Senior IT Director, ERP Platform Delivery

Job Description

The Senior IT Director, ERP Platform Delivery drives innovation, shapes digital strategy, and influences enterprise-wide transformation. This role sets strategic direction and leads cross-functional initiatives across multiple domains, disciplines, and regions. This role partners closely with directors, executives, and key external stakeholders to deliver measurable business outcomes through cutting-edge technology, robust governance, and proactive risk management. This role champions leadership development, aligns talent strategies with organizational goals, and cultivates a high-performance culture that supports succession planning and long-term growth. This role will represent Enterprise Technology Group by leading the solution and services delivery for ERP Platforms. This position plays a pivotal role in delivering and supporting ERP digital back-end services, integrations, API's and data conversions. The position will have ownership for the direction of Enterprise ERP Platform technical capabilities and will partner with the Business leadership, Enterprise Digital Products, Enterprise Architecture and third-party vendors, in driving the digital transformation. The role requires understanding of business issues/ opportunities, and work with various business stakeholders in problem solving, creating business capabilities, and defining effective and efficient technology solutions for solving business problems and enabling business capabilities. The incumbent will require to possess experience with a wide range of technologies/protocols, and a robust background in Cloud ERP platforms, and digital solution development. This leader must possess strong experience in developing ERP, digital solutions, program and roadmap as well as strategic partnership skills, change leadership skills, and develop outstanding working relationships with peers in Technology.

Responsibilities

Leadership & Supervision

• Define and articulate a clear IT strategy aligned with organizational goals, ensuring cross-functional alignment across business units and regions.
• Supervise and mentor a diverse team of senior IT leaders and direct reports, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Champion leadership development initiatives to build a strong pipeline of future leaders, supporting succession planning and long-term organizational capability.
• Align IT talent strategy with enterprise objectives, ensuring the right skills, roles, and structures are in place to support digital transformation and operational excellence.
• Establish and oversee performance goals, development plans, and feedback mechanisms for direct reports, promoting a results-driven and growth-oriented environment.
• Build strong partnerships with executive leadership, business stakeholders, and external partners to drive integrated solutions and enterprise-wide impact.
• Provide leadership in IT governance, policy development, and risk mitigation, ensuring compliance and resilience in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Knowledge & Application

• Shapes and communicates strategic vision across multiple business functions, aligning initiatives with enterprise goals.
• Leads the development and implementation of organization-wide policies, contributing to executive-level planning and governance.
• Accountable for financial and operational outcomes that significantly impact overall business performance.
• Navigates complex, ambiguous challenges by applying strategic insight and sound judgment across functional areas.
• Anticipates market trends and internal dynamics to guide long-term positioning and organizational readiness.

Collaboration & Interaction

• Builds trusted partnerships with executive leadership, directors, and cross-functional teams to drive enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Engages with key external stakeholders to align digital strategy with broader business and industry objectives.
• Influences organizational direction through strategic communication, negotiation, and thought leadership.
• Acts as a visible and respected leader across the organization, fostering collaboration and shared accountability.
• Facilitates alignment across regions and disciplines, ensuring cohesive execution of innovation, policy, and risk strategies.

This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H1-B visa.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future.

Education

Required

• Bachelor's degree or higher in the information technology (IT) field. In lieu of a degree, at least 13 years of experience in IT.

Preferred

• One or more of the following certifications: [insert specific, preferred certifications (i.e. ITIL Foundation, Project Management Professional (PMP), AWS Certified Solution Architect, etc.)

Skills Experience

Required

• 10+ years in progressive IT leadership roles, including experience leading cross-functional teams and managing enterprise-wide technology initiatives across multiple regions and business domains.
• 6+ years of experience executing digital strategies, driving innovation, and aligning technology investments with business goals, including experience influencing executive stakeholders and shaping organizational policy and governance

Preferred

• Oracle fusion ERP implementation experience
• Significant project management and leadership experience
• Previous experience managing personnel in multiple global regions
• Good understanding of some of the business processes within Oracle ERP/ SCM; including Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Assets, Planning Manufacturing Inventory, Supply Chain

About Us

At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:

Life ... with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being
Career ... with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution
Connection ... with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities
It's all here for you... let's Create Your Possible

At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care, from total well-being to your daily commute-it matters to us. A general description of benefits offered can be found at Click on "Candidates" to view benefit offerings that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.

Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range. The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws including with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.

Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.

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Please be aware, Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.