Chief Information & Digital Transformation Officer (Ref: 196833)

Forsyth Barnes has been exclusively retained by a leading international manufacturing organisation to appoint a Chief Information & Digital Transformation Officer (CIDTO) to lead one of the most significant business transformation programmes in the organisation’s history.

This is a strategic executive appointment that combines the responsibilities of a Chief Information Officer, Digital Transformation Leader, Enterprise Transformation Executive, and ERP Programme Sponsor.

The successful candidate will take ownership of a multi-year global transformation programme focused on establishing standardised business processes, harmonised data foundations, and a unified technology ecosystem across multiple international operations.

The role will move beyond successful ERP deployment and will be responsible for ensuring technology investments translate into measurable operational improvements, sustainable organisational capability, and long-term business value.

The organisation is currently undertaking a large-scale enterprise transformation centred around the deployment of a new global ERP platform, manufacturing execution systems (MES), and a modern digital operating model.

As the programme transitions from design and implementation into global deployment and adoption, the business requires a permanent executive leader to provide continuity across technology operations, transformation delivery, process governance, data strategy, and digital innovation.

The CIDTO will play a critical role in shaping the future operating model of the organisation, ensuring technology, data, people, and processes are aligned to support ambitious growth plans.

Technology Leadership

Own the Group technology function, including:

• Technology strategy and roadmap

• Enterprise architecture

• Infrastructure and cloud services

• Cybersecurity and risk management

• Business applications landscape

• IT service delivery and support

• Strategic supplier and partner management

• Technology investment and budget ownership

Enterprise Transformation & ERP Leadership

Provide executive ownership for the successful global delivery of the enterprise transformation programme, including:

• Global programme governance

• Deployment strategy across multiple countries and manufacturing sites

• Executive stakeholder engagement

• Implementation partner management

• Budget and risk ownership

• Benefits realisation and value creation

Business Process Excellence

Lead the ongoing harmonisation and governance of global end-to-end business processes, including:

• Order-to-Cash

• Procure-to-Pay

• Record-to-Report

• Plan-to-Produce

• Supply Chain and Logistics

• Quality and Asset Management

• Master Data Management

Drive continuous improvement and the adoption of scalable operating models across the organisation.

Data, Analytics & Digital Innovation

Establish the organisation’s long-term digital capability, including:

• Enterprise data governance

• Master data strategy

• Business intelligence and analytics capability

• Digital innovation roadmap

• Identification and adoption of AI use cases delivering measurable business value

Change Leadership & Adoption

Lead the transformation adoption agenda across the global organisation, ensuring new ways of working are embedded through:

• Executive communications

• Training and capability development

• Change management strategies

• Adoption measurement

• Benefits tracking and value realisation

We are seeking a commercially minded technology and transformation executive who can operate at Board and Executive Committee level.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Significant leadership experience across technology and enterprise transformation environments

• A proven track record delivering complex, multi-country ERP transformation programmes

• Experience within manufacturing, FMCG, consumer goods, or supply-chain intensive organisations

• The ability to lead large technology and transformation functions

• Strong stakeholder management and organisational change capability

• Experience developing data, analytics, and digital strategies

• A track record of translating technology investment into measurable business outcomes

Experience within private equity-backed environments and complex international manufacturing operations would be highly advantageous.

This is a rare opportunity to define the future digital strategy of a global manufacturing organisation.

The successful candidate will not only deliver a critical enterprise transformation programme but will build the technology, process, and data capabilities required to support the next phase of the organisation’s growth.

This is a genuine executive leadership position with significant influence over the future operating model and long-term strategic direction of the business.