Business Systems & Ontology Lead

POSITION SUMMARY

This role serves as the central owner of both the legacy ERP system and the company’s digital manufacturing ontology within Palantir Foundry. The position combines hands-on administration of ERP configuration, master data, workflows, and integrations with the design and governance of scalable data models that represent real-world operations in the digital twin. You’ll work closely with production, engineering, planning, finance, and Palantir FDEs to ensure accurate data flow, system reliability, and meaningful operational insights. This opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys bridging shop-floor processes with advanced digital systems, driving upgrades, improving data quality, and enabling real-time visibility, scheduling, and traceability across the organization.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the primary configuration administrator and subject-matter expert for the legacy ERP system.
• Manage system configuration, master data integrity, BOMs, routings, work centers, and cost structures.
• Develop and maintain ERP workflows supporting machining, welding, assembly, inspections, procurement, and material traceability.
• Lead ERP upgrades, module implementations, and integration work with external tools
• Troubleshoot ERP issues and coordinate with vendors and internal IT when needed.
• Maintain and coordinate configuration control over UI and data usage changes.
• Provide training, documentation, and user support across production, engineering, planning, and finance.
• Own the creation, refinement, configuration control and maintenance of the GSM ontology objects used within Palantir Foundry.
• Build clear, accurate, and scalable data models that map company operations, resources, processes, and product structures into the digital twin.
• Partner with Palantir Forward Deployed Engineers on model logic, pipelines, and ontology best practices.
• Maintain data dictionaries, object definitions, and governance rules.
• Ensure bi-directional health between the ERP system and GSM objects (e.g., via APIs, pipelines, or manual validation).
• Translate shop-floor processes into digital representations that support real-time visibility, schedule execution, and quality traceability.
• Define relationships between ERP data and operational metrics,
• Support the rollout of digital work instructions, production dashboards, and predictive insights.
• Design, develop, and maintain operational, quality, and financial KPIs within both the ERP system and the Palantir digital twin environment.
• Partner with department leads to establish KPI definitions, calculations, and data sources.
• Work to reduce and eliminate barriers and obstacles to improve overall cost and scheduling performance.
• Your leadership is expected to make it easier for employees to make quality products and make it easier for customers to do business with GSM.
• Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for creating a professional, safe, and clean environment evidenced by: being at work on time to perform assigned duties, following the policies of Granite State Manufacturing, always wearing safety glasses in designated areas, maintaining a neat and orderly work area, and following safety practices to prevent errors.
• Demonstrates commitment to teamwork by establishing effective relationships and networks with both managers/directors and staff, collaborating with them to accomplish shared purposes and goals.
• Abides by GSM Code of Ethics and Business Conduct standards and strictly observes all U.S. and foreign laws and regulations.

• Strong ERP expertise (configuration, master data, BOMs, routings, cost structures, workflows)

• Strong foundation in Python (PySpark experience desired by not required)
• Data modeling proficiency (ontology design, object definitions, data dictionaries)
• Systems thinking (understanding how ERP Foundry shop-floor systems interconnect)
• Technical troubleshooting skills (root-cause analysis, integration issues, data quality problems)
• Experience with integrations/APIs (ensuring bi-directional data flow and system health)
• Process modeling ability (mapping physical operations to digital representations)
• Collaborative (works closely with engineering, production, planning, finance, FDEs)
• Stakeholder alignment (keeps ERP users, IT, vendors, and data teams coordinated)

AAP/EEO STATEMENT

Granite State Manufacturing (GSM) is an equal opportunity employer. GSM does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, national origin, veteran status, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws in its programs, activities, or employment.

• Paid time off
• Floating holidays
• Paid holidays
• 401(k)
• 401(k) company matching
• Dental & Vision insurance (Company paid)
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Competitive health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Referral program