Sr Director of IT - ERP Transformation

About the position

Mattel is embarking on a multi-year, fast-paced ERP transformation across all areas and is searching for a technology leader with an immense passion for delivering business value in the form of process simplification and modernization enabled by technology, data, and program management. The Senior Director of ERP Transformation is a key technology partner to Mattel’s business leadership - SVPs and VPs of Supply Chain, Commercial, Finance, Marketing. This role will lead innovation, project management, systems development and implementation, and support of all technology that enables these areas. This leader will have excellent domain experience in these areas, as well as a proven success record of delivering business value and organizational transformation in a matrixed IT environment with reliance on offshore delivery partners and global teams. They will bring a wealth of experience in developing and delivering modern technology solutions, excellent vendor management skill, and have a proven track record of modernizing and transforming technology capabilities aligned to business process transformation. Experience with multiple ERP implementations is a huge plus. This position will report directly to Mattel’s Global Supply Chain Technology VP and will be a key member of the Global Technology Organization’s leadership team. This leader is a key contributor to the development and execution of the enterprise-wide IT strategy, while maintaining its alignment with the enterprise's business strategy and the delivery of capabilities required to achieve business success.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Global Technology Organization (GTO) team that is responsible for delivering technology solutions for ERP rollout using in-house and outsourced global teams and operations.
• Work with the CTO, Senior IT Leadership team, Enterprise Architecture and Global Supply Chain (GSC) Leadership Team to develop and maintain a strategic roadmap for GSC that supports business strategies and priorities for all ERP functions.
• Act as a trusted advisor while building and maintaining relationships with business executives to develop a clear understanding of business needs.
• Work with our PMO to develop and oversee the annual operating plan - accountable for budgets covering OPEX and CAPEX.
• Ensure that all Project/Delivery Managers working on your portfolios have the correct resources to deliver their plans.
• Provide functional and technical leadership and hands-on, day-to-day support to agile teams in implementation of solutions.
• Manage and grow the IT Business Analyst and Scrum Master teams and ensure all follow the industry best practices.
• Lead the design and selection of solutions based on functional, technical, and budgetary considerations.
• Participate in the assessment of external and internal technology capabilities required to achieve desired competitive positioning.
• Accountable for managing the technical delivery of Global Supply Chain solutions including analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and Tier 3 production support.
• Build an effective organization that can deliver, support and exploit transition to best-in suite-technologies for Global Supply Chain capabilities.
• Effectively build strategic partnerships with Mattel sourcing suppliers to execute with excellence on technical solutions.
• Ensure the relationship between IT and Business teams is open, trusted and effective.

Requirements

• 15+ years of IT and technology experience including a minimum of 8 years of IT leadership and strong people management experience.
• Experience in deploying multiple ERP implementations (Oracle fusion preferred, SAP, etc.).
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Finance, or Supply Chain or related areas plus related experience, and or Masters degree/MBA plus related experience.
• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning and organization design and development.
• Preferably proven experience or demonstrated capability in leading IT transformational initiatives in complex and dynamic environments.
• Excellent leadership skills - lead, collaborate, facilitate, and negotiate as necessary.
• Excellent business acumen and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with ERP (Oracle) and supply chain systems.
• Experience with Data platform and analytical tools especially within Google Cloud Platform is preferred.
• Experience with business analysis, solution design, development, testing, and implementation best practices.
• Proven experience in DTC and B2B.
• Proven experience in Retail and/or CPG.

Benefits

• Competitive total pay programs
• Comprehensive benefits
• Resources to help empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential