ERP & Enterprise Applications Lead (12 month FTC)

MCS Group | Your Specialist Recruitment Consultancy; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The ERP & Enterprise Applications Lead role in Belfast is a hybrid, 12-month fixed-term contract with a growing organisation undergoing a major technology transformation centered on a new ERP implementation. You will serve as the internal ERP and solution lead, collaborating with business stakeholders, IT and external implementation partners to shape the project and drive successful delivery.

You will guide solution design, data migration, integrations, testing, cutover and stabilisation, while

Qualifications

• Experience across at least one significant end-to-end ERP implementation.
• Strong ERP solution design and architecture knowledge.
• Experience across data migration, integrations, testing, cutover and go-live.
• Confidence working with and challenging external implementation partners.
• Strong stakeholder management across technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Act as internal ERP and solution lead across business, IT and external partners.
• Involve throughout the ERP lifecycle: design, configuration, data migration, integrations, testing, cutover and stabilisation.
• Provide informed challenge to ensure standard ERP capability and avoid over-customisation.

Skills

ERP implementation

Solution design

Stakeholder management

Data migration

Testing & go-live

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Job description

The role

ERP & Enterprise Applications Lead

Belfast | Hybrid | 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract

We're partnering with an ambitious, growing organisation embarking on a significant technology transformation, with a new ERP implementation at the heart of it.

This is more than a system replacement. The business is investing in the technology, data and processes needed to support its next phase of growth, creating greater consistency, better information and a more connected way of working.

They are now looking for an ERP & Enterprise Applications Lead to play a key role in that journey.

This is not a traditional ERP Project Manager position. A separate Project Manager will own the programme plan and governance.

Instead, you'll act as the organisation's internal ERP and solution lead, working across business stakeholders, IT and external implementation specialists.

You'll be involved throughout the ERP lifecycle, from solution design and configuration through data migration, integrations, testing, cutover and stabilisation.

You'll also provide informed challenge around solution decisions, helping the business adopt best-practice and standard ERP capability wherever possible rather than over-customising the new environment.

The role

ERP & Enterprise Applications Lead

Belfast | Hybrid | 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract

We're partnering with an ambitious, growing organisation embarking on a significant technology transformation, with a new ERP implementation at the heart of it.

This is more than a system replacement. The business is investing in the technology, data and processes needed to support its next phase of growth, creating greater consistency, better information and a more connected way of working.

They are now looking for an ERP & Enterprise Applications Lead to play a key role in that journey.

What we're looking for

You’ll ideally bring:

• Experience across at least one significant end-to-end ERP implementation
• Strong ERP solution design and architecture knowledge
• Experience across data migration, integrations, testing, cutover and go-live
• Confidence working with and challenging external implementation partners
• Strong stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• The ability to balance business requirements with standard ERP capability and long-term supportability

Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central would be a significant advantage, although candidates from comparable ERP environments will also be considered.

Why consider it?

This is an opportunity to join a transformation at the point where the important decisions are still being made.

You won't simply inherit an established ERP environment, you'll help shape it, implement it and establish how it is managed for the future.

The immediate priority is successful ERP delivery, with the longer-term vision extending into ownership and governance of the wider enterprise applications landscape.

If you've been through a major ERP implementation before and know both what worked and what you'd do differently next time, we'd be keen to speak with you.