About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced Practice Head- ERP to build, lead, and scale our ERP consulting practice. The ideal candidate will be a platform-agnostic ERP leader with strong experience in ERP consulting, practice development, client engagement, solutioning, delivery governance, and team leadership. We are not looking for a leader restricted to a single ERP ecosystem. The candidate should have a broad understanding of enterprise business processes and be comfortable evaluating and leading solutions across multiple ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Odoo, ERPNext, and other cloud, open-source, or emerging ERP technologies. The role will combine practice strategy, delivery oversight, client management, team building, ERP capability development, and business growth.

Key Responsibilities:

1. ERP Practice Leadership & Growth:

- Own the overall strategy, growth, and development of the ERP practice.

- Define ERP service offerings, technology roadmap, delivery methodology, and practice strategy.

- Build and scale a sustainable, multi-platform ERP consulting practice.

- Identify new ERP technologies, market opportunities, and potential service offerings.

- Drive practice revenue, profitability, utilization, and business growth.

- Establish processes, frameworks, accelerators, and best practices for ERP engagements.

- Build strategic partnerships and alliances with relevant ERP technology providers where required.

2. Platform-Agnostic ERP Consulting:

- Provide strategic guidance on ERP solutions based on business requirements rather than commitment to a specific ERP platform.

- Understand and evaluate ERP platforms including: SAP, Oracle ERP, Microsoft Dynamics, Odoo, ERPNext, and other cloud, SaaS, open-source, and emerging ERP platforms.

- Evaluate ERP solutions based on business requirements, scalability, total cost of ownership, integration requirements, implementation complexity, and long-term business objectives.

- Lead ERP product evaluation and selection exercises.

- Guide clients on ERP implementation, modernization, migration, optimization, and transformation initiatives.

3. Delivery & Program Governance:

- Provide strategic leadership and governance across ERP implementation and support engagements.

- Ensure projects meet agreed timelines, budgets, quality standards, and business objectives.

- Oversee ERP implementation, customization, integration, data migration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support.

- Establish delivery standards, KPIs, governance mechanisms, and quality processes.

- Identify delivery and technology risks and ensure appropriate mitigation.

- Act as an escalation point for critical client and project issues.

4. Team Building & Capability Development:

- Build and lead a high-performing multi-platform ERP consulting team.

- Define hiring and capability requirements across different ERP technologies.

- Recruit, mentor, and develop ERP consultants, architects, project managers, and functional/technical teams.

- Build cross-platform capabilities within the practice.

- Develop training, certification, and knowledge-sharing programs.

- Create a culture of continuous learning and technology adaptability.

- Develop succession plans and future ERP practice leaders.

5. ERP Integration & Digital Transformation:

- Provide strategic direction for ERP integration with CRM, HRMS, SCM, BI, e-commerce, payment systems, and other enterprise applications.

- Guide clients on ERP modernization, cloud adoption, automation, and digital transformation.

- Understand ERP integration architecture, APIs, middleware, and data migration at a solution and strategic level.

- Lead initiatives involving multiple ERP platforms or integration between legacy and modern ERP environments.

Required Skills & Experience:

- 10+ years of experience in ERP consulting, implementation, transformation, solution architecture, practice management, or related areas.

- Proven experience in leading or building an ERP practice/business unit.

- Strong understanding of ERP consulting and enterprise business processes.

- Strong experience with at least one major ERP platform such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Odoo, ERPNext, or equivalent.

- Exposure to multiple ERP platforms is highly preferred.

- Strong understanding of enterprise business processes including: Finance & Accounting, Procurement & Purchase, Sales & Distribution, Inventory & Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Human Resources, and Project Management.

- Strong understanding of the complete ERP lifecycle discovery, requirement gathering, solution design, implementation, customization, integration, testing, deployment, migration, and support.

- Proven ability to build, manage, and scale consulting teams.

- Strong commercial and business acumen.

- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

- Ability to engage confidently with CXOs, business leaders, functional consultants, technical teams, and delivery teams.

Key Behavioral Attributes:

- We are looking for a leader who is platform-agnostic and technology adaptable.

- Business-process oriented rather than product-dependent.

- Comfortable evaluating and working across different ERP technologies.

- Strong in consulting, solutioning, and problem-solving.

- Entrepreneurial and capable of building a practice from the ground up.

- Commercially driven with a strong focus on practice growth.

- Comfortable working across technology, delivery, and business functions.

- A strong communicator and client-facing leader.

- Curious and willing to continuously learn new ERP technologies.

- Capable of leading teams across different ERP ecosystems.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience leading an ERP Practice, Center of Excellence, Consulting Unit, or ERP Business Line.

- Experience working across multiple ERP technologies or multi-ERP environments.

- Experience with cloud ERP, SaaS ERP, open-source ERP, or ERP modernization.

- Experience in ERP product evaluation and selection.

- Experience with enterprise integrations and digital transformation.

- Experience in building strategic technology partnerships/alliances.

- MBA / PGDM / equivalent business qualification is a plus.

- Relevant ERP certifications are an added advantage.