Chief Information Officer, Tarkett North America
Drive and implement a comprehensive TNA IT strategy, aligned with the division's ambition, new organization, and new corporate model, putting customer experience, employee experience, and digital transformation first, while providing the technology and solutions needed by the business to operate efficiently.
Responsibilities:
- Own and execute the TNA IT strategy and multi-year roadmap, aligned to divisional ambition and the corporate operating model
- Act as senior IT business partner to the TNA CEO, BU leaders, sales organization, and support functions - translate business priorities into technology decisions
- Lead transformation of TNA's core business platforms: SAP ECC (including the strategic decision on migration to S/4HANA), CRM and field sales enablement, MES, BI/analytics, and digital/web
- Define and govern the target application architecture for TNA
- Drive AI adoption across TNA - with a particular focus on transforming the BI and analytics space from traditional reporting to AI-driven insight, forecasting, and decision support
- Drive broader innovation that creates competitive differentiation - data and analytics, customer-facing digital, and field sales productivity
- Build and lead the TNA applications organization - clarify ownership, develop talent, and raise accountability and engagement
- Prioritize the TNA IT portfolio and own investment trade-offs
- Own TNA IT budget, forecasting, and cost discipline; drive continuous improvement
- Partner with Shared Services to ensure infrastructure, security, and end user support meet TNA's needs and that Group standards land effectively in the division
Qualifications
- 10-15 years in senior IT leadership; CIO, divisional CIO, or VP of Applications/Transformation
- Track record leading large business application transformations - SAP (ECC and S/4 experience strongly preferred), CRM, MES, BI
- Demonstrated experience deploying AI and modern analytics at enterprise scale, particularly in the BI/data space
- Manufacturing or industrial background with a meaningful field sales org; distribution + direct channels a plus
- Demonstrated success in a federated IT model - leading divisional IT while consuming shared services
- Strong commercial instincts and executive presence - comfortable in front of a CEO, sales leadership, and the broader exec team
- Bachelor's in IT, CS, or related field; MBA or equivalent preferred
- High integrity and discretion with confidential information