SAP Solution Architect

Location: UK - Hatfield | Job-ID: 204113 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: IT Project Management

Life on the team

The Central Business Systems team is responsible for implementing and improving the full lifecycle, operational support and security of our information systems. This includes the portfolio of SAP, ERP, HR and SRM applications, Business Intelligence / Datawarehouse and integration with our business partners.

In addition, we manage a number of highly integrated services, including KDS Travel & Expense and Warehouse Management and Logistics systems.

We strive to understand business needs and provide new capabilities, while maintaining the best possible operational service to our colleagues and customers around the world.

As an SAP Solution Architect, you’ll be working to deliver the solution design and delivery of our core applications, shaping innovative solutions that are essential to our business and are part of our technology roadmap and transformation to S/4HANA.

You’ll enjoy working as part of a team, working with other architects, experts, and business analysts to get the best out of the team, allowing everyone to contribute their skillsets. Excellent communication skills are essential, both within your project, as well as to senior stakeholders to facilitate decision-making and to coordinate design activities with related teams.

Your experience will cover software design, infrastructure, and delivery methods, although you won’t be expected to be an expert in them all - Knowing enough to make informed decisions on the best approach to follow is expected, as well as recognising when to use Waterfall vs Agile, SAAS, PaaS vs IaaS or proof of concepts vs proven approaches. You’ll be empowered to make decisions but will be part of a community of architects, consultants, and developers working in collaboration.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the end-to-end architecture and solution design
• Support Global Process Owners in cross-enterprise efforts to transform business processes and explore opportunities to maximize the use of SAP/ Industry standards
• Ensure our solutions are built on scalable, secure, and modern technologies that integrate seamlessly
• Drive the adoption of best practices and standards across the organisation to support strategic growth, simplify processes, and reduce costs
• Overseeing the implementation of the design in collaboration with other team members such as Application, Data and Security specialists
• Ensuring the design meets key functional and non-functional requirements, enabling through-life scenarios of the solution to be satisfied
• Retaining overall ownership of the solution through delivery and transition into operation.
• Identification and design of architectural improvement opportunities
• Determine the architectural roadmap and integration with existing systems within cost/time/quality parameters
• Act as the key technical point of contact for partners and engage with internal teams to ensure all interests are considered
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders (consultancy firms, software vendors, service providers, etc.) to identify and analyse solution options, providing technical steer for the projects and BAU teams
• Ensure that solutions are an appropriate balance between short-term delivery needs and medium/long-term strategic aspirations.

What you’ll need

• Must have least 5 years' experience in a similar role (consulting or key-user) to bring extensive experience with SAP and global implementation programs
• Must be experienced in designing and configuring SAP ERP and HR solutions, including integration points across SAP modules & systems
• Deep understanding of modern technologies and technical challenges
• Experience of transformation across Hybrid cloud architectures, cloud applications, monolith to microservices, distributed-data architecture etc.
• Experience of previous S/4HANA technologies, either as part of ECC migrations or greenfield implementations
• Ability to develop deep business knowledge and offer advice that spans across IT and business domains
• Ability to understand, assess, and optimise end-to-end processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrates a ‘can-do’ mentality, operating in a complex environment
• Ability to see the strategic view whilst at the same time adopting pragmatic approaches to delivery
• Commercially aware with a view of total cost of ownership throughout the solution life cycle
• Ability to make decisions in the environment of uncertainty with clear articulation of assumptions and risks
• Able to work effectively across multiple cross-functional teams and contexts, responding to their differing needs and levels of expertise
• Demonstrable evidence of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
• Ability to effectively build relationships and collaborate with both IT and non-IT stakeholders.
  

SAP Solution Architect
Location: Hatfield (1-2 days per week)
Hours: Full-time
Role Type: Permanent

About us

With over 20,000 employees across the globe, we work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology, and helping our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure in over 70 countries. We deliver digital technology to some of the world’s greatest organisations, driving digital transformation, enabling people and their business.