SAP Solutions Architect

Gordon Food Service • Wyoming, MI

49d • Hybrid

About The Position

The SAP Solution Architect leads the definition and implementation of all SAP application and technology strategies, including SAP's strategic fit in the broader technology landscape. In collaboration with other architects, engineers, and IT specialists, this role is responsible for analyzing current Information Technology (IT) trends, developing application development and technology strategies, creating and communicating integration strategies between systems, and developing conceptual future state mandates, models and roadmaps to provide guidance for enterprise solutions and IT planning efforts. Their primary goal is to provide strategic focus and consistency across SAP architecture to achieve company business goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Five to eight years of previous business analysis or software development experience strongly preferred.
• Understanding of enterprise architecture discipline, processes, concepts and best practices
• Proficiency in at least two of the following SAP architecture domains: business, application, information/data, data integration, technical/infrastructure, security
• Outstanding verbal, written, facilitation, and interaction skills, including ability to effectively communicate architectural issues and concepts
• Proven leadership, influence, collaboration, and mentoring skills
• Capability to deliver complex SAP architecture designs and solutions and to drive and directly participate on their implementation through the key IT initiatives
• Adaptability in responding to competing demands and attaining ever evolving architecture
• Ability to generate creative and innovative solutions
• Broad technical aptitude and knowledge

Responsibilities

• Embraces an enterprise level architecture focus and alignment with the overall company business strategy
• In collaboration with other architects, engineers, and IT specialists defines the SAP application, information, and technical architectural vision and strategic roadmaps, and support their implementation through the key IT initiatives and projects
• Engages with the architecture councils, application and technical domain architects and engineers across all teams to ensure adherence to the architectural vision and standards to ensure the transition of plans from current status to future direction
• In collaboration with other architects identifies and tracks key performance indicators
• Leads groups of SAP application and technical teams to provide stewardship over the SAP application and technology portfolio
• Provides leadership and oversight to planning and implementation of strategic SAP solutions
• Partners with other architecture and technology leaders in defining complex, cross domain solutions
• Drives creation, adoption and reuse of enterprise assets
• Researches current technologies that will enable innovation and determines their potential benefit
• Leads technology vendor evaluations within the SAP ecosphere to determine the preferred technology and partners
• Provides mentorship and hands-on guidance to other IT specialists
• Documents all architecture design and analysis work
• Performs other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees