Senior Solution Architect - Supply Planning

Designs and communicates high-level structures that enable and guide the design and development of integrated solutions meeting current and future business needs. It covers changes to service, process, organisation and operating models alongside technology components, and provides guidance on solution components so they account for relevant architectures, strategies, policies, standards and practices, including security, and remain compatible with existing and planned components. The role sits within the Technology team and works with Global IT, relevant business functions such as GOPS, Finance, HR, Brand Marketing and Wholesale/Retail, HR management and Controlling.

• Maintain recognised expert-level knowledge in specialist areas and provide definitive expert advice
• Oversee specialist advice from others
• Consolidate expertise from multiple sources, including third-party experts, to provide coherent advice
• Support and promote the sharing of specialist knowledge within the organisation.
• Conduct research by building and refining outline ideas, applying standard methods to collect and analyse quantitative and qualitative data, creating research reports, contributing publication-quality material, updating relevant knowledge, curating a personal collection of relevant material
• And participating in research communities.
• Monitor emerging technology by assessing the external environment and emerging technologies for potential impacts, threats and opportunities; contribute to reports, technology road mapping and knowledge sharing.
• Develop solution architectures for specific business, infrastructure or functional areas
• Identify and evaluate alternative architectures and trade-offs in cost, performance and scalability
• Produce specifications for cloud-based or on-premises components, tiers and interfaces
• Support change programmes or projects through technical plans and design principles that comply with enterprise and solution architecture standards, including security.
• Perform business analysis by investigating operational needs, problems and opportunities; recommend improvements to automated and non-automated components of new or changed processes and organisation; assist in defining acceptance tests.
• Define and manage requirements by contributing to the selection of predictive or adaptive requirements approaches
• Defining and managing scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation for medium-sized and complex initiatives
• Facilitating stakeholder input, providing constructive challenge and enabling prioritisation

• Four-year college or university degree with focus on Business Administration or IT or related areas, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with SNP, IBP system, heuristic planning engine and Optimizer Planning Engine, and CIDS and RTI expertise.
• Proficient spoken and written command of English.
• At least 7 years of experience in IT.
• 5 years of experience in relevant area.
• 2 years of experience in team management.
• Strong understanding and knowledge of regional and global market landscape and the respective customer.
• Managed critical elements and cross functional and regional projects.

Adidas is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace, welcoming applications from people of all ages, genders (including gender identity), ethnic and social backgrounds, nationalities, sexual orientations, religions and beliefs, and those with apparent or non-apparent disabilities, and it does not tolerate harassment or discrimination toward applicants or employees. Adidas actively encourages individuals with disabilities to apply and will provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.