Solutions Architect

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About the Job

At LSCo we re embarking on a multi-year business transformation program to position the company for long term success in a rapidly changing retail environment. The goal is to transform our supply chain, commercial operations and technology platform by implementing a scalable set of global systems and processes. At the core of the program, we are implementing SAP S/4 Fashion and rolling it out globally. We are also investing in other strategic platforms across supply chain and operations to enable the business to become an omnichannel DTC retailer. The scale and complexity of the LSCo business model(s) and system landscape make it an extremely challenging and exciting environment to work in.

As a Solution Architect within the CIO organization at LSCo IT you ll be responsible for the overall solution design for various large-scale, cross-domain projects within the overall portfolio. To be successful you ll need to collaborate with software engineers, business partners, enterprise architects and technology leaders to deliver robust and scalable solutions that are aligned with our technology and business capability roadmaps. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who is passionate about technology and delivering business value through technology.

• Develop project level solution architecture and system concepts
• Participates in and facilitate architecture design reviews
• Collaborate with business partners, Subject Matter Experts (SME) and other stakeholders to define and document business requirements
• Understand the functional intent of business requirements
• Translate functional requirements into a technical solution that supports the e2e business process.
• Lead efforts to scope and estimate technical deliverables
• Manage the Key Design Decision Process and Design Escalations
• Collaborate closely with enterprise architects and other solution architects to ensure that the solution architecture aligns with technology and business capability roadmaps
• Develop technical designs in partnership with development teams that align with technology standards and architecture principles.
• Perform software inspections and design reviews.
• Ensure that technical and other non-functional requirements are designed into the end-to-end solution.
• Guide and mentor resources working on technical solution and act as point person for cross-project technical issues/resolution
• Ensure development is in line with the solution design
• Responsible for operational readiness and implementation strategy
• Document technical debt and Identify opportunity to alleviate it

About You

• 10+ years working in Technology, preferably with experience implementing large-scale complex ERP initiatives on a global / enterprise level
• 5+ years Supply Chain architecture experience at vertically integrated retail businesses; ideally working in an apparel and/or wholesale environment
• A solid understanding of key Supply Chain trends
• A strong technical background and a keen interest in technology and technology trends.
• Solid understanding of e2e business processes in the areas of Product Development, Sourcing Costing, Planning, Order Management, Inbound Logistics, Distribution and other core business functions.
• Experience implementing packaged solutions that include ERPs (Oracle, SAP S/4, AFS), Logistics (Infor Nexus), Warehouse Management (Manhattan, BlueYonder), PLM (PTC FlexPLM), Master Data Management solutions and other best of breed package applications.
• SAP functional and/or technical experience is highly desirable in this role. In particular SAP HANA, ECC 6.0 (FICO, SD, MM), AFS 6.0, FMS, S4 HANA Finance, ABAP, NetWeaver.
• An understating of different integration methodologies including ETL, EDI, asynchronous messaging and service-based integration patterns.
• Experience with SAP integration tools (iDocs, BAPI, PI/PO) and/or other integration tools such as MQ, MuleSoft, Kafka, FTP, AS2.
• Some cloud platform experience (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure) is helpful.
• Experience managing internal and external development teams at onsite and offshore locations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to decompose complex problems and perform root cause analyses.
• Excellent verbal, listening and written communication skills with the ability to convey information to internal and external stakeholders in a clear, focused and concise manner
• Self-motivated with strong leadership and presence
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline/experience.