Plan-to-Make SAP Solution Architect (Senior)

Lonza Biologics, Inc.; Portsmouth (VA); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-related bonus

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) matching plan

Life and disability insurance

Employee assistance programs

Paid time off

Job summary

Lonza Biologics, Inc. is seeking an experienced SAP Solution Architect for Plan to Make to lead end-to-end architecture for production planning, manufacturing execution, inventory management, and shop-floor integration across SAP S/4HANA and MES/LIMS systems.

You will partner with business and technical teams, drive standard SAP adoption, and ensure security and data standards while guiding global sites and projects through architecture workshops and design sessions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, engineering, business or related field.
• 10+ years of experience delivering SAP manufacturing solutions within complex enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA, with strong knowledge of SAP PP, PP-PI, MM, and related manufacturing capabilities.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end Plan-to-Make processes, including production planning, manufacturing operations, inventory management, and material movements.
• Experience designing and implementing integrations between SAP and MES, LIMS, planning, warehouse, and other manufacturing applications.
• Knowledge of enterprise integration technologies including APIs, IDocs, middleware platforms, and event-driven architectures.
• Proven ability to lead architecture and solution-design workshops with executive, business, and technical stakeholders.
• Experience translating complex business challenges into practical, scalable technology solutions.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, integration architecture, security, data management, and system dependencies.
• Experience working within large global organizations supporting multiple manufacturing sites and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end solution architecture for Plan-to-Make processes across SAP S/4HANA and integrated manufacturing platforms.
• Design and govern solutions supporting Production Planning, PP-PI, MM, and related manufacturing processes.
• Partner with business stakeholders to translate manufacturing requirements into scalable architecture solutions.
• Lead architecture strategy and design for integrations between SAP, MES, LIMS, planning systems, warehouse applications, and shop-floor technologies.
• Facilitate architecture workshops and solution-design sessions with global business leaders and teams.
• Ensure solution designs align with enterprise architecture principles, security requirements, data standards and global templates.
• Drive adoption of standard SAP capabilities while minimizing custom development and technical debt.
• Evaluate technology options and provide recommendations based on business value, scalability, maintainability, security, and TCO.
• Support SAP transformations, manufacturing modernization programs, site deployments, acquisitions/divestitures and migrations.
• Identify architectural risks and develop mitigation strategies early in projects.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field

Tools

SAP ECC

SAP S/4HANA

PP

PP-PI

MM

APIs

IDocs

Middleware

Event-driven architecture

SAP BTP

SAP Fiori

Job description

Lonza Biologics, Inc. is seeking an experienced SAP Solution Architect for Plan to Make to lead end-to-end architecture for production planning, manufacturing execution, inventory management, and shop-floor integration across SAP S/4HANA and MES/LIMS systems.

You will partner with business and technical teams, drive standard SAP adoption, and ensure security and data standards while guiding global sites and projects through architecture workshops and design sessions.