The Solution Architect's primary focus is to ensure the continuity, reliability, extendibility, and scalability of the Rapid Response (RR) technology critical to client's supply chain planning and operations. The job requires working closely with client's functional GSC Planning COE "workstream leads", functional super users, and stakeholders to define and implement improvements to the supply chain planning solutions spanning : Demand planning (including statistical / consensus forecasting) supply planning, capacity planning (constraints), PP&S, MRP, DRP, MEIO, and SI&OP. This person will also work closely with IT Partners supporting platforms that are critical to data ingestion and stability of the solution (Middleware, SAP, MES, reporting and analytics, etc).

Key Responsibilities

• Decide & plan right architecture for RapidResponse solutions, the architectural design, development, and deployment
• Prepare alternate architecture options to achieve company needs, with benefit / drawback analysis
• Keep up-to-date with possible new architectures that will increase performance and / or capacity
• Provide Technical thought leadership to help the workstreams and stakeholders reach our strategic initiatives.
• Support functional workstreams in refining requirements to complete gap assessments versus existing solutions, inform and consult on creative design approaches and plans while maintaining best practices.
• Provide best practice and solution guidance and mentorship to workstream and technical teams
• Support workstream leads with business process design and end user training leveraging Solution capabilities
• Perform Data readiness assessment, understand and guide data cleansing & transformation rules and process, and ensure the successful implementation and remediation (for new ERPs, new acquisitions, sites, etc) of Rapid Response ensuring that the solution is producing the expected results;
• Lead and consult to ensure that the configuration of Rapid Response interfaces, data models, analytics and customizations, supports the business process requirements.
• Define the process, provide guidance and perform Data Harmonization across different ERP Source systems integrated with Rapid Response
• Lead testing strategy with functional workstream leads and crossfunctional team for strategic projects. Support technical and UAT testing aligned with testing strategy.
• Provide escalated technical support for system administration and support team and partner to identify long term solutions, reducing system / integration instability.
• Perform damage control and diagnoses , Identify / troubleshoot possible or existing inefficiencies and / or problems with current architecture
• Working with workstream leads to develop functional roadmap accounting for new solution capabilities and sustaining projects (i.e. system upgrades)
• Work closely with Integration teams to ensure successful data migration from different ERP Source systems to Kinaxis and vice versa
• Build content and processes to maintain quality documentation and deliver new GSC Planning COE RR Support team members and refresher communications and trainings to our GSC Planning COE Team
• Support out system administration, analysts and technical support team in resolving user system and process issues. Lead the team through scoping and prioritizing technical solutions that will help us ensure scalability for the future.
• Foster a community of supply chain planning COE that shares best practices and drives innovative ideas for further improving our planning processes.
• Establish and support a work environment of continuous improvement that supports BSC's Quality Policy, Quality System and appropriate regulations for the areas supported.

Qualifications

Required :