Solution Architect

Rotork plc; Oldham; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled individual to drive a significant business transformation initiative. This role involves acting as a key liaison for Enterprise Architecture, ensuring effective collaboration across various functions and programs. You will support the implementation of Dynamics 365 solutions, analyze business requirements, and lead the development of system solutions. This position offers the opportunity to work on large-scale technology projects, enhancing operational efficiency and delivering value to customers. Join a dynamic team where your expertise will make a meaningful impact on the organization's success.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with D365 CE and Finance & SCM for complex quoting scenarios.
• Strong background in large technology projects and strategic planning.

Responsibilities

• Act as the point of contact for Enterprise Architecture across various programs.
• Coordinate with teams to ensure solution changes are understood and assessed.

Skills

D365 Customer Engagement

D365 Finance & Supply Chain Management

Configure Price Quote solutions

General CRM/ERP knowledge

Project Management Accounting

Document generation and management

Product data management

Large technology projects experience

Job description

DRIVE is a major business transformation within Rotork, designed to update our systems, align our processes, and help us work together more effectively to deliver greater value to our customers.

The implementation of DRIVE includes the rollout of Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement and Finance & Supply Chain Management, including standard processes that are documented and maintained across all functions.

Job Description

• Reporting to Lead Solution Architect, be the point of contact for Enterprise Architecture for DRIVE across Factories, Selling Entities and Dependencies programmes (plus links between Selling Entities and RSS Acceleration programme)
• Support the DRIVE IT Function Leads / Function Deployment Leads with solution-related queries and asks from BT DRIVE Programme/Project Managers
• Work with the DRIVE Leadership team to ensure resource is available as required working with the EA Lead Architects
• Liaise with other members in the EA team where specific expertise is required e.g. FinOps, CE, Integrations, Data etc.
• Coordinate with other functions e.g. Engineering, Finance, Operations to ensure solution changes are understood and assessed alongside one another
• Act as the solution governance across the processes, platforms, systems, and applications
• Ensure the deliverables required as part of each deployment phase are consolidated, delivered and reviewed/approved e.g. updated solution blueprint, solution design documents created by the relevant architects
• Support the architecture governance process in identifying opportunities for appropriate use of system
• Analyse business requirements working with the Business Analysis team and work with stakeholders to ensure alignment between their expectations and current/future technology capability
• Create the technical vision from business requirements and lead the development of a systems solution
• Document the relevant platform solution architecture across process, software, data and infrastructure

Qualifications

• Experience of D365 Customer Engagement (Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Field Service) with Configure Price Quote solutions (e.g. e-Con / Experlogix) for more complex quoting scenarios
• Experience of D365 Finance & Supply Chain Management with product configurators and knowledge of product configurations & bill of materials (BOMs) linking to items/products
• General CRM/ERP cross-system knowledge and experience including handoffs and integrations
• Understanding of Project Execution (use of Project Management Accounting in D365 F&SCM and integrating to D365 CE for Sales/Field Service)
• Experience working with document generation and management (Lasernet / Loftware beneficial) across D365 F&SCM and CE
• Appreciation and understanding of product data management across ERPs and CRMs
• Experience of large technology projects, including strategic and tactical planning plus implementation, analysis, design, and deployment.