Executive Director, ERP & Value Chain Platform Engineering
Estée Lauder Companies · New York
- Level
- Director+
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Base pay
- $177k–$305k
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A director-level manufacturing role at Estée Lauder Companies (industrial) in New York. 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.
- They ask for
- 10+ years
- Tools it names
- Tooling, SAP
- Base pay
- $177k–$305k
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in New York: typical posted base $87k–$125k. This one lists $177k–$305k.
Median of the low and high ends of 51 live postings that list pay, out of 88 manufacturing engineer openings in New York, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
New York plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 87 other live manufacturing postings in New York.
- Base pay
- About 128% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 5+)
Typical $86k–$125k, from 48 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Tooling 43%
- Root cause 36%
- Lean 33%
- Automation 32%
- Team leadership 24%
- Cost reduction 22%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for SAP, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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Full description from Estée Lauder CompaniesAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
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.
Position Summary (Continued)
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.
Responsibilities
- ◆Own the platform roadmap, lifecycle strategy, modernization initiatives, and long-term evolution of the ERP & Value Chain platform portfolio supporting Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Planning, Procurement, Warehouse Management, and Research & Development.
- ◆Partner with Enterprise Product Design Engineering and Tech, Data & Analytics Leaders to translate approved business capabilities into coordinated platform roadmaps, engineering realization plans, and technology investment strategies.
- ◆Lead enterprise platform modernization initiatives that strengthen ERP capabilities, optimize end-to-end business processes, improve technical sustainability, and enable future-ready business platforms.
- ◆Balance business priorities, engineering capacity, modernization objectives, operational readiness, and long-term platform sustainability across a complex portfolio of enterprise business platforms.
- ◆Provide stewardship of platform technology investments, vendor relationships, engineering tooling, software licensing, and technology contracts supporting the ERP & Value Chain platform portfolio.
Key Roles &
Responsibilities
(Continued)
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.
Responsibilities
- ◆Own successful delivery outcomes across the ERP & Value Chain platform portfolio while governing engineering realization delivered through Enterprise Business Services (EBS), strategic technology partners, and Enterprise Platform Engineering.
- ◆Establish accountability for engineering quality, platform health, release readiness, environment strategy, operational readiness, and cross-platform dependencies across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Planning, Procurement, Warehouse Management, and Research & Development platforms.
- ◆Drive platform optimization through continuous evaluation of environment utilization, landscape strategy, platform capacity, technology utilization, software licensing, data lifecycle management, engineering tooling, and engineering operating efficiency to maximize long-term platform value.
- ◆Govern engineering standards, platform quality, modernization initiatives, technical sustainability, and delivery governance across the ERP & Value Chain platform portfolio
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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.