Retail Enterprise Architect
Posted 1 week ago by eTeam
£805 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Retail Enterprise Architect role involves leading the design and execution of enterprise architectures within the retail sector, focusing on various business domains such as merchandising and supply chain. The position requires a deep understanding of retail operations and a proven track record in product-centric delivery and modernizing core systems. The architect will drive strategic alignment and governance while enabling digital transformation initiatives. This role is pivotal in shaping domain roadmaps and integrating various enterprise platforms to enhance operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the enterprise and solution architecture strategy across planning, buying, trading, merchandising, and supply chain functions.
- Govern and evolve end-to-end architecture patterns, standards, and principles for core commercial and operational systems.
- Partner with business stakeholders and product owners to shape domain roadmaps and assess architectural impacts of strategic initiatives.
- Work with architects across product data management, merchandising, planning, supply chain, and integration.
- Design scalable, modular and composable architectures leveraging API-first, microservices, cloud-native and event-driven patterns.
- Architect and oversee delivery of solutions integrating ERP Platforms like Oracle Retail, eCommerce, PLM, and finance systems.
- Drive modernization of legacy platforms and enable speed-to-market initiatives across retail channels (B2C, B2B, dropship).
- Conduct architecture assessments, design authority reviews, and ensure solution alignment with business outcomes.
- Lead architectural input for RFPs, vendor assessments, and platform selection activities.
- Act as a strategic advisor to technology leadership on commercial technology transformation.
Key Skills:
- Deep understanding of retail business domains including commercial, merchandising, product data management, trading & planning, and supply chain.
- Proven track record in product-centric delivery and enterprise architecture.
- Experience in modernizing core systems and enabling transformation using cloud, integration, and microservice architectures.
- Ability to design scalable and modular architectures leveraging API-first and event-driven patterns.
- Strong partnership skills with business stakeholders and product owners.
- Experience with ERP platforms like Oracle Retail and eCommerce systems.
- Strategic advisory skills for technology leadership.
Salary (Rate): £805/day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
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Job Title: Retail Enterprise Architect
Rate: £805/day Inside IR35
Location: London, Hybrid (60% remote-40% onsite at office and client office in London)
Job Description: Internal Grade Equivalent A9
An experienced Retail Enterprise Architect with a deep understanding of retail business domains-especially commercial, merchandising, product data mgmt, trading & planning, category & assortment, pricing & promotions, planning, and supply chain-to lead the design and execution of enterprise architectures across multiple retail areas including grocery, general merchandise, and fashion. The ideal candidate will bring a proven track record of working in a product-centric delivery, shaping end-to-end architecture across enterprise platforms, modernising core systems, and enabling transformation using cloud, integration, and microservice architectures. This role will be pivotal in driving strategic alignment, domain-led architectural governance, and technology roadmaps to support ongoing business and digital transformation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the enterprise and solution architecture strategy across planning, buying, trading, merchandising, and supply chain functions.
- Govern and evolve end-to-end architecture patterns, standards, and principles for core commercial and operational systems.
- Partner with business stakeholders and product owners to shape domain roadmaps and assess architectural impacts of strategic initiatives.
- Working with the architects a variety across product data management, merchandising, planning, merchandising, supply chain and integration.
- Design scalable, modular and composable architectures leveraging API-first, microservices, cloud-native and event-driven patterns.
- Architect and oversee delivery of solutions integrating ERP Platforms like Oracle Retail, ERP platforms, eCommerce, PLM, and finance systems.
- Drive modernization of Legacy platforms and enable speed-to-market initiatives across retail channels (B2C, B2B, dropship).
- Conduct architecture assessments, design authority reviews, and ensure solution alignment with business outcomes.
- Lead architectural input for RFPs, vendor assessments, and platform selection activities.
- Act as a strategic advisor to technology leadership on commercial technology transformation.
If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.