SENKO Advanced Components, Inc.

Director of Digital Enterprise Solutions

SENKO Advanced Components, Inc.  •  Hudson, MA (Hybrid)  •  28 days ago
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Job Description

Job Type - Full Time, Hybrid

The Director of Digital Enterprise Solutions is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise platforms that enable SENKO’s global business operations to scale efficiently. This role focuses on improving business productivity, decision-making, and operational efficiency through the effective use of ERP, digital platforms, and practical AI capabilities.

This is a newly created role that blends enterprise systems leadership with a forward-looking approach to AI-enabled automation, analytics, and decision support. The role partners closely with global business leaders, IT teams, and external vendors to ensure solutions are pragmatic, secure, and aligned with measurable business outcomes.

This role is critical to advancing how SENKO operates globally - moving beyond system implementation toward intelligent, data-driven, and AI-enabled ways of working that improve efficiency, scalability, and business performance.

Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Enterprise Solutions & Digital Transformation

  • Lead the strategy, architecture, and execution of enterprise solutions supporting global finance, supply chain, operations, and sales functions.
  • Translate business requirements into scalable, integrated digital solutions that improve efficiency and data-driven decision-making.
  • Establish enterprise solution standards, architecture principles, and best practices.
  • Partner with global stakeholders to drive adoption, change management, and continuous improvement.

ERP & Core Business Systems

  • Own the optimization and evolution of NetSuite ERP across Financials, Supply Chain, Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, and Inventory.
  • Ensure ERP processes are standardized where appropriate while supporting regional business needs.
  • Drive process simplification, automation, and data quality improvements to support analytics and AI use cases.

AI & Intelligent Automation

  • Identify and prioritize opportunities to apply AI and intelligent automation to enterprise processes such as forecasting, demand planning, finance operations, supply chain optimization, and sales enablement.
  • Lead the adoption of AI-assisted capabilities embedded in ERP, analytics, workflow automation, and collaboration platforms.
  • Partner with business leaders to define clear AI use cases, success metrics, and governance models.
  • Ensure responsible deployment of AI solutions with appropriate controls for data quality, security, compliance, and explainability.
  • Monitor emerging enterprise AI technologies and translate them into practical, scalable business applications.

Digital Platforms & Analytics

  • Leverage Microsoft Power Platform, Power BI, Dataverse, and related tools to enable low-code automation and actionable insights.
  • Collaborate with data and IT teams to ensure enterprise data models support advanced analytics and AI consumption.
  • Oversee integrations across enterprise platforms using APIs, middleware, and iPaaS solutions.

Supervisory

  • Provide technical oversight during development, testing, and deployment phases.
  • Manage ERP and Digital Transformation teams, including hiring, training, and developing employees, as well as identify opportunities to increase knowledge and improve quality
  • Maintain staff performance results by counseling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job performance results, conducting annual reviews and making salary adjustment recommendations

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

  • Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders on digital, ERP, and AI-enabled solutions.
  • Manage external vendors, system integrators, and technology partners.
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives and influence without direct authority in a global, matrixed organization.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in enterprise applications, solution architecture, or digital transformation roles.
  • Strong hands-on experience with ERP platforms; NetSuite experience strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience implementing process automation, analytics, or AI-enabled features in enterprise environments.
  • Ability to evaluate, adopt, and operationalize AI capabilities in real-world business applications.
  • Experience with system integrations, APIs, and enterprise data flows.
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to translate operational needs into scalable digital solutions.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in a global environment.

Deep AI research or data science expertise is not required; however, candidates must demonstrate the ability to lead AI adoption within enterprise applications.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with AI copilots, intelligent automation, or embedded AI in ERP or BI platforms.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Azure, Power Platform, or enterprise analytics ecosystems.
  • Experience supporting manufacturing, supply chain, or global operations environments.

Benefits Offered:

  • Discretionary Bonus
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Dependent Child Care
  • Voluntary Life, Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
  • 401K
  • Legal Services
  • Pet Insurance
  • Financial Wellness
  • 12 Paid Company Holidays per calendar year
  • 2 Floating Holidays
  • PTO
  • Sick time
  • Educational Assistance Program

EEO Statement:

SENKO Advanced Components, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law (such as cancer), reproductive health decision making, genetic information , or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. SENKO Advanced Components, Inc.’s management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and general treatment during employment.

The Company will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee related to an individual’s: physical or mental disability; sincerely held religious beliefs and practices; needs as a victim of domestic violence, sex offenses, or stalking; needs related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; and/or any other reason required by applicable law, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship upon the Company’s business operations. Any applicant or employee who needs an accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job should contact the Head of Human Resources to request such an accommodation. The individual should specify what accommodation is needed to perform the job and submit supporting documentation explaining the basis for the requested accommodation, to the extent permitted and in accordance with applicable law. The Company will review and analyze the request, including engaging in an interactive process with the employee or applicant, to identify if such an accommodation can be made. The Company will evaluate requested accommodations, and as appropriate identify other possible accommodations, if any. The individual will be notified of the Company’s decision within a reasonable period. The Company treats all medical information submitted as part of the accommodation process in a confidential manner.

Any employees with questions or concerns about equal employment opportunities in the workplace are encouraged to bring these issues to the attention of the Head of Human Resources. The Company will not allow any form of retaliation against individuals who raise issues of equal employment opportunity. If employees feel they have been subjected to any such retaliation, they should contact the Head of Human Resources. To ensure our workplace is free of artificial barriers, violation of this policy including any improper retaliatory conduct will lead to discipline, up to and including discharge. All employees must cooperate with all investigations conducted pursuant to this policy.

SENKO Advanced Components, Inc.

About SENKO Advanced Components, Inc.

SENKO Advanced Components design and manufacture precise, user-friendly, and application-focused fiber optic connectors that allow network operators to achieve the performance and reliability necessary to support the world's unquenchable demand for data.

As you would expect from a Japanese company, precision is paramount to our offering, and we take pride in providing the global communications market with reliable and repeatable components that guarantee business-critical, error-free transmission.

We understand the challenges that network operators face in building networks that are not just quick and easy to construct, but also easy to manage and maintain over the complete lifecycle of the network. For this reason, SENKO pays special attention in developing connectors that are easy to identify and access even in when placed in the densest and demanding of applications.

The world demands high-performance connectivity ‘always and everywhere’. Our application-focused approach ensures that connectors are optimised for the environment whether it be inside a controlled data centre, or high up on a remote antenna mast.

SENKO connectivity is driving next-generation applications that consume unparalleled amounts of data. Super-computing, AI and Big Data are just a few of the applications that demand data rates as high as 400G, 800G, 1,6TB or beyond. Our VSFF (Very Small Form Factor) connectivity is the first of its kind to deliver twice as many optical channels within the standard footprint of legacy transceivers.

Whatever your connector requirements or application, SENKO is here to help you.

We value every connection.

Industry
Telecommunications
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Hudson, MA
Year Founded
1997
Website
senko.com
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