Enterprise Systems Consultant

Required

• At least 15 years of relevant experience in enterprise systems, IT operations, technology leadership, systems transformation, transaction advisory, or a combination of these fields.
• Experience leading multiple sell-side, buy-side, or comparable rapid technology assessments for private-equity, corporate M&A, or portfolio-company clients.
• Leadership-level knowledge across ERP and warehouse systems, PSA, CRM, and traditional infrastructure and managed services.
• Deep operating or delivery experience in at least two of those three areas.
• Direct accountability for major business-process or systems outcomes, transformation programmes, budgets, service providers, or IT operations.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct process walkthroughs and assess end-to-end business processes across multiple functions, with direct experience in several of order-to-cash, project-to-cash, procure-to-pay, record-to-report and month-end close, recruit-to-retire, warehouse and fulfilment operations, and IT service management.
• Experience selecting, implementing, upgrading, recovering, or rationalising enterprise systems, supported by a practical understanding of process and data dependencies.
• Experience with traditional and hybrid infrastructure, including data-centre or colocation environments and migrations of packaged applications to cloud infrastructure.
• Experience selecting, transitioning, managing, or materially renegotiating MSP or MSSP services.
• Strong analytical and financial judgment, including the ability to estimate one-time and recurring technology investments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with investors, boards, executives, functional leaders, and technical teams.
• A self-directed and hands-on working style suited to fast-moving, remote client engagements.
• Former CIO, VP of IT, Head of Enterprise Applications, enterprise systems programme leader, technology operating partner, or senior M&A technology advisor.
• Experience in professional services, technology-enabled services, distribution, logistics, manufacturing, or other sectors where enterprise systems directly affect revenue and operational delivery.
• Experience with Salesforce and industry-relevant PSA and professional-services platforms.
• Experience with WMS and warehouse operations, with eCommerce exposure as an additional advantage.
• Experience converting diligence findings into systems roadmaps, vendor selections, implementation governance, or interim leadership assignments.
• A bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, engineering, business, or a related field. Relevant experience matters more than a specific degree or certification.

Originally posted on Himalayas