Executive Director, ERP & Value Chain Platform Engineering

Estée Lauder Companies · Long Island City · $177,100–$304,500 (stated in the posting)

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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.

Position 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.

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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.

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B. Platform Ownership & Delivery Governance (30%)

Maintain accountability for successful platform realization beginning at build through production acceptance while governing engineering realization, delivery quality, platform health, and continuous platform optimization.

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C. Product Partnership & Platform Realization (20%)

Partner across Enterprise Product Design Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Operations & Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Tech, Data & Analytics Leaders, Enterprise Business Services (EBS), and strategic technology partners to ensure enterprise business capabilities are successfully realized through scalable, resilient, and standards-based ERP & Value Chain platforms.

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D. Engineering Leadership, Platform Excellence & Organizational Capability (15%)

Build and lead a high-performing platform engineering organization that advances platform ownership, engineering excellence, organizational capability, AI-enabled engineering, and continuous improvement across ELC's ERP & Value Chain platform portfolio.

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Platform Leadership & Enterprise ERP Expertise

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Platform Delivery, Governance & Optimization

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Enterprise Partnership & Business Leadership

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ERP Modernization, Technology Stewardship & Continuous Improvement

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Engineering Leadership & Organizational Development

Pay Range:

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $177,100.00  to $304,500.00. Exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. Salary range may vary based on geographic location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program as well as participation in the share incentive plan. In addition,

In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with the possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results. In addition, The Estée Lauder Companies offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance), wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education-related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is Company's policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. The Company will endeavor to provide a reasonable accommodation consistent with the law to otherwise qualified employees and prospective employees with a disability and to employees and prospective employees with needs related to their religious observance or practices. Should you wish to apply for this position or any other position with the Company and you believe you require assistance to complete an application or participate in an interview, please contact USApplicantAccommodations@Estee.com.

Michigan Applicants: Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for employment must notify the company in writing of the need for an accommodation within 182 days after the date the person with a disability knew or reasonably should have known that an accommodation was needed.

Philadelphia Applicants: Philadelphia's Fair Chance Hiring Law

Rhode Island Applicants: The company is subject to chapters 29-38 of title 28 of the general laws of Rhode Island and is therefore covered by the state's workers' compensation law.

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