Senior Consultant — ERP Selection & Business Transformation

Position Title: Senior Consultant — ERP Selection & Business TransformationPosition Overview

• Guides mid-market manufacturing and distribution clients through ERP selection, business process improvement, and implementation using Ultra Consultants’ proven methodology and service offerings, serving as both a hands-on practitioner and a trusted advisor.
• Brings deep supply chain, operations, and process-manufacturing expertise to identify client needs, risks, and opportunities and to help clients improve business performance and realize measurable time-to-benefit.

Key ResponsibilitiesClient Engagement & Strategic Advisory

• Partner with practice leaders, client services managers, and senior managers to lead client engagements as a trusted advisor.
• Lead client discussions, workshops, and transformation initiatives that drive progress and measurable business value; advise clients on ERP selection, future-state operating models, business process improvement, and supply chain and operations strategy.
• Develop strategic roadmaps and recommendations; identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities related to process readiness and system fit; and build strong relationships across the client organization and with software vendors and implementation partners.

ERP Selection & Transformation Delivery

• Lead engagements across Ultra’s core value streams — business process improvement, ERP/technology selection, and implementation management.
• Conduct current-state assessments and facilitate requirements definition, value-stream mapping, and future-state process design across business processes, supply chain, operations, and shop-floor and warehouse workflows.
• Lead structured software selection, vendor demonstrations, and fit/gap analysis across leading platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Infor, NetSuite, Acumatica, and Odoo.
• Guide implementation planning and oversight with ERP vendors and client teams — spanning MRP, WMS, TMS, and related modules — including project planning, status reporting, issue tracking, and execution oversight.

Deliverables, Practice Development & Collaboration

• Create and maintain high-quality client deliverables — presentations, process documentation, project plans, dashboards, and executive communications — and clearly communicate status, recommendations, and risks to client leadership.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Ultra’s methodologies, tools, and best practices, applying Lean and continuous-improvement principles; collaborate across Ultra’s ERP, data management, AI readiness, and business process improvement teams.
• Mentor consultants, support internal knowledge sharing, and contribute to business development by identifying follow-on opportunities; perform additional duties as needed to support client and organizational objectives.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, operations, or ERP and business transformation, including senior leadership or senior consulting roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading ERP selection and/or implementation projects in manufacturing or distribution environments.
• Deep knowledge of end-to-end supply chain and operations — sales & operations planning, demand planning, strategic sourcing, inventory, warehousing, transportation, distribution, and customer service.
• Hands-on expertise with ERP and supply chain systems, including MRP, WMS, and TMS modules across leading ERP platforms.
• Strong command of process improvement methodologies, including Lean Manufacturing, value-stream mapping, and continuous improvement.
• Excellent analytical, facilitation, written and verbal communication, and client-relationship skills; proficiency in MS Office and modern cloud-based collaboration and performance-dashboard tools.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in process manufacturing verticals such as food & beverage, consumer goods, nutraceuticals/pharma, chemical, or plastics.
• Background in 3rd-party logistics (3PL) and multi-site, cross-border operations across the US, Canada, and Mexico.
• Experience bringing organizations into compliance (e.g., SOX inventory and order-management reporting).
• Familiarity with AI readiness, analytics, or automation initiatives.
• Certifications in ERP, supply chain, project management, or Lean.

Work Environment

• Professional home office suitable for remote client interaction.
• Frequent travel (up to 50%) to domestic client locations, with occasional international travel as needed.
• Regular use of digital collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams.

Company OverviewUltra is a leading independent ERP and technology selection firm in North America. Founded in 1994, Ultra Consultants delivers high-value services across four core value streams — Business Performance Improvement (BPI), Business Intelligence (BI), ERP/Technology Selection, and Implementation Management, including Data Management — for mid-market manufacturing and distribution clients.

With several hundred successful client engagements, Ultra serves as a “trusted advisor”, guiding clients from legacy systems and processes to modern enterprise systems and best-practice processes, with a focus on improving business performance and time to benefit.

Ultra Consultants Offer

• Competitive annual salary commensurate with experience and performance
• Performance-based incentive and bonus structure.
• Health, life, and disability insurance.
• Flexible vacation policy.
• 401(k) retirement plan.

All job candidates must be eligible to work in the United States. Ultra does not sponsor individual Work Visas.

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Skills

Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Best Practices, Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Business Development, Business Intelligence, Business Model, Business Processes, Business Transformation, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Consulting, Continuous Improvement, Customer Relations, Customer Service Management, Customer Support/Service, Data Management, Demand Forecasting/Planning, Disability Insurance, Distribution Services, Documentation Plan, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Food and Beverage Industry, Gap Analysis, Leadership, Lean Manufacturing, Life Insurance, Management Reporting, Mentoring, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Product Family, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, Needs Assessment, NetSuite, Operational Strategy, Operations Planning, Operations Processes, Oracle, Performance Management, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Process Improvement, Process Manufacturing, Process Modeling, Product Demonstration, Project Planning, Project/Program Management, Quality Management, Reporting Dashboards, Requirements Management, Risk Analysis, SAP, Sales Operations, Sales Presentation, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Sourcing Strategy, Strategic Planning, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Operations, Third-Party Logistics (3PL), Value Stream Mapping, Vendor/Supplier Selection, Warehousing, Willing to Travel

About the Company

Ultra Corporation