Job Details

Job Location: Oncore Natel Corp 0NK54 - Chatsworth, CA 91311

Salary Range: $135,000.00 - $145,000.00 Salary

Job Shift: 1st

The Director, Business Systems & Manufacturing Applications will lead NEOTech’s internal business systems capability, providing execution leadership, governance, business alignment, and roadmap advisory support for core manufacturing platforms including Epicor, Aegis, BI/reporting, integrations, AI-enabled solutions, and future ERP / MES platforms. This role bridges business operations and technology execution while establishing NEOTech’s internal execution ownership of system priorities, process design, acceptance criteria, data governance, vendor accountability, and long-term systems standardization, in alignment with the Business Systems Strategy approved by IT Executive Management.

In addition, the role will build and lead a small internal development team that engineers AI-enabled solutions across these platforms — turning NEOTech’s data, process, and shop-floor foundation into automation, analytics, and decision-support tools that produce measurable business value. This is a hybrid role requiring regular onsite work at one of the following locations: Chatsworth, CA; Carlsbad, CA; Longmont, CO; or Westborough, MA.

Key Responsibilities

• Business Systems Strategy Execution & Roadmap Advisory: Execute the Business Systems Strategy approved by IT Executive Management. Own the execution roadmap for ERP, MES, BI/reporting, integrations, AI-enabled business systems capabilities, and related manufacturing applications.
• Epicor Ownership & Optimization: Serve as senior business owner for Epicor execution, roadmap delivery, prioritization, UAT, training, go-live readiness, stabilization, and fact-based recommendations on future Epicor direction.
• Aegis / MES & Shop-Floor Alignment: Own execution of the approved business roadmap for Aegis and related shop-floor systems.
• Business Process Architecture: Lead process design across quote-to-cash, plan-to-produce, procure-to-pay, engineer-to-order/NPI, inventory, quality, finance, and costing.
• Data, BI & Reporting Governance: Own business data definitions and reporting governance across Epicor, Aegis, BI, and future systems.
• AI Solution Development & Engineering Team Leadership: Within the AI governance, cybersecurity, data protection, and platform direction established by IT Executive Management, build and lead a small internal development team focused on engineering AI-enabled solutions for the business.
• Vendor & Partner Governance: Provide business systems oversight for On Support, Epicor, Aegis, BI partners, systems integrators, and AI/automation partners.
• M&A Systems Readiness: Develop a repeatable approach for evaluating acquired companies’ ERP, MES, BI, quality, and shop-floor systems.
• Compliance & Risk Management: Ensure system roadmaps account for aerospace, defense, medical, quality, traceability, and regulatory expectations.

Qualifications

Required Experience

• 10+ years of ERP, MES, or business systems leadership in manufacturing.
• Multi-site manufacturing experience with plant-level operational exposure.
• Direct experience with ERP modernization, upgrade, stabilization, or migration programs.
• Working knowledge of MES/shop-floor systems, preferably Aegis or comparable platforms.
• Experience in regulated manufacturing environments such as medical, aerospace, defense, or high-reliability industrial manufacturing.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional business process standardization.
• Experience managing vendors, systems integrators, and outsourced IT providers.
• Strong executive communication and practical decision-making skills.
• Hands-on technical depth in software development and/or ERP customization.
• Experience directly managing software developers, engineers, or analysts.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.

Preferred Experience

• Epicor / Kinetic experience.
• Aegis MES experience.
• M&A integration, carve-out, or systems diligence experience.
• ITAR/CUI, FDA-regulated manufacturing, ISO, AS9100, or comparable compliance exposure.
• BI/data governance and manufacturing KPI experience.
• Experience building a business systems center of excellence.
• Private-equity or portfolio-company operating environment experience.
• Experience standing up or scaling an in-house development team.
• Exposure to applied AI / ML projects in manufacturing or enterprise settings.
• Earlier-career hands-on development background.

Due to ITAR and / or CUI compliance, this position requires candidates to be a U.S. Citizen.

Benefits Offered

Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage; company-paid basic life/AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance; voluntary supplemental insurances, flexible spending accounts and employee assistance program (EAP). Sick Leave, Vacation Time, and company-paid Holidays are also provided as paid time off. NEOTech also provides a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan option with a company match.

NEOTech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

NEOTech has a long-standing commitment to maintaining a safe, quality-oriented and productive work environment. We also want all employees to perform their duties safely and efficiently, in a manner that protects their interests and those of their co-workers. We recognize that alcohol and drug abuse pose a threat to the health and safety of NEOTech employees and to the security of the Company’s equipment and facilities. For these reasons, NEOTech is committed to the elimination of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the workplace. Candidates being considered for hire must pass a pre-employment background check and drug test which include screening for illegal drugs and marijuana.