Solution Architect - Eindhoven - SAP IBP, Supply Chain Planning

Solution Architect - Eindhoven - SAP IBP, Supply chain planning

Start date: 04/01/16
Duration: 9 month, with option to extend
Days a week: 4

Scope of the role
The Solution architect is responsible to determine the architecture inside an application or of a part of an application suite.

DELIVERABLES

- Target architecture for planning
- Transition architecture roadmap
- Project Start Architecture
- Technical Design
- Validate functional Design to fit in target architecture roadmap

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

- Lead the applications architecture of the applications in scope
- Understand the applications in scope of the role
- Create and communicate technical designs safeguarding the project mgmt. methodology
- Understand, advocate and augment the principles of business and IT - and more specifically enterprise architecture (EA) - strategies
- Analyze enterprise business context (trends and business strategy) to derive technical architecture
- Analyze the as-is architecture landscape to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement
- Analyze technology, industry and market trends, and determine their potential impact on the client
- Advocate the enterprise architecture process, its outcome and ongoing results
- Define the principles that guide technology decisions for the enterprise
- Design and lead the implementation of applications based on the guidance of the target architecture and the subsequent Project Start Architectures,
- Identify and rectify gaps and pain points within the current state
- Assist with designing the governance activities associated with ensuring architecture compliance
- Oversee or consult on technical architecture (for example, systems) implementation and modification activities (for example, projects), particularly for new and/or shared infrastructure solutions
- Oversee and facilitate the evaluation and selection of hardware and software technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard configurations.
- Consult on application or infrastructure development projects to fit systems or infrastructure to the technical architecture, and identify when it is necessary to modify the technical architecture to accommodate project needs.
- Document necessary technical architecture design and analysis work, possibly including project postmortem documentation and metric collection.

EDUCATIONAL LEVEL

- Master's degree in (Technical) Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Information Technology or similar is required
- Certified on applications in scope
- Pyramid Thinking and Writing Skills
- TOGAF certification
- ArchiMate® Certification

EXPERIENCE

- 10+ years of experience in IT and high complex organizations
- Experience with SAP IBP
- Experience with supply chain planning

Interested?
If you are interested in this opportunity please leave your CV and I will contact you.

Riwanna van der Galiën
Candidate Relations Consultant in IT Contracting