Senior ERP Solutions Architect & Business Partner

kinders; Walnut Creek (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinder's is seeking a Senior ERP Systems Analyst to strengthen and scale its enterprise systems. You will bridge business and technology, translating operational needs into practical ERP solutions and partnering with Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations.

This hands-on role covers requirements, design, testing, deployment, and support across procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, inventory, product costing, and manufacturing, helping drive data integrity and process excellence.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of enterprise resource planning systems and how they support finance, supply chain, and operations.
• Ability to translate complex business needs into functional ERP requirements and specs.
• Experience partnering with multiple teams to drive process improvements and data integrity.

Responsibilities

• Develop a strong understanding of Kinder's business processes, priorities, and system landscape.
• Partner with business stakeholders to identify pain points, clarify requirements, and design solutions that improve efficiency, visibility, accuracy, and control.
• Translate business needs into functional requirements, process flows, user stories, and solution specifications.
• Evaluate requests against enterprise priorities, system capabilities, and long-term architecture; recommend practical and scalable approaches.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business teams, helping stakeholders understand system options, tradeoffs, dependencies, and risks.
• Support processes across procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, inventory, product costing, manufacturing, supply planning, warehouse operations, and record-to-report.
• Configure, maintain, and continuously improve ERP functionality in partnership with internal technology teams and external implementation partners.
• Analyze system issues, identify root causes, and coordinate timely resolution of functional, data, integration, and process-related problems.
• Manage enhancements from intake and prioritization through design, testing, deployment, documentation, and post-launch support.
• Monitor recurring support issues and implement durable solutions that reduce manual work and improve the user experience.
• Assist with ERP upgrades, releases, integrations, and implementation initiatives.
• Maintain appropriate system controls, role design, workflows, and approval structures in collaboration with Information Security, Finance, and process owners.
• Coordinate effectively with vendors and consultants, ensuring that deliverables meet Kinder’s requirements and quality expectations.
• Develop test strategies, test scripts, and expected results for system changes, integrations, upgrades, and new functionality.
• Lead or coordinate system integration testing and user acceptance testing; track defects through resolution.
• Partner with business owners to improve the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of ERP master and transactional data.
• Support data conversion, reconciliation, validation, and cutover activities when new capabilities are introduced.
• Create and maintain process maps, configuration records, functional specifications, support procedures, and user documentation.
• Help establish repeatable standards for ERP governance, change control, documentation, and release management.
• Lead ERP workstreams and smaller system initiatives, managing scope, milestones, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communication.
• Participate in cross-functional projects requiring changes to enterprise applications, integr

Skills

ERP systems knowledge

Business process design

Requirements gathering

Cross-functional collaboration

Testing & QA

Job description

Kinder's is seeking a Senior ERP Systems Analyst to strengthen and scale its enterprise systems. You will bridge business and technology, translating operational needs into practical ERP solutions and partnering with Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations.

This hands-on role covers requirements, design, testing, deployment, and support across procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, inventory, product costing, and manufacturing, helping drive data integrity and process excellence.