ERP Applications Manager

Title: ERP Applications Manager, Order-to-Cash

Location: Memphis TN or Vancouver BC OR or Quesnel Canada (Onsite)

(FULLTIME/Direct Hire)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Corporate IT department is currently recruiting an ERP Applications Manager, Order to Cash to lead the operational stability and evolution of the application portfolio supporting sales, transportation, product inventory and accounts receivable processes.

What You''ll Do:

• The ERP Applications Manager, Order to Cash, is accountable for the end-to-end ownership of the portfolio of applications that enable the Order-to-Cash (O2C) cycle, including but not limited to JD Edwards, Oracle Transportation Management (OTM), Cleo Integration Cloud, and customer-facing portals.
• This role ensures operational excellence through high availability, strong transactional integrity, regulatory and audit readiness.
• This role also drives future state readiness by continuous improvement, targeted modernization, automation and process simplification aligned to business strategy.
• Reporting to the Director of IT, this role leads a team of technical analysts and works closely with the Sales, Logistics/Transportation, Operations, and Finance stakeholders. The role also oversees external consultants and contractors supporting the O2C application portfolio. As a people leader, this role is accountable to:
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of 10+ professional ERP and application support analysts supporting the O2C portfolio
• Define clear Run vs Change operating models and roles, on-call expectations, and escalation paths aligned with business criticality
• Oversee consultants and vendors providing Tier-2/Tier-3 development or platform support, including performance and contract alignment
• This role holds primary decision authority for O2C application design, prioritization, release governance, and risk management and will apply a portfolio ownership model across the O2C applications while executing their primary accountabilities, including:
• Own the design, implementation and maintenance of the portfolio of O2C applications to enable order capture, customer master, inventory management, transportation execution, EDI trading partner interfaces, customer portals, invoicing and accounts receivable
• Govern the O2C application portfolio roadmap including backlog prioritization, solution design reviews, testing strategy and execution, quality control and production release decisions and processes
• Serve as the application owner for JD Edwards and OTM, with decision authority for configuration, customization, and extension strategies and execution, balancing flexibility with supportability
• Serve as the primary escalation point for Sales, Logistics, Operations, and Finance leadership for application-related risks, defects, or delivery trade-offs
• Maintain a strong control environment including change governance, segregation of duties, access controls, and application-level IT controls supporting SOX, audit, and compliance requirements
• The ERP Applications Manager, Order to Cash is responsible for ensuring high availability and stable day-to-day operation (Run) of O2C applications, including JD Edwards, OTM, EDI platforms, customer portals and integrated systems.
• Own operational risk management decisions related to application availability, system performance, and data integrity of O2C applications
• Serve as the Tier-3 owner for O2C production incidents ensuring prioritization, business impact assessment, coordination across internal teams and escalation to vendors or development partners, and final resolution for production-critical issues
• Lead problem management, ensuring root cause analysis and permanent remediation for recurring incidents
• Ensure transaction integrity across order fulfilment, shipping, invoicing, EDI execution, and accounts receivable processes
• Supporting month-end and quarter-end close activities through transactional completeness monitoring, reconciliation, and issue resolution
• Ensure operational documentation, runbooks, and training materials are current and effective
• The ERP Applications Manager, Order to Cash is also responsible for implementing and maintaining implement continuous improvements and modernization projects across the O2C application portfolio.
• Lead and sponsor O2C-related projects and initiatives with clear definition of expected business outcomes and associated metrics
• Monitor and improve the reliability and efficiency of integrations across the O2C portfolio and partner with other technical leads to ensure effective integrations to support other business domains
• Partner with business and technical stakeholders to drive continuous improvement in O2C processes and capabilities enabled by O2C portfolio applications including process automation and simplification
• Drive continuous rationalization of customizations and interfaces where the business value no longer justifies complexity
• Ensure disciplined functional, integration, and user acceptance testing are planned and executed effectively prior to production deployment
• Promote and enforce application-level support for Master Data Management principles to enable process consistency, reliable transaction processing, and reporting accuracy

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Management experience for large teams (will have 30 direct reports)
• 10+ years of JD Edwards Sales & Distribution or Order-to-Cash expertise
• Knowledge of transportation management systems (OTM preferred, not required)
• Knowledge of Sales Order processes and EDI (any system experience)
• Project management experience