Site Coordinator - ERP Implementation

Morgan Advanced Materials is a business rich in history and innovation. Founded in the UK in 1856, we have grown into a global organisation with 70 sites in 18 countries. Our model to serve our customers where they need us has led to a diversified product range using our unparalleled expertise in ceramic and carbon materials, which we exploit to solve difficult problems for our customers across a diverse range of markets.

We are a purpose driven organisation. Our purpose is to use advanced materials to make the world more sustainable and to improve the quality of life. We deliver on that purpose through the products that we make, and the way that we make them.

The Technical Ceramics business of Morgan Advanced Materials engineers high performance functional and structural ceramic materials, components and sub-assemblies to address customer-specific technical challenges.

Key Figures: Revenue 1,100.7m (2024), ~8,000 employees, manufacturing in 20+ countries, and a global customer portfolio. A UK PLC with head office located in Windsor, Berkshire UK. Listed on London Stock Exchange; Member of the FTSE 250 Index.

Position Summary: The Site ERP Implementation Coordinator will play a critical role in supporting the successful rollout of the ERP system at the site level. As a local liaison between the global ERP project team and site operations, this individual will help ensure business continuity, coordinate change management efforts throughout the implementation, facilitate data collection and validation, identify and support future training activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Main Point of Contact: Act as the local liaison between central programme teams and site stakeholders, ensuring smooth communication and coordination
• Responsible for the Highlander project plan for site
• Identify business impacts and define action plans in collaboration with subject matter experts (SMEs), the BU ERP Project Manager and report progress to the Transformation Programme Management Office (PMO).
• Monitor site readiness and escalate issues or risks to the project teams and PMO through governance structure, as needed.
• Define local training plan through training needs analysis and proactively develop, in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, to ensure timely knowledge and skill transfer.
• Identification of other training initiatives, (For example, change management, project management, standard costing, MRPII) at the appropriate time and organize delivery.
• Coordinate local testing effort including identification of scenarios
• Participate in go-live preparation and hypercare support to ensure a smooth transition and minimal disruption to operations and monitor adoption.

• Working with Site Data Lead, highlight any issues or risks with regards to Data to project teams and PMO
• Assisting with project documentation to support GBU ERP Project Managers.
• Co-ordinate local stakeholder communications and engagements, monitoring efficacy and buy-in.
• Highlighting resourcing issues and ensuring the project team has the necessary tools and personnel from the business at the right time.

Qualifications:

• Strong project and change management skills.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-paced project environment.
• Comfortable with Excel, data validation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Core Competencies:

• Shows resilience and consistent commitment to delivering the ERP programme.
• Leads and motivates the site team with clear, consistent messaging.
• Is able to communicate the purpose of changes effectively (the why) to help others understand and engage.
• Builds positive working relationships and handles conflict professionally when it arises.
• Supports and reinforces the ERP messaging from the central team.
• Champions changes locally, even when they are unpopular, and helps others to adapt.

Morgan Advanced Materials is an EEO/AA/M/W/D/V Employer Ind-1