Senior Manager Oracle , Idea to Market; PLM

Senior Manager Oracle Applications, Idea to Market (PLM)

Base pay range: $/yr - $/yr

Position Summary: The Sr Manager – Oracle Idea to Market (PLM) will be a key leader in driving the success of Ventura Foods’ Oracle Fusion initiatives, with primary responsibility for the Idea to Market track (PLM) domain. This role will oversee the system architecture, implementation, operations support, and ongoing optimization of PLM processes, ensuring they are tightly aligned with the Oracle Fusion platform, connected custom products and solutions, and Ventura Foods’ business processes.

The position also carries responsibility for managing platform customizations, extensions, and integrations to ensure seamless connectivity with other critical business functions, enabling growth, efficiency, and operational excellence.

The role will manage and mentor a team of managers, analysts, and developers, building capabilities and fostering growth. The Sr manager will drive the team and project deliveries towards success and act as both an architect and a hands‑on functional expert, designing and delivering scalable, innovative solutions across PLM modules. This role will be a hands‑on product techno‑functional lead, creating system solutions such as, but not limited to, defining Idea‑to‑Market‑related module configurations, setups, workflows, interfaces, integrations, and other Oracle technical and functional system development and administration responsibilities for application management.

This role will also be responsible for all connected custom applications supporting the PLM processes.

In addition, the Sr Manager – Oracle Idea to Market will serve as a product manager for PLM, shaping the product roadmap to align with Ventura Foods’ vision, industry best practices, and emerging technology advancements. By collaborating closely with business stakeholders and IT leaders, this role will translate business needs into robust, efficient, and user‑friendly Oracle solutions, ensuring the Idea to Market platform consistently delivers measurable value to the organization through its various commercialization and innovation capabilities.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Projects Delivery and Governance. Applications Techno Functional Leadership:

• Execute and deliver organizational initiatives & projects.
• Assess, plan, track, govern and deliver PLM and cross‑functional initiatives on time and within budget, ensuring adherence to organizational standards and performance objectives.
• Own the full lifecycle of the Idea to Market (PLM) track products, including implementation, enhancements, maintenance, architecture, operations, and performance management.
• Own, lead and be able to hands‑on configure, guide, solution PLM modules and related technical architectural system solutions.
• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of application managers, analysts and developers involved in the design, configuration, development, and support of Oracle PLM applications.
• Establish governance and guidelines for PLM product management, including system design standards, security requirements, development practices, Dev Ops adherence, deployment planning, and operational support.

Business & IT Engagement:

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements, recommend solutions, and design strategic roadmaps for PLM systems and related functions.
• Ensure alignment of the PLM product roadmap with the broader organizational IT and business vision.
• Communicate status, challenges, risks, and successes effectively to senior leadership, business users, and key stakeholders.

Coaching & Mentoring:

• Define performance standards for the team, conduct periodic evaluations, and provide constructive feedback.
• Mentor and coach team members to support professional growth, aligning individual aspirations with organizational needs.
• Develop and deliver training programs to strengthen technical and functional expertise, teamwork, and continuous learning within the team.

Platform Operations & Optimization:

• Oversee the entire application lifecycle for ‘Idea to Market’ (PLM) and related cross‑functional systems, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security.
• Review and evaluate…