Technical Solution Architect - Procurement & Supply Chain

Accenture; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Technical Solution Architect focused on Procurement and Supply Chain. This role involves supporting the BPS Sales and Solutioning Team in pre-sales activities, coordinating technology teams, and developing comprehensive solution designs. Ideal candidates will possess strong technical skills, client engagement expertise, and the ability to manage complex technology solutions across multiple locations.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing technology teams across onshore and offshore locations.
• Ability to develop technical solution designs and cost estimates.
• Strong communication and presentation skills for client interactions.

Responsibilities

• Support pre-sales/RFP processes as a Technical Solution Architect.
• Develop and present technology solutions to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops to document business requirements.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Pre-sales

Client Engagement

Technical Solution Design

Cross-technology Coordination

Job description

Technical Solution Architect - Procurement & Supply Chain

Solution Architecture Manager | Senior Level | Full time

Procurement / Supply Chain / Manufacturing

Location: UK

Level: CL7

Remote

Please be advised this is a generalist technology role, we are not seeking Cloud/Software Engineering experts. This is more of a "Pre Sales" position.

This role will support our BPS Sales and Solutioning Team as the responsible Technical Solution Architect in pre-sales/RFP processes involving Procurement, Supply Chain and Industry X sales opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

Support our Sales Team as Technical Solution Architect in pre-sales/RFP processes involving multiple technologies:

Manage/ Coordinate involved technology teams in on- and offshore locations across all aspects of technology relevant to the opportunity

Develop technical solution design and work with assigned technical architects and cost architects to create corresponding cost estimates

Present and discuss solutions with client executives

Present technology solution to internal executive approvers

Align technology solution components to business standards (including, but not limited to, SynOps, third party platforms and client technology)

Assess the business impact/return on investment for the more complex components of the technology solution

Facilitate client workshops, document business requirements and develop them into a proposed solution design

Act as customers’ key contact on the proposed technology solution

Work closely with other Accenture technology teams such as Insights and Intelligence, Automation and Technology Consulting to create a holistic technology approach and cost estimate that captures all details, dependencies and assumptions of the technology landscape

Transitioning the solution to the Transition team for implementation upon contract signature.

Establishing oneself as a leader in cross-technology issues and risk mitigation

Establish relationships among key Sales and Solutioning, Technical Factory, Product Management, BPS Operations Capability/Offering, Transition and Delivery teams and other groups (as applicable)

Work with Product Management and Initiative Leads to support new technology assets and capabilities

The role may be expected to execute some of these responsibilities: Mentoring, Staffing, Budgeting and Capacity Management

Job Requirements:

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