ERP Administrator

Kendall Howard; Croix Estates (MN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Supplemental insurance options

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Paid holidays

Job summary

Kendall Howard is seeking an ERP Administrator to own and optimize our Infor CSI/SyteLine ERP across manufacturing and supply chain functions. You will implement, administer, and govern ERP processes, while partnering with IT and business teams to ensure accurate data, controlled changes, and reliable reporting.

The role demands strong analytical skills, experience with SQL/Power BI, and the ability to translate business needs into effective ERP configurations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years supporting, administering, implementing, or heavily using a manufacturing ERP system.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing, supply chain, planning, scheduling, inventory, purchasing, MRP, work orders, BOMs, routings, and costing.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, including the ability to trace transactions and processes across ERP functions.
• Experience with relational databases, ERP data structures, reporting/query tools, SQL or comparable data-querying skills.
• Advanced Excel and general data-analysis skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical resources and business users.
• Ability to translate business requirements into system configuration, reporting, or process improvements.
• Strong attention to data accuracy, process discipline, documentation, and follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key internal resource during Infor CSI implementation.
• Configure, validate, and support the ERP environment with IT, process owners, and consultants.
• Administer users, roles, permissions, workflows, system parameters, upgrades, and testing.
• Maintain test and production environments and support change-control practices.
• Act as the primary escalation point for ERP issues and coordinate with vendors.
• Support ERP functionality for manufacturing, BOMs, routings, and MRP.
• Ensure system configuration reflects approved business processes and data governance.
• Develop reports, dashboards, and analytics for multiple departments.
• Integrate ERP with MES, CAD/PDM, EDI, and BI platforms.

Skills

Analytical skills

Troubleshooting

Data analysis

Communication skills

Requirements translation

Data accuracy

Tools

SQL Server

Power BI

ERP reporting tools

Job description

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ERP Administrator

Full Time Professional Chisago City, MN, US

10 days ago Requisition ID: 1113

Salary Range: $75,000.00 To $115,000.00 Annually

About Company:

Kendall Howard’s mission has always been to find a better way for our customers, our industry, and ourselves. We do this through a simple saying to our customers, “The answer is yes, now what’s the question?” The fundamental idea of being agile enough to be able to do whatever it is our customer needs ensures that we will always succeed and flourish.

Why Kendall Howard?

We’re a growing manufacturer serving the IT infrastructure field, with a no-nonsense attitude: stay humble, work hard, and take on challenges head-first. Around here, you won’t just "do your job" — you’ll be part of a team that builds, solves, and delivers products we’re proud to put our name on. The benefits and pay are solid, but the real perk is being part of something that matters alongside people who care just as much as you do.

We know benefits matter, and we’ve got you covered. Full-time employees enjoy:

• Supplemental insurance options
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid holidays

Position Summary

The ERP Administrator / Business Systems Analyst will be the primary internal owner and subject matter expert for the organization's ERP system, with an initial focus on implementing and administering Infor CloudSuite Industrial (CSI / SyteLine). The role combines ERP administration, manufacturing process knowledge, reporting, data governance, and user support to ensure the system accurately reflects business operations and provides reliable information for decision-making.

Essential Functions

ERP Implementation & Administration

• Serve as a key internal resource during the Infor CloudSuite Industrial implementation.
• Partner with implementation consultants, IT, process owners, and subject matter experts to configure, validate, and support the ERP environment.
• Administer users, roles, permissions, workflows, system parameters, application settings, upgrades, patches, testing, and release management.
• Maintain test and production environments and support structured change-control practices.
• Act as the primary escalation point for ERP issues, coordinating with Infor or support partners as needed.

Manufacturing & Supply Chain Systems

• Support ERP functionality for manufacturing, BOMs, routings, work centers, capacity planning, scheduling, MRP, purchasing, inventory, order management, engineering change, quality, costing, and financial transactions.
• Work with functional leaders to ensure system configuration reflects approved business processes.
• Troubleshoot planning, scheduling, production, inventory, costing, and transaction issues.
• Maintain key planning parameters, including lead times, order policies, safety stock, calendars, resource capacity, and related settings.

Master Data & Governance

• Establish and maintain ERP master-data standards and governance practices.
• Monitor the integrity of items, BOMs, routings, resources, vendors, customers, warehouses, units of measure, planning parameters, and related records.
• Identify systemic data-quality issues and coordinate root-cause corrective actions with process owners.
• Support data conversion, cleansing, validation, approvals, modifications, and retirement of ERP records.

Reporting, Analytics & Data

• Develop and maintain reports, queries, dashboards, and analytical tools for Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, Quality, and leadership.
• Use SQL and reporting tools to investigate system behavior, validate transactions, and provide actionable business information.
• Help users understand ERP data structures and establish reliable sources of truth for reporting.
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring reports and administrative processes.

Integrations & Business Systems

• Support interfaces between ERP and related systems such as MES, CAD/PDM, EDI, barcode/data collection, warehouse, quality, financial, and BI platforms.
• Work with IT, vendors, and implementation partners to troubleshoot integration issues.
• Participate in evaluating and implementing new modules, integrations, functionality, and automation opportunities.

User Support & Continuous Improvement

• Provide ERP support, documentation, procedures, training materials, and system standards across the organization.
• Distinguish between system defects, configuration issues, master-data problems, training needs, and process gaps.
• Train users and process owners on ERP functionality and best practices.
• Maintain a prioritized backlog of enhancements and continuous-improvement opportunities.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years supporting, administering, implementing, or heavily using a manufacturing ERP system.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing, supply chain, planning, scheduling, inventory, purchasing, MRP, work orders, BOMs, routings, and costing.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, including the ability to trace transactions and processes across ERP functions.
• Experience with relational databases, ERP data structures, reporting/query tools, SQL or comparable data-querying skills.
• Advanced Excel and general data-analysis skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical resources and business users.
• Ability to translate business requirements into system configuration, reporting, or process improvements.
• Strong attention to data accuracy, process discipline, documentation, and follow-through.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Infor CloudSuite Industrial (CSI / SyteLine), including implementation support.
• Experience with CSI planning, scheduling, MRP, manufacturing, inventory, warehouse, and APS functionality.
• Experience with SQL Server, ERP database structures, Power BI, or similar reporting tools.
• Experience with MES, EDI, barcode/data collection, CAD/PDM, or other manufacturing-system integrations.
• Experience in multi-site or multi-entity discrete manufacturing, fabrication, machining, or assembly environments.

Kendall Howard provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability. We are dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities.