Enterprise Systems Architect

Are you ready to unlock your true potential?  Join a growing and global company where you can be part of a team that fuels supply chain solutions. Discover how you can make a big impact.  

As the Enterprise System Architect you will establish and guide the key internal IT systems ecosystem roadmap in alignment with business goals and priorities. In this role you must engage cross-functional stakeholders to understand needs and priorities and translate those to an actionable roadmap.  This role will lead strategic planning, design, and implementation of complex global IT solutions with the overarching objective of improving employee productivity and enabling scale in core operational areas of the business.   

This role will own and govern our NetSuite ecosystem of business applications to support core functions. You will own our MIS systems roadmap, lead stakeholder management to position our business technology solutions to best support our team and enable our strategies.   

Additionally, you will set our internal data strategy, lead our backoffice integration plans for previous or future M&A activity and lead new vendor selection and cultivate existing Tier 1 vendor relationships.   

We are seeking an Architect that can both create the MIS systems vision and operationalize it through working with cross department resources to bring it to life.  You have experience building roadmaps, influencing key tech decisions, managing through change, harmonizing cross-functional SOP’s and comfortable operating in a highly complex, global environment.  You find satisfaction and are maniacal about transformation, setting an achievable vision and have the stamina to manage your stakeholders and operationalizing change.    

We value our employees with competitive benefit and generous paid time off packages, flexible and casual work environments, career development, recognition programs and more!   

This role is a remote opportunity unless you are in Columbus, OH or Cranberry, PA it is hybrid (1 day a week in office) 

As an Enterprise Systems Architect you will:  

Own the MIS roadmap and implementation: 

• Provide technical and architectural guidance to stakeholders across the organization  
• Develop and maintain models reflecting organizational strategies and objectives  
• Take the lead in planning, designing, and implementing multifaceted enterprise solutions  
• Test system performance, analyze findings, and suggest improvements to optimize efficiency  
• Translate user requirements into specific applications and platform solutions  
• Direct and oversee technical processes, ensuring adherence to organizational standards  
• Analyze the feasibility of potential projects, checking for compliance with standards and architectural plans  
• Establish & manage internal master data strategy to be applied across core systems   
• Integration of previous and future M&A   

Cross department collaboration and stakeholder management: 

• Work across business stakeholders and tech leadership to develop MIS roadmap including needs identification, prioritization and alignment to plan  
• Identify, monitor, and communicate risks and issues to the internal stakeholder group 
• Informs and influences between ideal and pragmatic solutions that meet business needs 
• Partners with tech leadership team to inform resourcing and skill strategy needed to deliver to the business 
• Partner with Tech PMO to plan key systems projects (upgrades, consolidations, new systems, etc.) including scope definition, deliverables, work effort, timeline, risk and mitigating actions 

Vendor selection and key vendor management:  

• Own key vendor relationships to cultivate vendor relationships and maximize value from vendor solutions  
• Lead technical evaluation of any new ecosystem solutions, prepare and achieve sign-off on technical integration and implementation plan  
• Participate as key technical leader in driving implementation of any new ecosystem solution including ensuring achievement of business objectives and harmonization of business system integration 

 

Requirements for Success: 

• Previous experience with ERP, Finance, CRM, Billing, Ticket Management, and PSA systems (implementation, enhancement roadmap, integration, etc.)  
• Previous experience harmonizing and or implementing enterprise data analytics and master data strategies  
• Previous experience with internal systems integration  
• Experience with NetSuite strongly preferred  
• Skilled in building blueprints for Applications and Business Solutions including Visio diagrams, technical requirements an