Principal Adviser - Strategy and Architecture

RIO TINTO SINGAPORE HOLDINGS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global mining company is seeking an Architecture Lead in Singapore to drive the transformation through the implementation of a Modern ERP system. The successful candidate will lead a team focused on delivering a coherent ERP design aligned with the organization’s strategic vision. Candidates must have over 10 years of experience with SAP S/4HANA and demonstrate leadership abilities in cross-functional team settings. This role is crucial to modernizing operations and enhancing digital capabilities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in SAP S/4HANA-centric ERP solutions.
• Strong understanding of SAP product roadmaps and functional domains.
• Demonstrated team leadership across architecture disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of architects ensuring consistent design and focus.
• Create architecture vision and execution roadmap aligned with corporate strategy.
• Execute quality checks during implementation to ensure adherence to strategic vision.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA deployment

ERP integration strategies

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Relevant degree qualifications

Job description

Why explore

• An exciting opportunity to be part of a leading global mining company that produces and supplies materials that are essential to human progress
• An opportunity to work with key stakeholders in our global commercial hub
• Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

About the role

The implementation of Modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a critical step in Rio Tinto’s transformation journey, moving from outdated technology (ECC6) to a new, digitally enabled lean core platform (S/4) and application ecosystem. As this is a business led, Group-wide transformation effort, it requires a strong team to bridge the business and technology landscapes. From contract to cash, every aspect of our operations will benefit from this modernization that offers an exciting opportunity to deliver a digital foundation that will stand Rio Tinto up well for ongoing digital transformation. Rio Tinto is look to modernize the Order to Cash and Logistics processes by making it simpler, reorganizing work and driving up automation levels through deploying a modern ERP as core and supporting best in breed technologies across the process.

The Architecture Lead comes from the Strategy & Architecture Chapter and takes direction from both the IS&T Program Lead, within the Modern ERP Program. The Architect Lead is a top talent across ERP Design, Applications and Processes, with extensive SAP S/4 HANA deployment experience. This role is primarily tasked with leading / directing the architecture team(s), ensuring a consistent and coherent Modern ERP design, aligned to Rio Tinto strategic vision

Reporting to Head of Strategy & Architecture(Chapter Group Lead), you will:

• This role contributes to customer engagement, crafting and providing guidance on business vision, for Modern ERP, to ensure delivery of optimal outcomes.
• Lead a team of architects, and related roles, ensuring consistency of design and clarity of focus.
• Collaborate in the creation of architecture vision, strategy and supporting execution roadmap, aligning with the corporate and IT strategy, industry trends, tooling, methods, and best practices.
• During implementation, execute quality checks that ensure adherence to outcomes and alignment to strategic vision.
• Work closely with the GPO’s to identify opportunities for optimisation and recommend leading (best) practice, specifically related to solution design / delivery.
• Work closely with internal IS&T teams to provide guidance and support high quality solutioning and architecture discipline across the Modern ERP Program.
• Provide support to the Program on RFP submissions and relevant Statements of Work and SAP Bill of Materials, specifically for resource estimations.
• Provide support to maintain the quality of the design and configuration of Modern ERP during the transition to BAU.
• Work closely with internal IS&T teams supporting Modern ERP, not limited to Strategy & Architecture, Core Platforms, Data Migration Teams, System Integrators.
• Work collaboratively with other IS&T teams to assess impacts on technical decisions occurring outside of Modern ERP, namely across Finance, HR, Procurement and IS&T Reporting and Analytics teams.
• Ultimately, this role is accountable for the design and adherence to vision, for all architecture aspects of the Modern ERP program.

What you will need for the role

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Relevant degree qualifications.
• 10+ years of experience in deployment of SAP S/4HANA-centric, ERP solutions including but not limited to Finance, Procurement, Asset Management.
• Strong understanding of the SAP product roadmaps specific to each functional domain and deep functional knowledge of the specific domains.
• Strong understanding on ERP (particularly S/4HANA) integration strategies.
• Demonstrated experience and success working strategically and collaboratively with cross functional teams operating out of different geographical locations.
• Demonstrated team leadership with the proven ability to lead a team of multiple architecture disciplines (e.g. Enterprise, Solution, Technical, Data) across a significant sized ERP Program of Work.
• Ability to maintain a positive and professional working relationship with their peers and demonstrates constant commitment to teamwork.