Head of Corporate Applications

Head of Corporate Applications

Job Description

Location : Bangalore (India), Krakow (Poland), Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Role Purpose

The Head of Corporate Applications is a senior technology leader responsible for the global strategy, delivery, governance and continuous improvement of Arbex's enterprise applications supporting HR, Finance, Procurement, Legal, GBS and ERP capabilities.

The role ensures business-critical corporate platforms are scalable, secure, compliant, cost-efficient and aligned to business objectives across a $3.3bn global business operating across 70 countries and 22 plants.

The successful candidate will act as the senior technology owner for core enterprise applications, including SAP ERP, Workday, Anaplan and related corporate systems.

They will lead operating model transformation, support TSA exit, govern major programmes and ensure operational stability, audit readiness, service performance and continuous optimisation across a portfolio of 280+ enterprise applications.

Key Responsibilities

Corporate Applications Strategy & Leadership

·    Define and execute the global applications strategy for HR, Finance, Procurement, Legal, GBS and ERP systems.

·    Act as the senior technology leader for core enterprise applications, including SAP ERP, Anaplan, Workday and related corporate platforms.

·    Partner with executive stakeholders including the CHRO, CFO and Chief Legal Officer to align application roadmaps with functional priorities and business outcomes.

·    Shape the future-state corporate applications landscape, ensuring platforms are standardised, scalable, secure and cost-effective.

·    Balance service quality, operational stability, cost efficiency, audit requirements and SOX risk across critical systems that support the global business.

Enterprise Applications Portfolio & Operating Model

·    Oversee a portfolio of 280+ enterprise applications across HR, Legal, Finance, GBS, Procurement and ERP domains.

·    Lead the establishment and transformation of the operating model across people, process, technology and data for Corporate functions.

·    Support TSA exit and ongoing optimisation by ensuring applications, services and support models are fit for standalone Arbex operations.

·    Develop and maintain portfolio roadmaps that align transformation activity, upgrades, integrations, system health and business value delivery.

·    Establish KPIs and performance metrics to track application health, service performance, user satisfaction and business value realisation.

ERP, HR, Finance & Procurement Platform Ownership

·    Provide IT leadership for the ERP system in steady state, working closely with Infrastructure teams for SAP security, Basis and hosting support.

·    Govern major programmes including system transformations, regional rollouts, upgrades, integrations and platform lifecycle activity.

·    Ensure corporate applications support ...