Position: ERP & Business Systems Manager – Odoo
Location: Dubai, UAE
Employment: Full-time, In-house
Role Objective:
We are looking for an experienced ERP & Business Systems Manager to lead the design, implementation, integration, and continuous development of a centralized ERP platform for a growing group of companies operating across Real Estate & Property Management, Contracting & Fit-Out, and Car Rental.
The selected candidate will act as the internal owner of the ERP system, working directly with senior management and coordinating with external Odoo implementation partners.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assess and document existing business processes across all companies and departments.
- Design the Group’s future ERP architecture and workflows.
- Lead the implementation and optimization of Odoo Enterprise.
- Integrate Accounting, CRM, Sales, Procurement, Projects, HR, Documents, Property Management and other required modules.
- Design management dashboards, KPIs and consolidated Group reporting.
- Establish multi-company structure, approval workflows and user-access permissions.
- Translate management requirements into clear functional and technical requirements.
- Evaluate and manage external Odoo partners, developers and consultants.
- Ensure the company retains full ownership and documentation of all configurations, customizations and integrations.
- Conduct UAT/testing before deployment.
- Train employees and department heads.
- Troubleshoot ERP issues and coordinate technical fixes.
- Continuously automate and improve business processes after implementation.
- Maintain data integrity, security, backups and appropriate access controls. Support future integrations with banking, payment systems, websites, mobile applications and other business platforms.
Required Profile:
- 7+ years of ERP / Business Systems experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with Odoo Enterprise is highly preferred.
- Must have participated in at least 2 full ERP implementation cycles from requirements gathering through go-live.
- Strong understanding of Accounting, CRM, Procurement, Sales, Projects and HR workflows.
- Experience with multi-company ERP environments.
- Ability to understand business operations — not only software/IT.
- Strong experience creating workflows, approval matrices, dashboards and management reporting.
- Experience managing ERP vendors and implementation partners.
- Good understanding of integrations, APIs, databases and ERP security.
- Odoo development/Python experience is an advantage, but not mandatory.
- UAE experience and experience in Real Estate, Contracting/Fit-Out or Car Rental are strong advantages.
Important:
We are not looking for a traditional IT Support Manager, Network Engineer, or purely technical developer. We need someone capable of understanding how a business operates, translating those operations into ERP architecture, and taking long-term ownership of the system.
Pay: AED2,000.00 - AED15,000.00 per month
Work Location: In person