Vice President, IT - Enterprise Svcs

at Progress Rail Services Corp. in La Grange, Illinois, United States

Job Description

12121BR

PRS Facility Location:

EMD HQ LaGrange, IL – 400

Job Purpose:

The VP of Enterprise Services is a strategic leadership role responsible for leading the global ERP organization and enterprise platforms that serve as the operational backbone for industrial manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, distribution, finance, HR, and portfolio delivery. This role ensures ERP and related platforms are modern, reliable, scalable, secure, integrated, data-driven, and continuously improving to support global growth, operational excellence, and measurable business value creation.

Req ID:

12121BR

Company Description:

Progress Rail stands at the intersection of legacy and innovation-driving the future of rail with a pioneering spirit. Since its founding in 1983, the company has grown to become one of the world’s largest and most trusted providers of railroad products, services, and technologies. Today, Progress Rail delivers a comprehensive portfolio of cost-effective solutions to railway customers around the globe. From the rails themselves to the EMD® locomotives that ride them, the company’s products are in operation across more than 100 countries-powering progress and connecting communities. In 2006, Progress Rail joined Caterpillar Inc., further strengthening its ability to lead the rail industry with cutting-edge technology, unmatched expertise, and a commitment to excellence. At Progress Rail, the team is not just building the future of rail-they are making history every day.

Education / Training:

- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in ERP, enterprise applications, manufacturing technology, or digital business platforms.

- 10+ years leading global teams and enterprise platforms in a complex industrial manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, or asset-intensive environment.

- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale ERP transformations, modernization programs, platform rationalization, acquisition integration, cloud migration, or global standardization initiatives.

- Deep experience with one or more major ERP platforms such as SAP, Infor, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, or equivalent enterprise manufacturing platforms.

- Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, MRP, supply chain management, procurement, inventory management, warehouse management, product costing, finance, and order fulfillment processes.

- Experience integrating ERP with MES, PLM, warehouse technologies, supply chain systems, data platforms, reporting tools, EDI, and AI or automation capabilities.

Bachelor degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.

Job Title:

Vice President, IT – Enterprise Svcs

City:

La Grange

Key Job Elements:

Oversee global ERP platforms, including SAP, Infor, Microsoft Dynamics, and related enterprise applications, that support industrial factories, manufacturing planning, production scheduling, MRP, procurement, warehouse management, distribution centers, product costing, financial operations, and global supply chain execution. Ensure ERP systems are optimized for performance, reliability, scalability, cybersecurity, compliance, and regional business requirements.

Develop and execute the enterprise ERP strategy and roadmap, including platform rationalization, modernization, cloud migration, technical debt reduction, acquisition integration, and integration across global operations. Establish ERP governance, architecture standards, decision rights, and lifecycle management practices to ensure scalable, secure, and supportable platforms.

Lead HRIS strategy and operations, ensuring alignment with global HR policies, employee lifecycle processes, data requirements, compliance obligations, and employee experience priorities. Lead the IT portfolio management organization to ensure consistent delivery methodologies, investment governance, resource planning, benefits tracking, and alignment with corporate objectives.

Partner with manufacturing, operations, supply chain, procurement, finance, engineering, HR, and commercial leaders to translate business needs into practical, high-value technology solutions. Build and lead a high-performing, geographically distributed team that fosters innovation, accountability, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and measurable business outcomes.

Own ERP-enabled business capabilities required for factory planning, production scheduling, capacity planning, MRP, materials management, procurement, warehouse management, logistics visibility, order fulfillment, inventory optimization, product costing, and financial controls.

Establish ERP/HRIS platform data standards, master data governance, data quality practices, and AI-enabled capabilities that improve planning accuracy, process automation, operational visibility, user productivity, and decision-making across manufacturing and supply chain functions.

Role Definition

Provides strategic leadership and direction for the enterprise services organization. Leads geographically distributed teams to deliver innovative, secure, resilient, and scalable technology solutions that enable differentiated business capabilities across manufacturing operations, supply chain execution, procurement, finance, HR, and enterprise portfolio management. The role is accountable for translating business strategy into platform roadmaps, operating models, governance structures, and measurable outcomes that improve factory performance, planning accuracy, inventory performance, productivity, user adoption, financial controls, and enterprise decision-making.

Role Responsibilities

- Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing global IT teams, fostering a collaborative, accountable, business-oriented, and results-driven work environment.

- Direct global teams to implement, operate, and continuously improve ERP and enterprise platform solutions that support business goals, operational performance, and strategic objectives.

- Manage multiple priorities and deliver solutions that address enterprise needs, manufacturing complexity, supply chain requirements, finance controls, and differentiated business capabilities.

- Develop and manage IT budgets, vendor relationships, contracts, service levels, and strategic partner performance to ensure value delivery, operational accountability, and support for technological growth initiatives.

- Ensure reliable and highly available IT enterprise services using best-in-class service management practices, cybersecurity controls, compliance standards, and continuous improvement disciplines.

- Drive enterprise-wide ERP strategy, including governance, architecture, platform rationalization, modernization, master data, analytics, integration,

Qualifications and Experience:

Role Responsibilities continued;

cloud readiness, and artificial intelligence enablement.

- Champion continuous transformation and innovation to improve competitiveness, factory productivity, planning accuracy, inventory performance, working capital, service levels, and operational excellence.

- Build strong cross-functional relationships and influence decisions across matrixed environments, including manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, finance, engineering, commercial, HR, and executive leadership.

- Oversee vendor relationships and contracts to ensure strategic alignment, technology roadmap fit, responsible AI adoption, service quality, risk management, and measurable value delivery.

- Enable integration between ERP and adjacent platforms, including MES, PLM, warehouse technologies, supply chain systems, EDI, supplier collaboration tools, data platforms, reporting tools, and automation capabilities.

- Define and track value realization metrics for ERP and enterprise platform investments, including user adoption, productivit