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Enterprise Architect Supply Chain (Sourcing & Procurement) Remote
Location: Seattle, WA
Rate: DOE
Industry:
Global QSR & Manufacturing Overview:
We are seeking a highly experienced Enterprise Solution Architect to join our consulting team and lead architecture strategy and solution design for the Supply Chain Sourcing & Procurement domain.
As a member of our team, you will bring deep domain expertise, technical leadership, and a strategic mindset to help shape and deliver enterprise-grade solutions across global supply chain and retail operations, with a strong focus on supplier engagement, sourcing, and procurement transformation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architectural Strategy:
- Define and evolve target and transition architectures for sourcing, procurement, and supplier engagement systems aligned with enterprise goals.
- Solution Design Leadership:
- Lead the design of end-to-end architecture across multiple supply chain organizations (SCOs), ensuring seamless integration and data flow across supplier management, sourcing, and procurement platforms.
- Stakeholder Collaboration:
- Engage with procurement leaders, category managers, product owners, and IT teams to translate business needs into scalable, sustainable solutions.
- Governance & Standards:
- Establish and enforce architecture principles, patterns, and best practices across sourcing and procurement initiatives.
- Technology Evaluation:
- Assess and recommend platforms, tools, and vendors that align with sourcing, procurement, and supplier collaboration objectives.
- Security & Compliance:
- Ensure all solutions meet global security, privacy, and regulatory standards, including supplier risk and compliance requirements.
Expertise & Domain Focus:
- Provide deep expertise in supply chain sourcing and procurement domains, including supplier onboarding, qualification, sourcing, contracting, purchasing, and payables.
- Demonstrate technical leadership across multiple vendor solutions and cloud environments (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform).
- Lead the enablement of supplier/partner/vendor interaction portals and integration with core applications.
- Bring experience with supplier portal technologies such as HICX, APEX Analytics, and others.
- Understand systems interactions and dependencies, what business functions they enable, and how to manage interdependencies.
- Deliver high-impact architecture artifacts and guide clients through complex transformation journeys.
Qualifications and Skills
Experience:
- 10+ years of IT experience, with at least 5 years in enterprise or solution architecture roles.
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in sourcing, procurement, and supplier engagement within global supply chain environments.
- Proven track record in supplier lifecycle management, including onboarding, qualification, performance monitoring, and risk management.
- Industry experience in QSR, retail, or manufacturing is highly desirable.
Domain Expertise:
- Deep understanding of supplier engagement models, sourcing strategies, and procurement operations.
- Expertise in Source-to-Pay (S2P)processes, including sourcing events, contract lifecycle management, purchasing, invoicing, and supplier collaboration.
- Familiarity with supplier risk and compliance frameworks, ESG tracking, and third-party risk management.
Technology & Tools:
- Strong experience with supplier management platforms such as Ariba, Aravo, Coupa, Ivalua, HICX, and APEX Analytics.
- Proficiency in ERP and procurement systems including Oracle Procurement Cloud, and SAP Ariba.
- Experience designing and integrating supplier portals and partner collaboration platforms.
- Solid background in cloud-native architectures(Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform) and API-based integrations for supplier data exchange.
Architecture & Leadership:
- Ability to define and drive target architectures for sourcing and procurement ecosystems.
- Skilled in creating architecture artifacts such as data flow diagrams, integration blueprints, and supplier interaction models.
- Experience leading vendor evaluations, RFI/RFP processes, and technology assessments for procurement solutions.
- Strong collaboration skills to work with procurement leaders, category managers, and supplier relationship teams.