Solutions Architect - Retail

Solutions Architect – Retail, Supply Chain, Permanent

Newly created opportunity with a leading Retail organisation to recruit a Solution Architect for a multi-year transformation initiative, focusing on Retail Planning & Supply Chain.

The role will involve collaborating with business teams, markets, SI partners, and software/platform/data suppliers to architect and deliver a scalable solution.

Retail Industry Experience:

We seek experience of working in Retail that includes with any exposure to the below being advantageous.

• eCommerce
• Supply Chain
• Store Systems
• Merchandising
• WHM

Solutions Architecture Experience:

• Owned and created complete Architectures including all associated documentation
• Production of evaluation criteria used to short list suppliers during product selection
• Good stakeholder management abilities and vendor management
• Excellent grasp of integration, data, application, infrastructure, and business domains is essential.
• Preferably experienced in at least one Architecture framework (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, POET & PEAF etc.)

Personal skills:

• Confidence to present solutions, good personal organisation, productivity, and time management skills
• Enthusiastic, pro-active and flexible attitude to work
• Demonstrable confidence and enthusiasm about technology, innovation and problem solving
• Experience of leading meetings, workshops, and presentations.
• Technology degree educated.

This is a hybrid role, with 2 days per week required in the client's London office

Salary, £80-85K basic (~£100K package, including car + bonus)