Senior Solutions Architect

cPLM Solutions Architect - Pet Nutrition

Job Purpose/Overview

• This role will lead the strategy and design efforts for the Pet Nutrition-owned part of the digital ecosystem around cPLM. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in designing and implementing complex solutions and in connectivity of diverse systems and applications. As the DT Senior R&D Solutions Architect, you will play a pivotal role in driving the technical direction of our digital environment and its connected capabilities, ensuring seamless data flow across the ecosystem
• This role requires close collaboration with the segment and enterprise teams, most primarily with the PN cPLM DT Lead, the PN cPLM Global Process Owner and their team, Corporate R&D Product Owners and MGS DT technical teams.
• Whilst the role focuses on the cPLM ecosystem specific to Pet Nutrition, it could expand to encompass the entire Pet Nutrition R&D systems landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Step-change value creation for pets and pet parents by digitalizing the core of Pet Nutrition to accelerate innovation, deliver superior propositions and fuel an integrated supply chain, with increased agility and reduced cost.
• Lead the design, development, and implementation of comprehensive technical solutions that align with business objectives and enable the digital transformation program as part of cPLM.
• Collaborate closely with functional and technical teams, including application developers, project managers, other domain architects, and business stakeholders, to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Develop architecture strategies that encompass full lifecycle management of solutions in the ecosystem, including identifying potential bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and performance issues within solution designs and propose effective solutions to ensure optimal performance and reliability.

Knowledge and Experience.

• Years of Experience Required: 5+ In what area: Information Technology (IT)
• Required 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing IT solutions in complex enterprise environments.
• Required Proficiency in technologies and standards including SQL, C# and JavaScript.
• Required Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze complex technical challenges and propose effective solutions.
• Required Exceptional communication skills to convey technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Required Leadership abilities with a track record of leading system design efforts.

Skills:

Applications Architecture, Architectural Design & Development, Business Problem Analysis, Business Process Management (BPM), Continuous Improvement, Data Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, Integration & Compatibility Assessment, Risk Management, Solutions Design, Stakeholder Engagement, Standards Evaluation, Technical Evaluation

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