Senior Manager, Supply Chain Architect

QXO • Des Plaines, IL

3d

About The Position

We’re looking for bold, entrepreneurial talent ready to help build something extraordinary — and reshape the future of building products distribution.
QXO is a publicly traded company founded by Brad Jacobs with the goal of building the market-leading company in the building products distribution industry. On April 30, 2025, QXO completed its first acquisition: Beacon Building Products, a leading distributor in the sector.
We are building a customer-focused, tech-enabled, and innovation-driven business that will scale rapidly through accretive M&A, organic growth, and greenfield expansion. Our strategy is rooted in delivering exceptional customer experiences, improving operational efficiency, and leveraging data, digital tools, and AI to modernize a historically under-digitized industry.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Enterprise supply chain platforms and architectures
• ERP-driven supply chain systems including procurement, planning, inventory management, and logistics
• Warehouse management and transportation management systems
• Supplier and partner ecosystem integrations
• Supply chain data flows and operational analytics platforms
• Architecture patterns supporting multi-entity enterprises and acquisition-drive environments
• Strong system-level thinking and architectural judgment
• Ability to translate operational supply chain processes into scalable technology architectures
• Ability to communicate technical concepts in clear, business-oriented language
• Stakeholder management across engineering, supply chain operations, and business teams
• Work independently with minimal oversight
• Operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Make sound tradeoffs between speed, cost, and long-term sustainability
• Navigate complex operational environments across multiple business units and systems
• Comfortable challenging assumptions and decisions constructively
• Trusted partner to engineering, applications, and operations teams
• Pragmatic architect who balances enterprise standards with operational realities
• 8+ years in enterprise architecture, supply chain architecture, or related roles
• Demonstrated experience designing and governing enterprise supply chain platforms and system landscapes
• Experience supporting ERP-centric supply chain environments strongly preferred
• Experience supporting acquisitions, system harmonization, or multi-entity environments strongly preferred

Nice To Haves

• Architecture, cloud, or supply chain technology certifications preferred but not required

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture for supply chain capabilities across procurement, planning, inventory, logistics, and distribution across QXO and acquired operating companies
• Define and evolve the target supply chain architecture supporting QXO’s Oracle Fusion ERP platform and adjacent operational systems including warehouse management, transportation management, supplier integrations, and operational analytics
• Support acquisition diligence by evaluating supply chain system landscapes and defining pragmatic integration strategies for newly acquired businesses
• Design scalable architecture patterns that enable QXO to rapidly integrate acquisitions while progressing toward a standardized enterprise supply chain platform
• Define, document, and enforce architectural standards and patterns for supply chain platforms, integrations, and data flows across the enterprise
• Partner with Engineering, Applications, Data & Analytics, and Security teams to align supply chain technology approaches and sequencing
• Translate supply chain business objectives into clear technical decisions and execution plans.
• Guide platform and integration decisions across ERP, WMS, TMS, procurement systems, and supplier ecosystems
• Identify architecture risks early and reduce operational disruption during integrations and platform transitions
• Balance speed and pragmatism with architectural coherence across a rapidly growing enterprise
• Influence teams and stakeholders to align on architecture decisions without direct authority
• Provide clear recommendations and say “no” when required, with credibility grounded in operational risk, cost, and delivery impact

Benefits

• Annual performance bonus
• 401(k) with employer match
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• PTO, company holidays, and parental leave
• Paid Time Off/Paid Sick Leave: Applicants can expect to accrue 15 days of paid time off during their first year (4.62 hours for every 80 hours worked) and increased accruals after five years of service.
• Paid training and certifications
• Legal assistance and identity protection
• Pet insurance
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior