and Agility.
The Global IT department is looking for a passionate, inquisitive, detail oriented and customer focused Senior Manager (Non ERP Applications) to join our growing team.
The Senior Manager role manage an team consisting of internal and external resources. The role will work directly with business executives, IS/IT leadership team to define long-term enterprise technology strategies and roadmap. The role reports to the Director, Global ERP. The role will be based out of Mississauga, Ontario and will require some to Europe and across sites in North America.
The Senior Manager will be part of the ERP global project leadership team and work closely with Business Process Owners, Business Analysts, development team and IT Management to ensure the application support meets key success criteria.
Compensation: $150,000-$170,000Benefits
Health Insurance (includes Virtual Health, and HCSA)
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Long-term Disability
Short-term Disability
RRSP Match
Paid Vacation
Floating Days
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Engagement Events
Awards and Recognition
Tuition reimbursement
Service Awards
Employee Perks & Discounts
Job ResponsibilitiesApplication Strategy
Develop a strategic roadmap for the Non ERP Applications that integrate with ERP; including a roadmap to consolidate the number platforms in use today
Act as the systems advocate for the design and build of solutions that promote agility, business capability, operability and efficiency.
Ensure effective cost management for each application and develop / manage budgets for application support & related activities.
Manage the prioritization and mitigation of all risks related to the ongoing operation of the application and deployment of new changes
People Management & Leadership
Lead and provide mentorship to the team to ensure they meet their operational and development goals.
Continuously identify and close skills and knowledge gaps of team members
Manage performance of direct reports. Set appropriate context and establish prescribed limits for subordinates, including setting an effective framework of policies and procedures for the work in the team.
Act as a mentor for team members by providing effective coaching to maximize performance, promote accountability, build shared knowledge and enhance the team environment.
Build a high performance environment and implement a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by foresting an inclusive work environment and using coaching mindset and behaviors; communicating vision/values/business strategy; and managing succession and development planning
Relationship Management
Develop strong and successful relationships with key contacts at all levels of the organization including Business Operations, Systems and Executives to ensure internal/external client and stakeholdersu2019 needs are not only met, but often exceeded.
Coordinate with process owners to ensure efficiency, effectiveness and consistency across all Programs, Project and Release delivery processes.
Facilitate information flow among business & IS/IT groups to gather/share information that will enhance Program, Project and Release delivery capabilities.
Act as the escalation point for issues relating to operational issues and supplier performance or deviations from original work estimates etc. Taking appropriate actions to resolve the issues
Project Management
Manage projects in scope using combination of Waterfall and Agile methodologies
Hire and lead internal and external project managers to deliver project in the domain roadmap
Solutions Architecture
Define and drive solutions architecture principals, software development life cycle and software development methodologies to keep in line with strategic enterprise systems technology plans to support current and anticipated business needs.
Assess industry and technology solutions to establish optimum systems architecture supporting advancement of the company objectives
Evaluate short-term or long-term priorities, and develop actionable plans
Collaborate with internal stakeholders, clients, solution vendors and end users to identify business requirements and translate these into technical specifications and systems architecture
Leverage external industry knowledge, standards and advances to further internal objectives
Qualifications
Minimum 10 years relevant Functional/ Operational / Development Project Management experience.
Project Management certification, preferably PMI PMP.
Minimum 5 yearsu2019 experience with some of these applications implementation, operations experience u00b7 Inspryus , Concur, OTM, Tax Solution, Maximo, Advanced Planning , Conexiom, Tagtick, Celonis, Freight Module, Bottomline , Intelex
Experienced on complex international projects
Experienced with SDLC methodology running projects from Requirement Gathering, Design, Testing, Documentationu202fTraining through Implementation and Post Live Support.
University degree is required
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We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools on a limited basis to assist in initial assessment, identification, and review of candidates. AI is used only to support our recruiting and hiring team, and decisions are always made by the recruiting and hiring team. Absolutely no applicant data is sent or provided externally through these AI tools.
Benefits of Employment: IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employee''s sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO. The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, IKO. We are pleased to offer competitive compensation, health care, a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.
Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment: IKO Industries Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. IKO Industries Ltd. encourages and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.