Head of Enterprise Applications
UAE
We are supporting an established company who is seeking a Head of Enterprise Applications to take ownership of one of its largest application verticals.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the application portfolio supporting merchandising, inventory, warehousing, fulfilment, logistics and supply chain.
- Define and lead a phased modernisation roadmap across legacy and business-critical platforms.
- Oversee WMS, merchandising, supply chain planning, pricing, promotions and inventory applications.
- Ensure application stability, service performance, governance and business continuity.
- Partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to align priorities and investment.
- Manage strategic vendors, implementation partners and managed service providers.
- Develop the leadership team and maintain clear accountability across the function.
- Remain hands-on and close to systems, delivery and operational detail.
Experience Required
- Senior enterprise applications leadership experience within a large, complex organisation.
- At least five to six years of experience across merchandising and supply chain systems.
- Strong knowledge of supply chain, warehouse, inventory, fulfilment and merchandising processes.
- Experience leading major application modernisation or legacy transformation programmes.
- Background within retail, consumer, distribution or another customer-facing sector.
- Experience managing large teams through senior managers.
- Oracle experience is beneficial, although other major enterprise platforms will be considered.
- Strong stakeholder, vendor, budget and operational management experience.
This is a high-visibility role with the potential to progress into broader enterprise applications leadership.
