Product Portfolio Manager - ERP Portfolio

Cullerton Group; Beloit (WI); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Cullerton Group is seeking a Product Portfolio Manager to own the vision, strategy, and investment direction for its ERP portfolio, covering Finance, Procurement, Inventory, Supply Chain, and Order Management. You will steer enterprise capabilities beyond individual apps and decide which capabilities to invest in, modernize, simplify, consolidate, or retire.

You will lead two direct-report Product Managers in a hybrid setup, collaborating with process owners, Architecture, Delivery, Data &

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Product Management with 5+ years leading portfolios or enterprise systems.
• Experience managing ERP implementations through mature lifecycle.
• Background in a large organization; ERP transformation experience.
• Strong grasp of ERP platforms (SAP, Oracle, DMSI Agility, Dynamics, Infor, PeopleSoft).
• Systems thinking: linking process, data, tech and accountability.
• Strategic/financial acumen; align investments to strategy with evidence.
• Business-architecture mindset connecting apps to outcomes.
• Exceptional communicator with delivery teams and exec leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise capability strategy across the ERP portfolio (gaps, duplication, fragmentation).
• Own portfolio vision, strategy, and roadmap; align investments to objectives and value.
• Make lifecycle decisions: enhance, modernize, consolidate, replace, retire.
• Ensure outcome-oriented measurement and accountability with process owners.
• Coordinate cross-functional alignment across Product, Architecture, Delivery, Data, and leadership.
• Lead and develop two direct-report Product Managers.

Skills

Portfolio management

ERP strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Enterprise systems

Systems thinking

Strategic & financial acumen

Business architecture

Executive communication

Job description

Our client is hiring a Product Portfolio Manager to own the vision, strategy, and investment direction for its ERP portfolio, the enterprise capabilities that keep a large distribution business operating and scaling: Finance, Procurement, Inventory, Supply Chain, and Order Management. You'll operate as an enterprise capability strategist, looking past individual applications and project requests to decide which capabilities get invested in, modernized, simplified, standardized, consolidated, or retired.

The portfolio spans several ERP platforms (DMSI Agility, Epicor, and Oracle, with POS and JDE being phased out over the next 12 months). Delivery runs through a mix of vendor-managed and MSP-led teams, so this is a portfolio strategy and cross-functional alignment role, not a dev-team management seat. You will lead 2 direct-report Product Managers.

What you'll own

• Enterprise capability strategy across the ERP portfolio: gaps, duplication, fragmentation, unnecessary complexity
• Portfolio vision, strategy, and roadmap, aligning investment to business objectives, capability maturity, risk, and expected value
• Lifecycle decisions across the portfolio: enhance, modernize, consolidate, replace, or retire
• Outcome and benefit realization: measurable outcomes, success measures, accountability with process owners
• Cross-functional alignment across Product, process owners, Architecture, Delivery, Data and Analytics, and executive leadership
• People leadership: hire, coach, and develop Product Managers; build an outcome-oriented product culture

What success looks like

• ERP investments explicitly tied to business objectives and expected outcomes
• End-to-end processes becoming more effective, scalable, standardized, and measurable
• Technical debt, data-quality issues, and systemic risks visible and actively addressedA simpler, healthier, more reliable ERP ecosystem over time

What you bring

• 7+ years of Product Management, including 5+ years leading portfolios, platforms, or enterprise business systems
• Experience managing both individual contributors and ERP implementations through the maturing lifecycle
• Background in a truly large organization; you've lived an ERP transformation from immaturity to maturity
• Strong grasp of ERP platforms and enterprise technology ecosystems (SAP, Oracle, DMSI Agility, Dynamics, Infor, PeopleSoft, or similar)
• Systems thinking: you see how process, data, technology, and accountability interact
• Strategic and financial acumen; you align investments to strategy and make trade-offs with evidence
• Business-architecture mindset: you connect applications to business outcomes
• Exceptional communicator across delivery teams and executive leadership

Location and compensation

• Beloit, WI or Chicago, IL. Hybrid: ideally 2 days per week in the office (at least 1 day per week in Beloit preferred). This is not a remote role.
• Base salary $170,000 (up to $185,000 for the right candidate) plus 40% annual bonus.