Director, IT ERP Solutions

HNI - Muscatine, IA

Full-time - Senior

Muscatine, IA

Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing

About the position

HNI Corporation is a global family of brands for the workplace and home dedicated to enhancing the spaces where we live, work, and gather. We pride ourselves on fostering an environment where we make a positive impact on others; upholding our beliefs in integrity, inclusion, and belonging. We are hiring a Director of IT ERP Solutions to join our team. This position will directly and indirectly supervise a team of subject matter experts in the Oracle EBS and Oracle Fusion applications and take a hands-on role in the design of customizations and enhancements in the Order-to-Cash modules. This role will also interact with senior executives to understand HNI's strategic priorities and translate them into actionable IT strategies in addition to developing HNI's medium-term roadmap for ERP solutions. Due to this role's onsite demands, relocation to Muscatine, IA (or the Quad cities region) is required. Reporting to the Vice President, Business Transformation & ERP, this role leads the team responsible for delivering manufacturing, logistics, procurement, and supply chain IT solutions and support for HNI. This role collaborates directly with IT Business Relationship managers and other IT and/or business leaders to resolve short-term issues within Oracle EBS. This role also works to resolve medium-to-long-term issues by creating transparent and flexible IT solutions to monitor and manage our complex warehousing, manufacturing, logistics operations as well as some corporate functions. Finally, this role will oversee and drive the migration from legacy Oracle EBS on-prem applications to Oracle Fusion's cloud-based applications.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted technology leader, providing business units with guidance and strategic leadership on technology solutions for short- and medium-term issues.
• Collaborate with key IT members and leaders to support cross-functional initiatives and explore IT enhancements that support medium-term plans for growth and efficiency.
• Represent the IT technical team in planning sessions regarding Oracle EBS and Oracle Fusion Cloud solutions for HNI's business objectives.
• Support the development of business cases for IT investments needed to support the application architecture roadmap.
• Collaborate with corporate and IT Leadership on a 3-5-year roadmap for Oracle EBS, Oracle Fusion, and other ERP solutions.
• Develop a technology roadmap that supports long-term business needs, while planning for change management, costs, resources, training, deployment, and support, to ensure successful widespread adoption.
• Support HNI's migration from Oracle EBS to Oracle Fusion Cloud.
• Manage progress against the roadmap by coordinating with cross-functional teams and partners.
• Continuously self-educate on new and evolving solutions and technologies from existing and prospective vendors, assessing their offerings for potential impact on the organization and identifying opportunities to incorporate them into our IT ecosystem.
• Participate actively in high-level, technical conversations with internal subject matter experts in areas such as Oracle Databases, Oracle EBS & Fusion applications, and Oracle EBS Architecture.
• Supervise the development of new solutions (including new processes and policy changes, new system capabilities and/or configurations, as needed).
• Communicate IT roadmap plans and rationales to technical and business leaders to build consensus around the recommended strategy.
• Manage relationships with third-party vendors and service providers for Oracle EBS applications.
• Evaluate vendor performance and negotiate contracts to ensure cost-effectiveness and service quality in the context of our industry.
• Evaluate new and existing members with an eye toward professional development, upskilling, and training; identify opportunities to retrain existing members or to enhance our skillset through vendor relationships to meet our medium-term roadmap goals.

Requirements

• 15+ years of technical and/or functional experience in Oracle EBS and/or Oracle FUSION.
• 10+ years of leadership and management experience in IT build-and-run environments.
• 10+ years of experience working with a U.S.-based, discrete manufacturing company.
• A 4-year bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field (Master's Degree preferred).
• Deep understanding of various Oracle EBS modules such as Financials, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, and Logistics, including their functionalities, data models, and integration points.
• Understanding of Oracle Workflow for designing and automating business processes within Oracle EBS, including workflow setup, customization, and monitoring.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Oracle EBS architecture, including its components such as the database tier, application tier, web tier, concurrent processing, and integration with other systems.
• Knowledge of Oracle integration technologies such as Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle Integration Cloud, and Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) for integrating Oracle EBS with other enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with Oracle Application Framework for customizing and extending Oracle EBS user interfaces, personalization, and customizations to meet business requirements.
• Understanding of Oracle ADF for developing custom extensions, integrations, and web services within Oracle EBS.
• In-depth knowledge and experience in installation, configuration, patching, backup and recovery, performance tuning, and security management.

Benefits

• Benefits from day one
• Daily Pay (new voluntary benefit)