IS Solution Architect

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

11/21/2024

Are you ready to take on a key role in shaping the future of technology solutions for one of the world’s leading logistics companies?

Your Role

As the IS Solution Architect, you will play a vital role in overseeing the development and enhancement of our solution offerings. Your responsibilities will include: Strategic Leadership: Crafting and managing functional roadmaps and service catalogues to guide our long-term vision for Government & Defence applications. Collaboration & Innovation: Working closely with cross-functional teams and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to create detailed, low-level solution designs that meet business needs. Comprehensive Oversight: Ensuring continuous management and improvement of our application estate, driving efficiencies and innovation across the portfolio. Driving Innovation: Supporting the growth and expansion of our business sector by fostering new, cutting-edge technological solutions and services.

Your Responsibilities

This role offers a flexible working arrangement, ideally you would be located near to Milton Keynes, but this isn't essential as the role will provide you with the ability to work on a hybrid basis from your own home or any of our site locations.

• Work with product SME’s (WMS/TMS/OMS) to develop roadmaps and service definitions for Kuehne-Nagel UK strategic applications.
• Work with local and corporate teams to ensure that RFP responses fit within Kuehne-Nagel’s delivery capability and that commercials are accurate.
• Maintain oversight of all UK development activity building commercial relationships with software providers
• Contribute to the smooth transition of all development changes from software providers through to deployment into business as usual support
• Ensure Application environments are built and rigorously tested in accordance with implementation timescales
• Translate high level business requirements into high-level requirements for SME’s
• Work with other internal functions to drive a standardised approach to service provision and deployment thus reducing portfolio cost and complexity.
  
  

Your Skills And Experiences

• Demonstrable expert-level knowledge of software application design along with expertise in the building of propositional roadmaps
• Track record in service design and customer engagement
• A proven ability to translate business objectives into technical requirements for internal or external delivery
• A demonstrable understanding of the tools and techniques used to integrate disparate applications and services
• A keen attention to detail whilst maintaining a clear view of the bigger picture
• Understanding for the following technologies WMS Technology – Blue Yonder Dispatcher, TMS – Oracle Transport Management, In-Cab Technology – Microlise & OMS – SAP/Stirling
  
  

Please be aware that by applying for this role, you are agreeing to participate in the employment screening process. This process will include criminal record checking and identity validation. This means that KN will ask successful applicants to provide certain information and documentation to enable these checks to be conducted.

Any appointment will then be strictly conditional upon, and subject to, the receipt of satisfactory results of these checks

Good Reasons to Join

If you would like to become a valued member of our team, we will make sure that you’re rewarded for your commitment and expertise. You can join the contributory Kuehne+Nagel pension plan and enjoy our Route 2 Rewards scheme which offers everything from discounts, benefit information, recognition and its own wellbeing centre. We care for our colleagues (and their immediate family) with our employee assistance programme providing access to 24/7 GP, legal and financial advice along with mental health counselling. All of this to help you live a happier and healthier life As proud holders of the Gold Covenant, we are a forces-friendly employer who recognise the skills, expertise and value service leavers bring to our organisation.