Technical Domain Architect – Procurement & Assortment (m/w/d)

Müller Holding GmbH & Co. KG; Ulm; On-site; EUR 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International environment

Flexible/hybrid work

Development opportunities

Collaborative team culture

Location-based benefits

Job summary

Müller Holding GmbH & Co. KG is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to guide architecture across multiple domains and ensure alignment with the overall target architecture.

You will translate business needs into sustainable technology solutions, advise on dependencies, risks, and trade-offs, and drive governance across the enterprise landscape. The role involves shaping architecture roadmaps, coordinating with delivery teams, and maintaining transparency about current and planned

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in enterprise, domain, solution or application architecture.
• Strong understanding of complex enterprise application landscapes and experience designing solutions across applications, data and integration.
• Experience supporting major transformation programmes while maintaining responsibility for the existing application landscape.
• Good understanding of cloud platforms, APIs, event-based integration and modern application architectures.
• Experience with architecture roadmaps, application portfolio management and architecture governance.
• Fluent English; German language skills are an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural guidance to projects, product teams and delivery teams throughout the entire solution lifecycle, from initial planning to implementation.
• Translate business requirements into sustainable technology solutions and advise stakeholders on architectural options, dependencies, risks and trade-offs.
• Shape cross-application and cross-domain architecture decisions, ensuring alignment with target architecture and standards.
• Assess proposed solutions for technical feasibility and ensure consistency across the enterprise application landscape.
• Drive architecture governance by documenting decisions, assumptions, risks, dependencies and exceptions.
• Maintain transparency regarding the current application landscape, planned changes and architectural gaps.
• Monitor the implementation of approved architecture decisions and elevate topics with significant cross-domain impact.
• Contribute to architecture roadmaps and the continuous development of the enterprise architecture.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud platforms

APIs & event-driven integration

Architecture governance

Stakeholder management

Solution design across apps/data/integ

Travel to Ulm

Tools

Modelling tools

Job description

• Several years of experience in enterprise, domain, solution or application architecture.
• Strong understanding of complex enterprise application landscapes and experience designing solutions across applications, data and integration.
• Experience supporting major transformation programmes while maintaining responsibility for the existing application landscape.
• Good understanding of cloud platforms, APIs, event-based integration and modern application architectures.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA Cloud and side-by-side applications is an advantage.
• Familiarity with data platforms, enterprise integration platforms and architecture governance.
• Experience with architecture roadmaps, application portfolio management, architecture frameworks and modelling tools.
• Ability to assess architectural options, dependencies, risks and trade-offs and translate business requirements into clear technology decisions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work effectively with business stakeholders and technical delivery teams.
• Experience in retail, supply chain, procurement, finance, e-commerce or other relevant business domains is an advantage.
• Fluent English skills; German language skills are an advantage.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to our headquarters in Ulm, Germany.

WHAT YOU WILL DRIVE WITH US

• Provide architectural guidance to projects, product teams and delivery teams throughout the entire solution lifecycle, from initial planning to implementation.
• Translate business requirements into sustainable technology solutions and advise stakeholders on architectural options, dependencies, risks and trade-offs.
• Shape cross-application and cross-domain architecture decisions, ensuring alignment with the overall target architecture, enterprise architecture principles and agreed standards.
• Assess proposed solutions for technical feasibility and ensure consistency across the enterprise application landscape.
• Drive architecture governance by documenting architecture decisions, assumptions, risks, dependencies and exceptions.
• Maintain transparency regarding the current application landscape, planned changes and architectural gaps.
• Monitor the implementation of approved architecture decisions and elevate topics with significant cross-domain or strategic impact to the Enterprise Architect Lead or Architecture Board.
• Contribute to architecture roadmaps, application portfolio management and the continuous development of the enterprise architecture.

WHAT WE OFFER

• An international working environment with colleagues across different locations
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities
• Individual development and training opportunities
• A collaborative team culture with short decision-making processes
• Attractive additional benefits depending on the employment location