Enterprise Architect I

The Solution Architect I is responsible for designing, describing, and maintaining the solution engineering. It is critical to work together and have collaboration to advance against the same goals and strategic vision set in the organization. This role leads the team in making key, solution-level decisions and the evaluation of their impact to business objectives and outcomes, focusing on the tradeoffs that impact existing processes. The architect helps develop solutions for business issues, problems, and process change. This role must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of management both within and outside of the IT department.Duties:Serve as leader of the Architecture of the data systems.

Conducts an analysis of the system architecture and collaborates with stakeholders on how to improve it

Create & lead the process of integrating systems that comply with current and future state conditions and fulfill the needs of business

Handle architectural problems in order to achieve more productive and successful results

Communicate project’s/initiative’s vision and participate in endeavors for future improvements

Analyze the impact of various business & technical decisions to processes, applications & overall architecture

Collaborate with business leaders to identify and prioritize technology initiatives

Define technology roadmaps that align to long term business objectives for the company

Work closely with a team of Project Managers, developers and Business Analysts

Provide regular status and risk reporting to IT and business senior leadership

Define and ensure adherence to project management processes, templates, standards

Research new technologies continuously and offer suggestions/adjustments to the present architecture

Assist with preparation and management of capital and expense budgets

Perform project and non-project related tasks and activities to support the department’s goals and objectives

Partner & coordinate with other architects to share learnings and work jointly on cross-functional projects

Occasionally serve as primary project lead on strategic initiatives

Determine appropriate project structure, work streams and team lead(s)

Develop and maintain project plans with detailed tasks, activities, deliverables and timelines

Manage and evaluate project resource requirements

Continuously assess and re-evaluate project priorities; develop contingency plans

Facilitate project schedules and meetings

Document project decisions, action items, issues and risks

Maintain project document repositories

Serve as primary liaison with external vendors

Maintain, manage and report on project financial budgets, actuals and forecasts.

Prepare project status reports and steering committee presentations

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum of 10 years of related work experience, with 3+ years of project leadership experience as a workstream lead, design lead or project manager

Experience managing complex technology projects

Experience with all aspect of the system implementation including, but not limited to, gathering requirements, designing the future state solution, testing, change management, and post implementation support

10 years in Retail experience

10 years in technology experience & in-depth understanding:

ERP & Financial Accounting software

Merchandise Financial Planning software

Invoice Reconciliation software

Human Capital Management, Workforce management, Payroll software

Integration with Core Merchandising software

Reporting/Analytics software

Experience in PL/SQL, Oracle, Showcase Query, DB2, Python, Machine Learning libraries, digital/ecommerce technologies

Advanced oral and written communication skills

Strong facilitation skills

Team player with excellent collaboration skills

Strong configuration experience, ability to determine when to use configuration vs. code

Advanced troubleshooting skills

High attention to detail

Self-starter with sense of urgency

Enjoys fast paced environments

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors in business, engineering, computer science, MIS or other four-year related degree

Experience in a statistical visualization tool, such as Oracle Visual Analyzer, Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, IBM Cognos, etc.

Technology experience in

Additional Core merchandising system applications: Master Data Management, Order Management, Inventory Management & Valuation, Vendor Portal

Experience in Lawson ERP & Financial Accounting, Workday Enterprise Management Cloud Solution Suites

Experience with SymphonyAI Retail (GOLD), Oracle Retail or Blue Yonder Solution Suites