Director, Global JD Edwards COE

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Director, Global JD Edwards COE

Location: Ivyland, PA (Hybrid)

About Us

Ingersoll Rand, driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is committed to helping make life better. We provide innovative and mission-critical industrial, energy, medical and specialty vehicle products and services across 40+ respected brands designed to excel in even the most complex and harsh conditions where downtime is especially costly. Our employees connect to customers for life by delivering proven expertise, productivity and efficiency improvements.

Job Summary

The Global JD Edwards COE role encompasses both strategic and execution responsibilities. Candidates will collaborate with business and IT teams to support business strategies, including mergers and acquisitions. You will lead teams through the entire lifecycle of architecture, delivery, and operations on a platform that includes JD Edwards and third-party systems.

Specifically, the Global JD Edwards COE Director leads the execution of JDE implementations across global business units and maintains the existing ERP platforms. This role involves developing and managing scalable COE and Support teams while establishing best practices in data management, change management, quality assurance, training, user security management, release management, and support processes. The position requires creating a flexible, multi-year, global deployment plan that adapts to changing business priorities and integrates acquisitions into the plan. Additionally, the role is responsible for maintaining and supporting legacy JDE systems still in use within parts of the business.

Responsibilities

• Set the vision for JDE and the associated application ecosystem. Build for the future, balancing trade-offs between short-term business needs and long-term strategy.
• Champion change, maintain deep business stakeholder engagement, and enable business strategy with technology solutions.
• Modernize JDE delivery and implement best practices for change management, quality assurance, and training, with JDE program / project performance scorecards.
• Plan and deliver successful JDE Programs & projects. Make functional and process decisions. Document operational tasks and report to upper-level management.
• Drive application integration strategy & execution with M&A.
• Build high-performance teams aligned with strategic goals and manage their performance.
• Oversee operations and troubleshooting of Ingersoll Rand applications.
• Maintain knowledge of new technologies to support business strategies.
• Manage vendors for optimal delivery and control costs.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field; MBA preferred.
• Minimum ten years of JDE implementation experience, including JDE 9.2.
• Proven track record in manufacturing industry plus experience working in a global organization.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to manage diverse and global teams, including managing teams across time zones.
• Extensive knowledge of IT governance, operations, and security practices.

• Knowledge and demonstrated experience in supporting opportunity and business case development, business process re-engineering, organizational change management, transition planning, system development lifecycles, program/project management and fielding of business applications in a large-scale enterprise with complex organizational and IT structures.
• Business process knowledge in manufacturing industry – Order to cash, procure to pay, plan to produce, forecast to stock, etc.
• Demonstrates strong and highly effective interpersonal skills and able to build and maintaining long-term relationships, coalitions, and networks.
• Demonstrated experience managing external vendors for mutually beneficial relationships.
• Extensive knowledge of IT governance, operations, security practices, and audit compliance. 

Travel & Work Arrangements/Requirements

At least 25% travel. 

Key Competencies

• Demonstrates strong and highly effective interpersonal skills and able to build and maintaining long-term relationships, coalitions, and networks.
• Demonstrated experience managing external vendors for mutually beneficial relationships.
• Extensive knowledge of IT governance, operations, security practices, and audit compliance. 

What we Offer

At Ingersoll Rand, we embrace a culture of personal ownership — taking responsibility for our company, our communities, and our environment, as well as our individual health and well-being. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to empower you with the tools and support necessary to take charge of your health, ensuring that together, we can continue to make life better. Our range of benefits includes health care options like medical and prescription plans, dental and vision coverage, as well as wellness programs. Additionally, we provide life insurance, a robust 401(k) plan, paid time off, and even an employee stock grant, among other offerings. These benefits are our commitment to you, so you can be your best at work and beyond. 

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.