Position Title: Senior Consultant — ERP Selection & Business Transformation

Position 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 Responsibilities

Client 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 Overview

Ultra 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.