Solution Architect - Supply Chain

The Opportunity:

Open to remote but travel up to 25% is required

Mattel is currently seeking an Enterprise/Solution Architect to support our Global Supply Chain (GSC) domain. Reporting to the Enterprise Architecture Group in the CTO Organization, the Principal Enterprise Architect will help in defining the next generation technology platform and product platform architectures. The role will collaborate across many domain areas including digital, supply chain, HR/Financials and Data Warehousing. The role is the critical change agent required to drive the architectural strategy to execution, enabling IT to react faster to future business requests and reduce overall costs for IT projects. The role will be a key contributor to technology roadmaps, blueprints and technology product governance affecting key business metrics including new revenue, NPS etc. As an Enterprise/Solution architect you will regularly participate in program leadership meetings, and occasionally in program steering committee meetings with Director/Sr. Director/VP/C-Suite level stakeholders to lead discussions and resolve critical issues. The ideal candidate should have strong technical skills across multiple technology disciplines (data pipelines, modern integration patterns, databases etc.), including a solid understanding of Modernization of legacy applications to Cloud technologies. In addition to technical skills, the ideal candidate should possess functional and demonstrated technical expertise architecting solutions in one or more of the following domains: Demand and Supply Planning, Inventory Management, Manufacturing and Shop floor planning Process, EDI Processes. Clear, effective, and concise communication skills are crucial for the overall success of the role. The role will report to the Director of Enterprise Architecture – Supply Chain Domain, Global Technology (GTO).

What Your Impact Will Be:

• Design and implement enterprise-level solutions that align with business objectives.
• Create and maintain architecture blueprints primarily in the area of Application Modernization and Cloud based implementation.
• Participate in strategic planning and blueprinting exercises by providing current state knowledge as well as insights into the future direction.
• Make key technology/design decisions affecting large strategic projects with limited information. Must be adept in dealing with systems in all CPG business domains.
• Develops solution designs and leads implementation efforts from an architecture perspective for all Technology Platform projects.
• Ability to strike a balance between practical solutions and alignment with the architectural vision.
• Ability to work closely with multiple development teams to define, select and architect products and services that require significant cross component coordination and ensure alignment with architecture standards.
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams.
• Lead integration efforts between different systems and platforms.
• Drive migration strategies to transition from legacy systems to modern technologies.
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks in existing systems.
• Implement best practices for optimizing the performance of applications and infrastructure.

Requirements

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in a computer science/engineering, information technology or other related field plus 8+ years of related experience as an enterprise/solution architect; and/or equivalent combination of education and experience. Master’s degree preferred.
• Hands-on experience in enterprise data modeling and object-oriented analysis and design (OOAD) resulting in reusable artifacts; including Use Case driven analysis & design and UML diagrams depicting process flows.
• Strong and demonstrable expertise in one or more of the following domains: Demand and Supply Planning, Inventory Management, Manufacturing and Shop Floor Planning and EDI Processes.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Ability to develop strong relationships with GTO and Business Stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of cloud computing, microservices architecture, and containerization.
• In-depth knowledge of Google Cloud, Iot, Industry 4.0, Kafka, ETL, Data architectures
• Experience developing business process frameworks (Process Decomposition, Process Flows) based on an eTOM model; including an enterprise framework (structure, classification) to manage linkage of business processes and enable re-use.
• Strong and demonstrable expertise in UML and BPMN standards and use of various UML artifacts in documenting design choices.
• Industry experience in Consumer Product Goods and Retail/Manufacturing industry is a plus.
• 10-25% Travel required to meet with vendors and internal partners, attend Mattel workshops and conferences.

Additional Qualifications (Preferred):

• SAFE Agile Architect Certification – Proven experience architecting projects in the SAFe methodology is preferred.
• RPG/Cobol/Mainframe Knowledge and Experience is preferred.
• Experience in any of the following platforms: Anaplan, IBM iSeries, Oracle Agile PLM, IBM InfoSphere, PTC Windchill, BY WMS, Veeva Quality Vault, Ascend.io, Collibra, Thoughtspot.
• Understanding Source to Invoice Process with demonstrated hands-on experience.
• Understanding of Business Process Frameworks with proven experience in developing business process frameworks, process decomposition and process flows.
• Understanding of data pipelines, data governance and data quality
• Demonstrated a growth mindset by staying curious and continuously learning, embracing challenges, and improving themselves.
• TOGAF Certification – Possession of TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) certification is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated a growth mindset by staying curious and continuously learning, embracing challenges, and improving themselves.

The annual base salary range for this position is between $135,000 and $170,000
**This range is indicative of projected hiring range, however annual base salary will be determined based on a candidate’s work location, skills and experience.