Global Administrator, ERP + MES

<p><b>By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.</b></p><p></p><p style="text-align:left">Pay Range:</p>$115,900.00 - $190,450.00<p>The Global Administrator, ERP &#43; MES is a highly technical, hands-on role responsible for the administration, stability, governance, and continuous improvement of the company’s global ERP and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) ecosystem.</p><p></p><p>This individual serves as the technical owner of ERP platform administration standards and practices globally, ensuring a secure, stable, and scalable environment while enabling execution of the company’s long-term ERP &#43; MES strategy, including significant and complex transitions to Microsoft Dynamics 365.</p><p></p><p>The role requires deep expertise in Microsoft Dynamics AX and Dynamics 365 Finance &amp; Operations, experience managing large-scale multi-environment landscapes, and a proactive mindset focused on prevention, stabilization, and operational excellence. This role is both strategic and execution-focused, requiring a strong technical doer who can drive change within an evolving enterprise environment shaped by acquisitions and diverse ERP platforms.</p><p></p><p><b>Scope &amp; Environment</b></p><p>• Responsible for administration of 40&#43; global environments across 10&#43; ERP platforms supporting multiple business units and manufacturing operations.</p><p>• ERP landscape includes legacy and acquired systems requiring centralization, governance, and long-term transition planning.</p><p>• Operates within a transformation-driven environment where standards and governance are actively being matured.</p><p></p><p><b>Key Responsibilities: Global ERP &#43; MES Platform Administration </b></p><p>• Own end-to-end administration of the global ERP &#43; MES ecosystem.</p><p>• Manage environments across development, test, UAT, training, and production tiers.</p><p>• Establish and maintain global platform standards ensuring system stability, performance, and reliability.</p><p>• Implement preventative controls, monitoring, and operational guardrails to minimize platform risk and downtime.</p><p></p><p><b>Dynamics AX &amp; Dynamics 365 Platform Ownership</b></p><p>• Provide expert technical administration and oversight of Microsoft Dynamics AX and Dynamics 365 Finance &amp; Operations environments.</p><p>• Manage environment lifecycle activities including provisioning, refreshes, code promotions, patching, and release coordination.</p><p>• Establish governance practices for environment management, deployment standards, and data movement.</p><p></p><p><b>DevOps &amp; Lifecycle Management </b></p><p>• Own administration and governance of: o Azure DevOps (ADO) — branching strategy, CI/CD pipelines, release management, and deployment governance. o Lifecycle Services (LCS) — monitoring, servicing, updates, environment management, and issue tracking.</p><p>• Standardize DevOps practices across ERP implementations and transformations.</p><p></p><p><b>Security &amp; Platform Governance</b></p><p>• Partner closely with Infrastructure and Cybersecurity teams to: o Support shared responsibilities within the Power Platform Admin Center. o Maintain secure access models and environment compliance. o Align ERP and MES platform administration with enterprise security standards.</p><p></p><p><b>Enterprise Stabilization &amp; Preventative Strategy</b></p><p>• Identify systemic risks and proactively implement stabilization initiatives.</p><p>• Lead root cause analysis and long-term corrective actions for recurring platform issues.</p><p>• Drive automation, standardization, and preventative practices to improve operational resilience</p><p></p><p><b>ERP Administration Transition Strategy </b></p><p>• Develop and execute a strategy to centralize and standardize administration across acquired ERP systems.</p><p>• Establish an operating model to improve governance and reduce fragmentation across platforms.</p><p>• Support consolidation and long-term migration strategy toward Dynamics 365</p><p></p><p><b>Required Qualifications</b></p><p>• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.</p><p>• 8&#43; years of ERP platform administration or technical ERP leadership experience.</p><p>• Deep hands-on experience with: o Microsoft Dynamics AX (on-premise and/or cloud) o Dynamics 365 Finance &amp; Operations</p><p>• Proven experience managing complex multi-environment ERP landscapes.</p><p>• Advanced experience with: o Azure DevOps (ADO) o Lifecycle Services (LCS) o Release management and deployment governance.</p><p>• Strong technical understanding of integrations, ERP architecture, and enterprise platform operations</p><p></p><p><b>Preferred Qualifications</b></p><p>• Experience supporting MES systems and manufacturing operations.</p><p>• Experience stabilizing or inheriting ERP environments following mergers or acquisitions.</p><p>• Knowledge of Power Platform governance and administration.</p><p>• Experience working in life sciences or regulated manufacturing environments. • Familiarity with X&#43;&#43;, tiered environment strategies (Tier-1/Tier-2), ISV solution management, and environment refresh processes.</p><p></p><p><b>Leadership &amp; Behavioral Expectations</b></p><p>• Highly technical, hands-on “doer” with strong execution skills.</p><p>• Strategic thinker capable of anticipating risks and building preventative solutions.</p><p>• Proactive mindset focused on stability and long-term platform health.</p><p>• Able to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.</p><p>• Comfortable operating in environments where standards are evolving and organizational maturity is still developing.</p><p>• Strong communicator who bridges technical teams, infrastructure, security, and transformation leadership.</p><p></p><p><b>Key Partnerships </b></p><p>• ERP &#43; MES Transformation Leadership</p><p>• Solution Architects</p><p>• ERP Development Teams</p><p>• Infrastructure &amp; Cloud Operations</p><p>• Cybersecurity &amp; Compliance Teams</p><p>• External Implementation Partners</p><p></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:left"><b>Why Join Bio-Techne:</b></p><ul><li><h3>We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.</h3></li><li><h3>We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.</h3></li><li><h3>We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.</h3></li><li><h3>We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging. </h3></li><li><h3>We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.</h3></li><li><h3>We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.</h3></li></ul><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. </b></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><span>All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.</span></b></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><span>To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.</span></b></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p></div></div></div></div>