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Manager, Enterprise Applications - Oracle Cloud and Salesforce

Forward Air Corp
  • Coppell, TX
    12 days ago

    Job Description

    Responsibilities

    • Lead the strategic direction, governance, and optimization of the enterprise applications ecosystem, including Salesforce, Oracle Cloud Financials, Oracle Cloud HCM, Payroll systems, and related business applications.
    • Serve as the primary liaison between Technology and business functional system owners, including HRIS, Financial Systems, Payroll, and Commercial Operations teams, to align application strategies with organizational priorities.
    • Partner with functional subject matter experts and product owners to develop and maintain application roadmaps that balance business requirements, technical capabilities, risk considerations, and long-term scalability.
    • Provide enterprise-level oversight of application integrations, ensuring seamless data flow, system interoperability, data quality, and process continuity across platforms.
    • Establish governance frameworks, decision-making processes, and standards that promote consistency, security, compliance, and effective lifecycle management across enterprise applications.
    • Facilitate cross-functional prioritization of enhancements, upgrades, implementations, and optimization initiatives to maximize business value and resource utilization.
    • Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to evaluate new capabilities, technologies, and automation opportunities that improve operational efficiency and user experience.
    • Coordinate major system releases, upgrades, and implementation activities in partnership with functional platform owners and external vendors.
    • Serve as an escalation point for complex application issues requiring cross-system analysis, stakeholder alignment, or vendor engagement.
    • Define and oversee enterprise application security standards, access governance processes, and data management practices in collaboration with functional administrators and technology teams.
    • Ensure enterprise applications support audit, compliance, regulatory, and data privacy requirements through appropriate controls, documentation, and governance practices.
    • Lead relationships with software vendors, implementation partners, and managed service providers, including contract oversight, licensing strategy, and performance management.
    • Monitor application performance, adoption, and business outcomes, identifying opportunities to improve system effectiveness and return on investment.
    • Provide leadership to internal resources, consultants, and cross-functional project teams supporting enterprise application initiatives.
    • All other duties as assigned to meet evolving business needs.

    Qualifications

    • Education: Undergraduate degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field required.
    • Certification/Licensure: Salesforce, Oracle Cloud, PMP, ITIL, Agile, or other relevant enterprise application certifications preferred.
    • Experience: Seven (7)+ years of experience leading, supporting, or managing enterprise business applications, ERP, HCM, CRM, payroll, or related technology platforms.
    • Three (3)+ years of experience leading cross-functional initiatives, enterprise application programs, teams, vendors, or matrixed stakeholder groups.
    • Demonstrated experience partnering with business system owners, product owners, and functional subject matter experts to define roadmaps, prioritize enhancements, and deliver technology solutions.
    • Strong understanding of enterprise application architecture, integrations, data governance, security administration, and business process optimization.
    • Experience supporting multi-platform ecosystems that include ERP, HCM, CRM, Financial, Payroll, or related enterprise systems.
    • Demonstrated ability to influence decision-making and drive alignment across multiple business functions without direct ownership of all systems or resources.
    • Experience managing software vendors, implementation partners, licensing agreements, and technology-related contracts preferred.
    • Demonstrated discretion and confidentiality in handling and protecting sensitive information.
    • Technical: Proficient with Oracle Fusion Cloud suite (HR/ERP/Finance), Salesforce, common office technologies, including Windows PCs, Microsoft O365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and web conferencing (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.)
    • Environment: Comfort commuting to/from and working in a 100% on-site setting (listed in this posting), with travel for related meetings/events.

