Solution Architect, Senior

o9solutions; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

o9 Solutions is seeking a Senior Solution Architect in Dallas to lead and document business processes for advanced enterprise planning. You will oversee data requirements, data collection from ERP/PLM systems, and collaborate with stakeholders to shape technical platform designs.

You will mentor junior analysts and work with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, analytics-driven planning solutions across the supply chain landscape.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing supply chain planning solutions or working in the supply chain/logistics organization.
• Proven ability to present complex topics clearly.
• Experience with planning systems and exposure to ERP tools.
• Led full lifecycle of a supply chain planning solution implementation.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements sessions and document to-be business processes.
• Document data requirements for aligned to-be processes.
• Oversee data collection from ERP/PLM databases and others.
• Design technical platform solutions from business requirements.

Skills

Supply planning experience

Analytical thinking

Agile methodologies

Complex topic presentation

Education

Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

SQL Server

MySQL

MDX

T-SQL

Job description

Transforming the Future of Enterprise Planning

At o9, our mission is to be the Most Value-Creating Platform for enterprises by transforming decision-making through our AI-first approach. By integrating siloed planning capabilities and capturing millions-even billions-in value leakage, we help businesses plan smarter and faster.

This not only enhances operational efficiency but also reduces waste, leading to better outcomes for both businesses and the planet. Global leaders like Google, PepsiCo, Walmart, T-Mobile, AB InBev, and Starbucks trust o9 to optimize their supply chains.

Senior Solution Architect

At o9, we invest in people. We seek talented, driven individuals to power our transformative approach. You'll thrive in a dynamic, supportive environment, growing while making a real impact.

What you’ll do for us

• Lead process and business requirements sessions, in the form of interviews, workshops, and other methods, leading to documented records of a to-be business process leveraging industry best practices.
• Identify and document data requirements needed to enable aligned to-be business processes, such as historical sales, shipment, inventory, logistics, and other operations / supply chain data.
• Oversee collection and analysis of necessary data from sources like ERP systems, PLM systems, databases, excel sheets, emails, and others. Where data is not available, partner with client points of contact to create missing data elements
• Support Project Management and Client Management teams with capability listings, and effort estimates for PMs and CMs to define project scope, timelines, and execute sign offs with customers.
• Lead the technical design documentation based on signed off business requirements that are in scope for client projects. Creating of these documents will include the conversion of business requirements to technical platform design. This will require knowledge of technical systems and platform capabilities and infrastructure.
• Oversee and review the work of Solution Architects and Consultants to develop clear functional and technical design and document data requirements and build complex datasets.
• Oversee tool configuration in the o9 platform as per the design to solve deep operations / supply chain problems and institute rigorous performance monitoring systems.
• Identify and select appropriate mathematical models, predictive methods, statistical techniques, optimization algorithms and simulations to analyze, manipulate and interpret large enterprise data and provide business insights and data visualization to the client management.
• Be proficient in statistical and optimization tools and programming languages to conduct data integration through extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) and create models to generate time series forecasts and operational plans.
• Oversee the execution of data analytics and modeling methods by Business Analysts, Data Scientists, and Integration Specialists
• Work with Internal Research and Development teams to resolve solution gaps and deploy fixes in the customer environment.
• Ability to design a testing protocol and oversee implementation by Junior Analysts, with the end goal of automating testing.
• Works with Client Cross-Functional Teams, and IT and business stakeholders, to ensure successful planning and execution of project
• Plan, develop and deliver Super User and End User training, for a global user base
• Mentor Solution Architects, Junior Analysts, Technical Architects, and Business Analysts to familiarize them with technical and business aspects of a project.

What you’ll have

• Experience: Implementing supply chain planning solutions or working in the supply chain/ logistics organization.
• Experience presenting on complex topics in a clear, concise, and easily understood manner.
• Experience in planning systems, and exposure to ERP tools.
• Firsthand experience leading a team through the full lifecycle of a supply chain planning solution implementation including business requirement gathering, solution design & development, UAT/SIT, go- live/cutover and value realization.
• Experience using agile methodology to deliver large scale enterprise implementations.
• Education: Master’s Degree with 5+ years of experience or Bachelor Degree 7+ years experience required. Degrees in the following fields: Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, Business Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related fields with a concentration in operations or analytics.

Skills:

• Supply planning experience and have worked or implemented one or multiple supply planning products is required
• Knowledge of spreadsheets and software (Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets), document processing (Microsoft Word, Google Docs), presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint) is required
• Knowledge and training in databases (SQL Server, MySQL) and skills one or more languages like SQL, MDX, T-SQL or similar is required
• Strong analytical techniques, data mining knowledge and