IT/ERP Head - Advisory - F&B/FMCG

THE CLIENT:

With an endeavor to offer the finest in Indian hospitality and most authentic cuisines, our CLIENT commenced operation in the year 2001. Headquartered in Delhi – NCR. LBF is, today, one of the largest and most dynamic F&B Retail companies in the country with over 8 core brands under its umbrella. Over the last decade, LBF has been credited with having introduced some novel, unique concepts in the rapid growing F&B Retail space under the Fine Dining and Casual Dining restaurant verticals.

With over 50 locations currently operational under the Group, LBF aims to become a Rs. 5 Billion organization by 2014, with over 300 operational locations under its existing three verticals – Quick Service, Casual Dining and Fine Dining restaurant concepts, both within India as well as overseas.

LBF has set up strategic Real Estate and Business partnerships with leading international brands like PVR Cinemas, SUBWAY, Campero International, The Eat Out Group – one of Europe's leading chain restaurant and airport concessionaire operators, DIAL, and all important Mall developers in India. We believe in rapidly achieving critical mass by a blend of aggressive organic growth as well as judicious joint-ventures and acquisitions.
Our critically acclaimed brands such as Punjab Grill, Zambar and Asia 7 have been established as serving the finest cuisines showcasing the culinary culture of their respective

CRITICAL FUNCTION:

- Act as a Point of contact for day to day activities during ERP project implementation. Project is being implemented by Ernst & Young.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Client side industry experience of managing and administering ERP implementation in a similar company of restaurant business would be highly desirable.

- Should be able to deal with internal and external stakeholders

- Should be able to convert needs of internal stakeholders their needs into a language that would enable change management in an ERP environment. This change management would include costing , internal communication and articulation to an ERP Implementer..

- Should have very good exposure to Project Implementation methodologies Project Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Controlling and Closing Projects

- Hold responsibility for documenting all project standards and guidelines and project deliverables after obtaining buy-in and ensuring documentation standards of a very high level in a global repository

- Should have knowledge of developing and administering metrics to run a 24x7 ERP environment in an in-premise or out-sourced mode.

- Should preferably have knowledge of budgeting for an IT department by weighing speed versus costs versus overheads in an in-premise or out-sourced mode

- Should be able to define medium term to long term resource and functional requirements related to ERP modules, functionalities, enhancements, customization needs, integrations required as aligned with business needs

- Should be able to people manage his team and “SMART” align their goals to organizational goals, give feedback and motivate the team.

- To work as the main technical lead in the enhancement of ERP system in order to continually, improve the system

- Manage the integration of the ERP system with other Business applications with the company

- To work with other consultants to ensure that corporate goals are consistently achieved and maintained

- In-depth knowledge of application design & development and relational database

- Should have knowledge of Security systems and configuring and administering in an ERP environment

- Implement effective Change management processes and End user Training. Should be willing to Travel to restaurants/stores and Branch Locations across the Country to guide and handhold and train them in new applications

SKILLS SET:

- Excellent communication and presentation skills

- Candidate should be BE/Btech/MCA and preferably MBA

- Candidate should preferably have OEM certification for Oracle/SAP/Microsoft/Netsuite ERP modules of material management, production, finance and procurement

- Candidate should preferably have OEM certification for Oracle/MS SQL Server

- Candidate should be ITIL and PMP certified

THE PROFILE:

- Overall atleast 10 years of experience in IT/ERP administration and management role out of which at least 5 years in ERP advisory and administration role

INDUSTRY - Open but preferably from Food / Beverage Industry.

Interested candidates can mail across their profiles / queries to averma@lhpmail.com

Akhil
Lighthouse Partners