ERP Solutions Architect

ERP Solution Architect

Permanent | Hybrid, Lancashire | Infor | ERP   

We are seeking an experienced Infor ERP Solution Architect to lead the design, governance and evolution of enterprise-wide ERP solutions within a complex operational environment.

This role will be responsible for shaping solution architecture across manufacturing, supply chain, warehousing, finance and asset management functions, ensuring business requirements are translated into scalable, supportable and commercially viable solutions. Working closely with business stakeholders, technical teams and delivery functions, you will ensure architectural integrity is maintained throughout the solution lifecycle while supporting ongoing transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the development of solution architectures, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external and internal customers.
• Ensure that the design meets key functional and non-functional requirements and will allow the operational and through-life scenarios required for the solution to be satisfied.
• Define and govern end-to-end ERP solution architectures across manufacturing, supply chain, warehousing, finance and asset management functions.
• Lead solution design activities, translating business capability requirements into scalable and supportable technical solutions.
• Provide architectural oversight across ERP platforms, enterprise integration services and associated business applications.
• Works with Delivery Assurance functions to agree how the quality and progress of a given solution delivery should be tracked and acts an expert resource to support interventions on projects where solution quality or progress has become an issue.
• Ensures that appropriate standards (corporate, industry, national and international) are adhered to.
• Consult with clients to evolve early solutions
• Develop architecture for solutions in response to procurement requests from clients.
• Work with Account Management and Sales functions to ensure that key sales messages for the solutions are accurately and authoritatively communicated within bids and pitches, and to develop or qualify new opportunities

Skills & Experience:

• Strong experience as an ERP Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect or Solution Design Lead.
• Proven expertise with Infor LN (formerly Baan) or a comparable enterprise ERP platform.
• Experience designing solutions across manufacturing, warehousing, supply chain, finance and operational business functions.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration architecture, middleware technologies and API-led design principles.
• Experience with integration platforms such as Infor ION or equivalent enterprise integration technologies.
• Strong SQL and data integration experience, including working with complex enterprise data environments.
• Knowledge of enterprise asset management, business process management and operational technology ecosystems.
• Experience integrating ERP solutions with platforms such as Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools or similar enterprise applications.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working within large, complex and highly regulated organisations.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience supporting enterprise-wide ERP transformation or modernisation programmes.
• Knowledge of cloud-based ERP, integration and enterprise architecture frameworks.
• Experience with enterprise asset management and business process management platforms.
• Understanding of AI, automation and emerging technologies within enterprise environments.
• Experience defining technology roadmaps and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

The successful candidate will provide architectural leadership across a complex ERP ecosystem, ensuring enterprise platforms, business processes and integrations operate effectively across multiple functions. They will deliver robust, scalable and supportable solutions that align technology with business obje