Role – ERP Manager Global IT Delivery Center

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Background

At Alfa Laval’s Global IT Delivery Centre, we play a pivotal role in enabling and delivering technical capacity across the organization. Our operations are overseen by Line Managers who ensure that delivery excellence, resource alignment, and strategic priorities are consistently met. The Centre is home to a diverse team of more than 250+ professionals, each contributing specialized expertise across a wide range of technologies. Our scope spans from maintaining and optimizing legacy systems to implementing and innovating with the latest modern applications. This breadth of capability allows us to support Alfa Laval’s global business needs with agility, resilience, and forward-looking solutions. By combining deep technical knowledge with collaborative practices, the Global IT Delivery Centre serves as a hub of innovation and operational strength, ensuring that Alfa Laval remains competitive and future-ready in a rapidly evolving digital landscape

About the job

This role calls for a seasoned ERP People Manager with over a decade of leadership experience. You will be responsible for driving people development, fostering cross‑functional collaboration, and leveraging ERP expertise to enable organizational transformation. Success in this position requires a strategic mindset, proven ability to cultivate talent, and hands‑on experience with the SAFe Agile methodology to champion agile practices and continuous improvement

Who you are?

We are looking for a person with End-to-End responsibility of all activities within the defined domain. Lead and manage the team in accordance with Alfa Laval DNA and Lean Agile leadership

Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, manage, develop and recruit people and teams within the area of responsibility, supporting them to reach their highest potential with focus on agile, customer- and service-oriented behaviors.

• Lead the change: demonstrate the values, mindset, and principles of LeanAgile Leadership.

• Assure the SAFe/Agile structure and mechanisms are implemented and secure program execution.

• Manage up and across the team: eliminate impediments and relentlessly improve operations and flow.

• Communicate with stakeholders in line with overall decided structure, templates, engagement- and governance models.

• Service delivery, financial management, supplier management, system ownership and TCO for the area.

• Collaborate closely with stakeholders across Group Digital and the Business

• Coach, manage, develop and recruit people and teams within the area of responsibility, supporting them to reach their highest potential with focus on agile, customer- and service-oriented behaviors.

Skills & Experience

• You are a seasoned ERP People Manager with more than 10+ yrs of experience leading high-performing teams and driving enterprise transformation.

• You bring a strategic mindset to people development, cultivating talent, fostering leadership growth, and building resilient teams.

You excel at guiding cross-functional collaboration, aligning diverse stakeholders, and ensuring seamless delivery across complex organizational structures.

• You possess deep expertise in ERP systems, leveraging them to optimize processes and enable business scalability.

• You are adept at working within the SAFe Agile framework, championing agile practices, continuous improvement, and organizational agility.

• Deep understanding of what constitutes good digital people experience and how to work for increased efficiency and connectivity for all employees.

• Fluent in English is a must.

• Strong strategic thinking skills, with the ability to manage and execute projects up and across the value stream.

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with experience in effectively engaging with stakeholders at all organizational levels.

• Experience in owning and managing IT systems, ensuring their alignment with business needs and sustainability goals.

• Ability to manage change effectively, ensuring smooth transitions and organizational adoption of new processes and systems.

Competence in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks within IT operations and projects.

• Competence in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks within IT operations and projects.

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