Job Description

Be part of something bigger!




As the world and the way people live is changing, at Bekaert we believe it's our responsibility to contribute to finding new solutions for the future. Our ambition is to be the leading partner for shaping the way we live and move. And to always do this the Bekaert Way - safe, smart, and sustainable.


With a heritage of more than 140 years, we continue to strengthen our core competencies that have made Bekaert a global market and technology leader in material science of steel wire transformation and coating technologies. Today, we also apply our expertise beyond steel to create new solutions with innovative materials and services for markets including new mobility, low-carbon construction, and green energy.


As a dynamic and growing company with over 27,000 employees worldwide, 75 nationalities, a retention rate above 90% and almost EUR 7 billion in combined revenue in 2022, we're looking for someone like you to join our team!




Why join us?


• Personal Growth - Let us help you unlock your full potential
• Pioneering - Join us to challenge the impossible
• Creativity - Discover possibilities beyond steel
• Purpose - Drive progress for our planet and people
• Diversity - Together, we create change




About the role


Your Impact as ERP Transformation Head :




I. PURPOSE OF THE JOB



Bekaert is leading IT and Digital transformation program to enhance end-to-end user experience and deliver user journeys that drive impact across multiple cross-functional processes. Bekaert's employees, suppliers and customers across the value chain are getting increasingly sophisticated and expect a seamless and well-designed user experience.



ERP being central and core business application for system of record, its transformation is essential for Bekaert digital transformation vision. Keeping in perspective the ambition for new and bold Bekaert, Bekaert is reviewing current set up of SAP ERP and preparing the ERP transformation roadmap to support Bekaert success.



Your role as ERP Transformation Director is to be responsible for strategy and successful execution of the ERP transformation program. The spectrum of your tasks ranges from capturing the business needs, mapping to the right business application, and getting the solution delivered to Business.


You will lead a ERP transformation team to develop visions and sustainable strategies to build on the success. You will work in close co-operation with teams from other IT, Digital, various Business Units across multiple regions. Through your entrepreneurial thinking and action, your deep understanding of core business processes, Data and Methods in ERP, you will lead your team successfully and raise the value creation of ERP as Platform at Bekaert to the next level.



You will have a unique blend of business and technical understanding to create and present decision proposals based on facts, industry trends and best practices from the industry for management review and implement these quickly and profitably according to investment decisions. You possess the ability to translate complex relationships and solutions into understandable and visual representations and strategies, as well as present these both internally and externally.




Your main abilities include an excellent form of communication and great people skills as you will be communicating with IT, Digital and various Business Units across multiple regions.


at both management and employee level, as well as interacting with IT product organizations, IT Consulting and Services organizations and occasionally key customers.




II. ROLE DESCRIPTION




As a Head of ERP Transformation for Bekaert, you will work, above all strategically, to form a powerful team and ensure the success of the ERP Transformation.


Main Responsibilities are: -




• Define long-term strategy and approach for ERP transformation considering Bekaert business capabilities needs.
• Define program outcomes, sequencing, and roadmap with clear connection to IT workstreams, building clear path to confident delivery.
• Work collaboratively across business and technology to continually evolve the journey vision, objectives, priorities, and anticipated benefits.
• Conduct organization impact analysis and enterprise redesign strategies emerging out of ERP transformation program and identify key stakeholders.
• Assess the current challenges in the master data, transaction data and prepare detailed roadmap with Product teams to address these challenges.
• Create and imbed a prioritization approach to develop a roadmap for innovation with the relevant processes, tools, and metrics to support business objectives and new growth opportunities.
• Partnering with Bekaert Internal (Business and ADS) and partner ecosystem to align and steer the organizational readiness.
• Own process and act as decision maker for program changes requests impacting IT delivery, schedule, and/or budget through a disciplined change management process.
• Drive alignment between the Global Process Owner community, SMEs and the IT execution teams to optimize delivery outcomes.
• Executive point-of-contact for IT implementation partners; govern SI performance management and relationship.
• Escalation points for risks, issues, and dependencies; resolve and/or determine if higher level escalation is warranted.
• Be a leader in globally networked Bekaert organization and constantly engages with cross cultural, functional, departmental teams across Bekaert and with technology partners around the globe.
• Develop team capabilities and manage deployment to provide customer-focused design and implementation support.
• Manage budget and 3rd Party resources allocation, negotiate contracts with vendors and promote relevant cost saving initiatives.

VI. ESSENTIAL SKILLS & COMPETENCIES


• Master's degree in IT / Finance or equivalent experience
• Overall, 15 years + experience in leading multiple enterprise scale transformational initiatives with a proven track record for delivery and successful business outcomes
• Proven track record of collaboration across multiple IT organizations, business partners and stakeholders; ability to operate in an ambiguous environment, ability to think beyond the current boundaries.
• Managing large enterprise applications and application teams for critical system performance across a broad set of business operations and critical business needs
• Proven experience and skills - functional and technical in the context of SAP ERP platform for Enterprise capabilties.
• Successful delivery of large SAP / ERP programs to ensure the overall success of implementation of SAP solutions and business processes.
• Demonstrated mastery of management communication and presentation skills, skilled at influencing relationships with internal business customers at executive and senior management levels.
• Established record of success building high-performance teams, developing leaders, and driving necessary organizational change
• Lead an IT organization in an in-and-out outsourced environment

• Competencies
• Organizationally savvy, with the ability to navigate organizational politics.
• Ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences
• Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations
• Ability to translate future-state business capabilities and requirements into solution requirements
• Ability to propose and estimate the financial impact of solution architecture alternatives
• Ability to work creatively and analytically to solve business problems and propose solutions
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies
• Ability to assess product quality and other non-functional attributes and provide recommendations
• Ability to deliver an exceptional customer service, employee satisfaction and greater service/delivery maturity with evolving business and technology landscape

• Characteristics
• You are a leader and an entrepreneur that people willingly follow
• Great people skills paired with a high level of assertiveness
• Displays intellectual curiosity and integrity
• Motivated and driven by achieving long-term business outcomes
• High level motivational skills so that you can also manage virtual teams

Will you dare to take the next step?




Join us to unlock your full potential AND have a true impact in pushing the boundaries of what is possible.


We're looking for individuals who are not afraid to take risks and explore new ideas. If you are passionate about personal growth and bringing your authentic self to work, we want you on our team!


At Bekaert, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.


To learn more about us and our exciting career opportunities, visit Bekaert Careers




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