Executive Director, ERP & Value Chain Platform Engineering

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.

Summary 
 The Executive Director, ERP & Value Chain Platform Engineering is a senior technology executive accountable for the enterprise platforms that enable ELC's end-to-end value chain across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Planning, Procurement, Warehouse Management, and Research & Development. Reporting to the Vice President, Enterprise Platform Engineering, this role serves as the executive platform owner responsible for the strategy, governance, lifecycle management, modernization, and business outcomes of ELC's SAP-centric ERP and Value Chain platform portfolio.   Operating within ELC's Enterprise Platform Engineering operating model, this leader serves as the primary technology counterpart to Enterprise Product Design Engineering, Tech, Data & Analytics Leaders, Enterprise Architecture, Operations & Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Enterprise Business Services (EBS), and strategic technology partners. The Executive Director translates approved business capabilities into coordinated platform strategies, modernization roadmaps, engineering realization plans, and technology investments while maintaining accountability for platform outcomes beginning at build through production acceptance.

Summary (Continued) 
 The Executive Director provides strategic leadership across a portfolio of enterprise platforms supporting Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Planning, Procurement, Warehouse Management, and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), ensuring these business-critical capabilities remain scalable, resilient, secure, and aligned with evolving business priorities. This role governs engineering realization delivered through Enterprise Business Services (EBS), strategic technology partners, and Enterprise Platform Engineering while ensuring engineering quality, platform optimization, operational readiness, and long-term technology sustainability.   Through leadership of the ERP & Value Chain Platform Engineering organization, this role drives enterprise platform modernization, business capability transformation, and continuous improvement across ELC's global value chain. The Executive Director champions engineering excellence, platform ownership, AI-enabled engineering practices, and technology innovation while strengthening organizational capability and enabling future-ready business platforms that support the company's continued growth and digital transformation. Key Roles & Responsibilities 
 A. Platform Strategy, Ownership & Lifecycle (35%) Provide strategic leadership and long-term ownership for ELC's ERP & Value Chain platform portfolio, ensuring enterprise platforms continue to evolve in alignment with business priorities, enterprise technology direction, engineering standards, and long-term business capability objectives.

Own the platform roadmap, lifecycle strategy, modernization initiatives, and long-term evolution of the ERP & Value Chain platform portfolio supporting Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Planning, Procurement, Warehouse Management, and Research & Development. Partner with Enterprise Product Design Engineering and Tech, Data & Analytics Leaders to translate approved business capabilities into coordinated platform roadmaps, engineering