(Senior) Enterprise Architect (m/f/d)

Your Mission

As Enterprise Architect, you provide strategic architectural leadership to drive the digital transformation of the Klöckner & Co Group. You will be responsible for shaping and standardizing the IT architecture across the Group, with a focus on enhancing system interoperability, scalability, and security. This role offers the opportunity to apply your expertise to a variety of transformative projects, collaborating with global stakeholders to ensure sustainable and agile solutions.

Your Role

Enterprise Architecture Function: 

• Actively participate in IT governance and contribute to the development of the IT strategy, procedures, and processes
• Scope incoming demands (major projects, minor changes) in collaboration with IT colleagues and senior business stakeholders
• Reorganize architecture information while introducing and maintaining LeanIX as the global architecture repository

Strategic and Tactical Development of the IT landscape: 

• Collaborate with IT department heads to develop the IT application landscape, formulate technology visions, roadmaps, and work packages based on the business strategy
• Establish and manage the process of application rationalization for internal solutions and M&A activities, including coordination and tracking of rationalization efforts
• Act as the central contact for enterprise and solution architectural questions and provide project guidance
• Deliver architecture analysis and reports to various stakeholders, including senior management, and support their implementation
• Support the evaluation and selection of vendor(s) and manage vendor relationships strategically to ensure that third-party solutions not only meet technical standards, but also contribute to the organization’s goals for innovation and cost-effectiveness

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A): 

• Take over responsibility in M&A projects (acquisitions and divestitures), identify architectural baselines, understand business visions, develop architectural scenarios, create technology roadmaps and drive decisions with stakeholders

Leadership Role: 

• Serve as an active member of the leadership team within the IT application department

Your Profile and Qualifications

• University degree in IT, informatics, economics or comparable degree 
• At least five years of experience in the field of enterprise architecture 
• Certifications in e.g., TOGAF are a plus 
• Familiarity with the architecture around ERP systems, preferably SAP and others
• Experience in SAP LeanIX is an advantage 
• Experience in conducting workshops and training sessions as well as working with traditional and agile project management methods 
• Excellent communication skills, proven leadership and ability to influence at all levels of the organization
• Ability to balance big-picture thinking with attention to detail
• Very good written and spoken German and English skills

Your Work Atmosphere and Perspectives

• Receive a competitive compensation package and great benefits such as a discounted Urban Sports membership, subsidy to Deutschland ticket, attractive offers in the Klöckner Corporate Benefits advantage portal, etc.
• Work in an international, dynamic, and diverse team with a strong team spirit and a hands-on mentality that is digitalizing a traditional industry
• Benefit from a wide range of individual training, courses, and coaching for optimal personal development and enhance your language skills in our German and English courses
• Work in a modern, hybrid environment and tailor your working hours (full-time = 38.5 hours) flexibly with flextime
• Enjoy 30 days of well-deserved vacation, accompanied by additional contractual money
• Meet your colleagues in a modern office in Düsseldorf (close to the airport) or Berlin