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    Numbers & Facts

    LocationCoppell, TX
    IndustryTransport and Storage - Materials
    Company Size2,500 to 4,999 employees
    Year Founded1981
    Websitehttps://www.forwardair.com/content/careers-0

    About Company

    Since 1990, Forward Air has been a leading provider of ground transportation and related logistics services to the North American air freight and expedited LTL market. We offer surface shipping on an accelerated “time-definite” basis, delivering cargo at a specific time, but under less time-sensitive situations – supplying you with a cost effective, reliable alternative to air transportation. We work with companies of all sizes to develop tangible advantages and build the best products to meet your specific needs. Forward Air presents to the wholesale transportation community (logistics companies, freight forwarders, integrated air cargo carriers, passenger/ cargo airlines, and non-traditional shippers), a single-source provider that can deliver more supply chain services and a superior menu of choices. Throughout the years we have added supplementary lines to our linehaul service, such as full truckload operations (Truckload Services), final-mile coverage (Complete® Cartage), and an Airline Logistics program, and we will continue to expand our services to meet the changing needs and growth of our customer base.

    Forward Air is structured to optimize both savings and service to our customers. Direct partnerships with owner-operators and other surface transportation providers, enable us to remain cost-competitive. The Forward Air network is designed with over 90 facilities located at or near major U.S. and Canadian airports, 12 regional sort centers and over 300 beyond points (secondary airports provided through our Complete Cartage service), creating one of the most comprehensive linehaul networks in the industry.

    The foundation product for Forward Air is our expedited linehaul service, offering consistent and reliable transit and on-time, damage-free deliveries. By locating terminals on or near airports and maintaining a scheduled transportation network, we are able to arrange for convenient and consistent service with broad geographic coverage. Shipments of varying sizes (TL/LTL) are received at our terminals and transported by contracted service providers either (1) on a direct truck to the destination terminal, (2) through our Columbus, Ohio central sorting hub, or (3) through one of our 12 regional hubs, where they are unloaded, sorted, and reloaded in rapid fashion. After reloading the shipments, our contracted service providers deliver them to the destination city for early morning recovery. Through our Forward Air Complete® cartage service, customers also can have shipments picked up from the shipper, delivered to the final consignee, or transferred at the airport, simplifying the freight management processes. These options allow us to maximize handling efficiency of each shipment while minimizing freight loss and damage, improving transit times over traditional ground transportation.

    Skills

    • Application Integrationunmatched
    • Automationunmatched
    • Business Administrationunmatched
    • Business Solutionsunmatched
    • Business Strategyunmatched
    • Cloud Applicationsunmatched
    • Cloud Computingunmatched
    • Computer Scienceunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)unmatched
    • Data Managementunmatched
    • Data Processingunmatched
    • Data Qualityunmatched
    • Document Managementunmatched
    • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
    • Ecosystemsunmatched
    • Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)unmatched
    • Enterprise Applicationsunmatched
    • Enterprise Architectureunmatched
    • Enterprise Protectionunmatched
    • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
    • Financeunmatched
    • Financial Systemsunmatched
    • HRIS/HRMSunmatched
    • Information Systems/Technology IS/IT Administrationunmatched
    • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
    • Information/Data Security (InfoSec)unmatched
    • Interoperabilityunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • License Agreementsunmatched
    • Licensingunmatched
    • Management of Information Systems/Technology (MIS)unmatched
    • Microsoft Excelunmatched
    • Microsoft Outlookunmatched
    • Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
    • Microsoft Product Familyunmatched
    • Microsoft Windows Operating Systemunmatched
    • Microsoft Wordunmatched
    • Multiplatform/Cross-Platformunmatched
    • Operational Improvementunmatched
    • Operational Strategyunmatched
    • Oracle Applicationsunmatched
    • Oracle Financialsunmatched
    • Oracle Fusion Middlewareunmatched
    • Payroll Software/Servicesunmatched
    • Performance Analysisunmatched
    • Performance Managementunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Process Managementunmatched
    • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
    • Resource Utilizationunmatched
    • Return on Investment (ROI)unmatched
    • Riskunmatched
    • Salesforce.comunmatched
    • Security Monitoringunmatched
    • Software Administrationunmatched
    • Software Developmentunmatched
    • Strategic Planningunmatched
    • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
    • Systems Analysisunmatched
    • Technical Deliveryunmatched
    • User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Managementunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Relationsunmatched
    • Web Conferencingunmatched
    • WebExunmatched

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