Senior Director, ERP System

Senior Director, ERP Systems

Company: American Bath Group

Location: Irving, Texas

Reports to: EVP, Enterprise Operations (Interim), transitioning to Vice President of IT

Company Overview

American Bath Group is a leading North American manufacturer of bathing and shower solutions with a diverse portfolio of brands, manufacturing facilities, and distribution channels. The company operates across multiple ERP platforms and manufacturing environments, supporting a complex and growing business shaped by acquisitions, operational scale, and product diversity.

ERP is a critical enabler of operational performance, cost visibility, and enterprise standardization across the organization.

The Opportunity

American Bath Group is seeking a Senior Director of ERP Systems to lead enterprise-wide ERP consolidation, stabilization, and execution. This role exists to bring structure to a fragmented ERP landscape and enable operational and financial performance through system alignment.

The environment includes multiple ERP platforms, legacy implementations, and ongoing transformation initiatives. Success requires a leader who can both execute complex migrations and establish a scalable ERP operating model across the business.

This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for driving ERP execution while building long-term capability.

Success in Year One

Within the first year, the Senior Director of ERP Systems will:

• Drive measurable progress on Friedman to CMS migration across prioritized facilities
• Initiate SAP ECC to S/4HANA technical conversion and execution plan
• Define and execute path for Sage stabilization or replacement
• Establish ERP operating model including team structure and support model
• Improve ERP alignment across manufacturing operations
• Implement governance and execution cadence across ERP initiatives
• Establish cybersecurity coordination at ERP and plant interface layer
• Begin standardization of BOMs, routings, and operational metrics

The Mandate

The Senior Director of ERP Systems will lead the consolidation and execution of American Bath Group’s ERP strategy. The role is responsible for stabilizing current systems, executing migration initiatives, and building a scalable ERP operating model.

This leader will:

• Drive ERP consolidation initiatives across multiple systems
• Lead migration execution and sequencing
• Establish enterprise ERP governance and operating cadence
• Align ERP initiatives with manufacturing and financial outcomes
• Build and structure ERP team capability
• Partner with operations, finance, and IT leadership
• Create scalable ERP support and ownership model
• Enable operational standardization across facilities

The role requires balancing immediate execution with long-term capability development.

Year One Critical Outcomes

• Friedman migration actively in-flight across target locations
• SAP S/4HANA conversion initiated
• ERP operating model defined and implemented
• ERP team structure aligned to enterprise needs
• CMS institutional knowledge risk mitigated
• ERP governance cadence established
• Manufacturing ERP standardization initiated
• Improved visibility into cost and operational metrics

Why This Role Is Hard

• Multiple ERP platforms across the enterprise
• Simultaneous migration initiatives
• Legacy systems and technical debt
• Fragmented ownership and execution discipline
• Cross-functional alignment across operations and finance
• Need to build operating model while executing transformation
• Institutional knowledge risk within ERP capability
• This role requires both execution leadership and system-building capability.

Leadership Profile

• Execution-oriented ERP transformation leader
• Builder of scalable ERP operating models
• Strong manufacturing and distribution system fluency
• Comfortable operating across technical and executive layers
• Able to drive alignment across cross-functional stakeholders
• Hands-on decision maker in complex environments
• Leads through structure, clarity, and execution discipline

Experience Requirements

• ERP transformation leadership in manufacturing or distribution environment
• Experience leading ERP consolidation or migration initiatives
• Multi-ERP environment experience
• Hands-on execution leadership
• Experience building ERP operating models or governance
• Ability to operate across technical and business stakeholders
• Experience leading ERP teams through change and transformation
• Preferred experience includes SAP, Epicor/CMS, Sage, or similar ERP platforms.

Why the Right Candidate Will Be Excited

This is an opportunity to lead enterprise ERP transformation at scale. The role offers the chance to:

• Build a unified ERP operating model
• Drive meaningful operational and financial impact
• Lead complex transformation initiatives
• Partner directly with executive leadership
• Shape long-term ERP strategy and capability
• Create standardization across manufacturing operations
• This is a builder role with meaningful enterprise visibility and impact.

Why This Role Matters

ERP is a foundational capability for American Bath Group’s operational and financial performance. This role enables:

• Manufacturing standardization
• Improved cost visibility
• ERP consolidation
• Operational scalability
• Reduced system complexity
• Improved execution discipline

The Senior Director of ERP Systems will play a central role in enabling enterprise performance and long-term scalability.