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

<h3>Your Mission</h3> As Enterprise Architect, you provide strategic architectural leadership to drive the digital transformation of the Klöckner &amp; 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. <h3>Your Role</h3> Enterprise Architecture Function: <ul><li>Actively participate in IT governance and contribute to the development of the IT strategy, procedures, and processes</li><li>Scope incoming demands (major projects, minor changes) in collaboration with IT colleagues and senior business stakeholders</li><li>Reorganize architecture information while introducing and maintaining LeanIX as the global architecture repository</li></ul>Strategic and Tactical Development of the IT landscape: <ul><li>Collaborate with IT department heads to develop the IT application landscape, formulate technology visions, roadmaps, and work packages based on the business strategy</li><li>Establish and manage the process of application rationalization for internal solutions and M&amp;A activities, including coordination and tracking of rationalization efforts</li><li>Act as the central contact for enterprise and solution architectural questions and provide project guidance</li><li>Deliver architecture analysis and reports to various stakeholders, including senior management, and support their implementation</li><li>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</li></ul>Mergers and Acquisitions (M&amp;A): <ul><li>Take over responsibility in M&amp;A projects (acquisitions and divestitures), identify architectural baselines, understand business visions, develop architectural scenarios, create technology roadmaps and drive decisions with stakeholders</li></ul>Leadership Role: <ul><li>Serve as an active member of the leadership team within the IT application department</li></ul> <h3>Your Profile and Qualifications</h3> <ul><li>University degree in IT, informatics, economics or comparable degree </li><li>At least five years of experience in the field of enterprise architecture </li><li>Certifications in e.g., TOGAF are a plus </li><li>Familiarity with the architecture around ERP systems, preferably SAP and others</li><li>Experience in SAP LeanIX is an advantage </li><li>Experience in conducting workshops and training sessions as well as working with traditional and agile project management methods </li><li>Excellent communication skills, proven leadership and ability to influence at all levels of the organization</li><li>Ability to balance big-picture thinking with attention to detail</li><li>Very good written and spoken German and English skills</li></ul> <h3>Your Work Atmosphere and Perspectives</h3> <ul><li>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.</li><li>Work in an international, dynamic, and diverse team with a strong team spirit and a hands-on mentality that is digitalizing a traditional industry</li><li>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</li><li>Work in a modern, hybrid environment and tailor your working hours (full-time = 38.5 hours) flexibly with flextime</li><li>Enjoy 30 days of well-deserved vacation, accompanied by additional contractual money</li><li>Meet your colleagues in a modern office in Düsseldorf (close to the airport) or Berlin</li></ul>