Global Administrator, ERP + MES

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.

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• Responsible for administration of 40+ global environments across 10+ ERP platforms supporting multiple business units and manufacturing operations.
• ERP landscape includes legacy and acquired systems requiring centralization, governance, and long‑term transition planning.
• Operates within a transformation‑driven environment where standards and governance are actively being matured.

• Own end‑to‑end administration of the global ERP + MES ecosystem.
• Manage environments across development, test, UAT, training, and production tiers.
• Establish and maintain global platform standards ensuring system stability, performance, and reliability.
• Implement preventative controls, monitoring, and operational guardrails to minimize platform risk and downtime.

• Provide expert technical administration and oversight of Microsoft Dynamics AX and Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations environments.
• Manage environment lifecycle activities including provisioning, refreshes, code promotions, patching, and release coordination.
• Establish governance practices for environment management, deployment standards, and data movement.

• Own administration and governance of:
  Azure Dev Ops (ADO) — branching strategy, CI/CD pipelines, release management, and deployment governance.
• Lifecycle Services (LCS) — monitoring, servicing, updates, environment management, and issue tracking.
• Standardize Dev Ops practices across ERP implementations and transformations.

• Partner closely with Infrastructure and Cybersecurity teams to support shared responsibilities within the Power Platform Admin Center.
• Maintain secure access models and environment compliance.
• Align ERP and MES platform administration with enterprise security standards.

• Identify systemic risks and proactively implement stabilization initiatives.
• Lead root cause analysis and long‑term corrective actions for recurring platform issues.
• Drive automation, standardization, and preventative practices to improve operational resilience.

• Develop and execute a strategy to centralize and standardize administration across acquired ERP systems.
• Establish an operating model to improve governance and reduce fragmentation across platforms.
• Support consolidation and long‑term migration strategy toward Dynamics 365.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of ERP platform administration or technical ERP leadership experience.
• Deep hands‑on experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX (on‑premise and/or cloud) and Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations.
• Proven experience managing complex multi‑environment ERP landscapes.
• Advanced experience with Azure Dev Ops (ADO), Lifecycle Services (LCS), release management and deployment governance.
• Strong technical understanding of integrations, ERP architecture, and enterprise platform operations.

• Experience supporting MES systems and manufacturing operations.
• Experience stabilizing or inheriting ERP environments following mergers or acquisitions.
• Knowledge of Power Platform governance and administration.
• Experience working in life sciences or regulated manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with X++, tiered environment strategies (Tier‑1/Tier‑2), ISV solution management, and environment refresh processes.

• Highly technical, hands‑on “doer” with strong execution skills.
• Strategic thinker capable of anticipating risks and building preventative solutions.
• Proactive mindset focused on stability and long‑term platform health.
• Able to influence cross‑functional teams without direct authority.
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