The Role & Key Responsibilities
Job Title : ERP Release Manager
Location : Liverpool (Hybrid)
Are you an experienced ERP Release Manager with a passion for delivering complex technology change in a controlled, structured way? Do you thrive on coordinating multiple stakeholders, managing competing priorities, and ensuring enterprise-wide ERP releases are deployed successfully with minimal business disruption?
At ABF Group Services, we're looking for a talented ERP Release Manager to join our growing ERP Platform team. In this pivotal role, you'll take ownership of the end-to-end release lifecycle across our ERP landscape, working closely with business stakeholders, delivery teams, testing functions, and strategic partners to ensure releases are planned, governed, communicated, and deployed effectively across our global business.
What you'll be doing
Own and govern the end-to-end ERP release lifecycle, ensuring releases are planned, approved, communicated, and deployed successfully across the organisation.
Maintain and publish the integrated ERP release calendar, roadmap, and deployment schedule, providing a single source of truth for release activity.
Coordinate releases across Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP, integrations, ISV solutions, platform updates, and infrastructure dependencies.
Lead release planning, readiness reviews, risk assessments, governance activities, and go/no-go decision-making processes.
Partner with ERP Functional Leads, PMO teams, testing functions, and delivery partners to align priorities, dependencies, timelines, and release scope.
Chair the cross-Business Unit D365 Board, driving release visibility, stakeholder engagement, governance, and strategic alignment.
Manage release risks, dependencies, conflicts, rollback planning, cutover activities, and post-release hypercare support.
Deliver clear stakeholder communications and reporting on release readiness, testing progress, business impacts, deployment decisions, and continuous improvement opportunities
What you'll bring
Significant experience managing releases across large-scale enterprise ERP platforms.
Strong understanding of release governance, change management, deployment planning, cutover activities, and rollback procedures.
Experience managing integrated release schedules spanning projects, enhancements, service updates, third-party applications, and integrations.
Proven ability to work effectively with ERP Functional Leads, PMOs, business stakeholders, and delivery partners.
Experience coordinating with testing and quality assurance teams and using testing outcomes to support release decisions.
Experience leading governance boards, steering groups, or cross-functional planning forums.
Strong stakeholder management, communication, risk management, and conflict resolution skills.
Excellent reporting and presentation skills with the ability to translate complex technical information into clear business-focused updates.
Strong leadership, organisation, and facilitation capabilities
Location
This role will be based at ABF's Liverpool location - Grocery Service Centre, Dunnings Bridge Road, Netherton, Liverpool
About The Company
Associated British Foods Group Services are co ntinually reviewing our benefits to ensure our staff feel rewarded…
Associated British Foods is a global giant when it comes to the world of food processing and retail. Our ingredients division is the world’s second-largest producer of both sugar and baker’s yeast and our grocery brands occupy leading positions across the globe meaning that, in the UK, nine out of ten households use our brands.
Associated British Foods Group Services was first established in 2008 to deliver a centralised IT infrastructure and service to our fellow ABF businesses. We have now grown and operate in over 185 locations spread across 23 countries supported by a fantastic team of nearly 200. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and we’re looking for people who are eager to join us in…