Senior Odoo Functional Consultant – ERP Transformation (Food & Retail Group)Position Title
Senior Odoo Functional Consultant / ERP Functional Lead
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Onsite / Hybrid)
Experience Required
8–12+ years in ERP implementations
5+ years hands-on Odoo functional experience
Proven experience in multi-entity / group ERP rollouts
Role Purpose
The Senior Odoo Functional Consultant will act as the functional owner and solution architect for a group-wide Odoo ERP implementation covering 15 subsidiaries operating in food manufacturing, bakeries, restaurants, and retail (POS).
This role is accountable for:
- Designing and governing the Group Chart of Accounts
- Defining costing, intercompany transfers, and margins
- Ensuring ZATCA compliance
- Translating business operations into scalable Odoo functional designs
- Managing the ERP project lifecycle from blueprint to go-live
This is not a configuration-only role; it is a business-facing leadership role.
Key Responsibilities1. ERP Program Ownership
- Own the end-to-end functional delivery of Odoo ERP
- Act as the single point of accountability between business, finance, operations, and technical teams
- Drive the project through blueprint, build, test, pilot, and rollout phases
- Enforce scope control and change management
2. Group Chart of Accounts (Critical Responsibility)
- Design a single, standardized Group Chart of Accounts for all subsidiaries
- Ensure alignment with:
- IFRS / local statutory requirements
- ZATCA VAT reporting
- Management reporting needs
- Define:
- Mandatory vs optional accounts
- Intercompany account structure
- Cost center and analytic dimensions (brand, branch, production line)
- Govern CoA changes post go-live
3. Costing & Inventory Accounting
- Define and implement:
- Weighted average costing
- Standard costing for intercompany transfers
- BOM-based production costing
- Semi-finished and finished goods valuation
- Handle:
- Cost variance analysis
- Margin controls
- COGS accuracy at branch and brand level
- Ensure inventory valuation integrity across warehouses and subsidiaries
4. Intercompany & Transfer Pricing
- Design intercompany flows:
- Warehouse → Production
- Production → Branch
- Central procurement → subsidiaries
- Configure:
- Transfer pricing with margin
- Intercompany eliminations (conceptual level)
- Internal invoicing or transfer-only models
- Ensure clean reconciliation across entities
5. Manufacturing & Operations
- Translate food production processes into Odoo:
- Recipes / BOMs
- WIP and semi-finished goods
- Production lines and supervisors
- Waste recording and approval
- Enable:
- Waste % reporting
- Yield analysis
- Production performance tracking
6. POS, Pricing & Loyalty
- Lead functional setup of Odoo POS:
- Multi-branch POS
- Price lists (quantity-based, customer-based)
- Loyalty programs
- Petty cash handling
- Ensure seamless integration between POS, inventory, and accounting
- Manage offline POS risk mitigation and reconciliation processes
7. ZATCA & Compliance (High Priority)
- Ensure 100% compliance with Saudi ZATCA requirements:
- POS e-invoicing
- QR codes
- Invoice sequencing
- Audit trails
- Coordinate testing and validation before go-live
- Design historical invoice archival strategy for audits
- Act as the functional authority for any ZATCA-related change
8. Controls, Audit & Governance
- Design approval workflows for:
- Purchases
- Transfers
- Waste
- Expenses
- Ensure:
- Full audit trail visibility
- System notes and logs enabled
- Role-based access control
- Support internal and external audits
9. Data Migration & Cutover
- Define data migration strategy:
- Opening balances
- Inventory quantities
- Master data (customers, vendors, items)
- Validate migrated data accuracy
- Support cutover planning and execution
10. Stakeholder & Team Management
- Lead workshops with:
- Finance
- Operations
- Supply chain
- HR
- Guide junior consultants and functional team members
- Translate business language into functional requirements and vice versa
- Communicate risks, dependencies, and decisions clearly
Required Skills & ExperienceFunctional Expertise
- Strong expertise in:
- Odoo Accounting
- Inventory
- Manufacturing (MRP)
- POS
- Expenses
- Assets
- Deep understanding of:
- Chart of Accounts design
- Cost accounting
- Intercompany accounting
- Inventory valuation methods
Industry Experience (Mandatory)
- Food & Beverage manufacturing
- Retail / restaurant chains
- Multi-branch POS environments
Compliance & Regional Knowledge
- Saudi VAT / ZATCA compliance experience (mandatory)
- Experience handling audits and statutory reporting
Soft Skills
- Strong ownership mindset
- Ability to challenge business assumptions constructively
- Structured, documentation-driven approach
- Calm under pressure during go-live
- Excellent communication with senior stakeholders
Success Metrics (KPIs)
- Clean go-live with no ZATCA violations
- Accurate stock and cost reporting post go-live
- Single, stable Group CoA adopted across subsidiaries
- Minimal post-go-live financial corrections
- On-time rollout within agreed timeline
Nice-to-Have
- Experience migrating from NetSuite or Foodics
- Prior leadership role in ERP transformation programs
- Arabic language skills (advantage)
Reporting Line
- Reports to: Group Finance / ERP Steering Committee
- Works closely with: Technical Lead, Project Manager, Finance Head
