Rawafid is seeking an experienced ERP Transformation Lead to drive our enterprise-wide ERP transformation program. This is a strategic leadership role responsible for redesigning business processes and ensuring successful implementation of an integrated ERP platform across commercial, engineering, procurement, finance, project controls, and construction operations. The successful candidate will work closely with executive leadership, department heads, IT, and implementation partners to deliver sustainable business transformation through industry best practices and effective change management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company's ERP transformation strategy, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and long-term business goals.
• Lead the redesign, standardization, and optimization of business processes across all departments to improve efficiency and operational performance.
• Ensure the seamless integration of commercial, engineering, procurement, project controls, finance, and operational processes within the ERP solution.
• Establish and maintain governance frameworks for business processes, master data, coding structures, and approval workflows.
• Lead business requirements gathering, process mapping, and gap analysis to support ERP design and implementation.
• Review and approve ERP functional designs, workflows, dashboards, reports, and security roles to ensure business requirements are effectively met.
• Promote industry best practices by minimizing unnecessary system customizations and encouraging standardized business processes.
• Establish enterprise master data governance, including projects, work breakdown structures (WBS), cost codes, customers, vendors, inventory, equipment, employees, and the Chart of Accounts.
• Oversee data cleansing, migration, validation, and production cutover activities to ensure a successful ERP deployment.
• Lead System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and end-to-end business process validation to ensure solution quality and business readiness.
• Develop and implement the organization's change management strategy to support user engagement and successful ERP adoption.
• Establish and manage the Super User network and oversee end-user training programs to ensure effective knowledge transfer across the business.
• Monitor transformation risks, project issues, and implementation progress, escalating critical matters to the ERP Steering Committee where required.
• Prepare executive dashboards and regular progress reports covering project schedule, budget, business readiness, risks, key decisions, and overall transformation status.
• Assess organizational readiness and provide recommendations for ERP go-live approval.
• Lead post-go-live stabilization activities, monitor user adoption, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement and process optimization.
• Work across the full EPC project lifecycle, including estimating, quantity surveying, procurement, engineering, project controls, construction, commercial management, finance, and project close-out.
• Participate in and lead at least one full-cycle ERP implementation, from business requirements and solution design through post-go-live stabilization.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and collaborate with executive leadership, business stakeholders, IT, and external implementation partners to deliver enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering.
• Professional Quantity Surveying certification (MRICS, RICS Chartered Quantity Surveyor, AIQS, CIQS, or equivalent).
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in engineering, construction, or EPC organizations, with demonstrated success leading business process improvement, organizational transformation, ERP implementations, or enterprise systems initiatives.
• Hands-on experience with one or more ERP platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP, Oracle, IFS, Infor, or Xpedeon.
• Strong understanding of business processes across engineering, procurement, project controls, commercial management, finance, and construction operations.
• Postgraduate qualification in Construction Management, Accounting, Finance, or Information Systems is an advantage.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, Prosci Change Management, CBPP, or Lean Six Sigma Green/Black Belt are highly desirable.
• Excellent stakeholder management, leadership, communication, and change management skills.