Principal Enterprise Architect - Supply Chain (Remote)

$165,000 - $200,000/Yr

Mattel - El Segundo, CA

Full-time - Senior

Remote - El Segundo, CA

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

Mattel is currently seeking an Enterprise/Solution Architect to support our Global Supply Chain (GSC) domain. Reporting to the Enterprise Architecture Group in the CTO Organization, the Principal Enterprise Architect will help in defining the next generation technology platform and product platform architectures. The role will collaborate across many domain areas including digital, supply chain, HR/Financials and Data Warehousing. The role is the critical change agent required to drive the architectural strategy to execution, enabling IT to react faster to future business requests and reduce overall costs for IT projects. The role will be a key contributor to technology roadmaps, blueprints and technology product governance affecting key business metrics including new revenue, NPS etc. As an Enterprise/Solution architect you will regularly participate in program leadership meetings, and occasionally in program steering committee meetings with Director/Sr. Director/VP/C-Suite level stakeholders to lead discussions and resolve critical issues. The ideal candidate should have strong technical skills across multiple technology disciplines (data pipelines, modern integration patterns, databases etc.), including a solid understanding of Cloud technologies. In addition to technical skills, the ideal candidate should possess functional and demonstrated technical expertise architecting solutions in one or more of the following domains: Product Development, Enterprise Quality Management, Sustainability/Environmental social, and corporate governance (ESG), Demand and Supply Planning, B2B Order Management/Order 2 Cash, Inventory Management, Manufacturing and Logistics in both B2B and D2C business models. Clear, effective, and concise communication skills are crucial for the overall success of the role. The role will report to the Director of Enterprise Architecture - Supply Chain Domain, Global Technology (GTO).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise-level solutions that align with business objectives.
• Create and maintain architecture blueprints.
• Participate in strategic planning and blueprinting exercises by providing current state knowledge as well as insights into the future direction.
• Make key technology/design decisions affecting large strategic projects with limited information.
• Develop solution designs and lead implementation efforts from an architecture perspective for all Technology Platform projects.
• Work closely with multiple development teams to define, select and architect products and services that require significant cross component coordination.
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams.
• Lead integration efforts between different systems and platforms.
• Drive migration strategies to transition from legacy systems to modern technologies.
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks in existing systems.
• Implement best practices for optimizing the performance of applications and infrastructure.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in a computer science/engineering, information technology or other related field plus 8+ years of related experience as an enterprise/solution architect; and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong understanding of cloud computing, microservices architecture, and containerization.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• In-depth knowledge of Google Cloud, Kafka, ETL, Data architectures.
• Experience developing business process frameworks based on an eTOM model.
• Hands-on experience in enterprise data modeling and object-oriented analysis and design (OOAD).
• Strong and demonstrable expertise in UML and BPMN standards.
• Industry experience in Consumer Product Goods and Retail/Manufacturing industry is a plus.
• Strong and demonstrable expertise in one or more of the following domains: Product Development, Enterprise Quality Management, Sustainability/Environmental social, and corporate governance (ESG), Demand and Supply Planning, B2B Order Management/Order 2 Cash, Inventory Management, Manufacturing and Logistics in both B2B and D2C business models.

Nice-to-haves

• TOGAF Certification.
• SAFE Agile Architect Certification.
• Oracle ERP Knowledge and Experience.
• Understanding Order to Cash Process with demonstrated hands-on experience.
• Understanding Procure to Pay Process with demonstrated hands-on experience.
• Understanding of Business Process Frameworks with proven experience in developing business process frameworks.
• Understanding of data pipelines, data governance and data quality.
• Experience in any of the following platforms: Anaplan, IBM iSeries, Veeva, Oracle Agile PLM, IBM InfoSphere, PTC Windchill, BY WMS, Veeva Vault Quality, Google Cloud Platform, AWS Cloud Computing, Ascend.io, Collibra, Thoughtspot, Cognos, Tableau, Confluent Kafka.

Benefits

• Flexible work model.
• Collaborative work environment.
• Opportunities for innovation and impact.
• Performance-driven culture.