IT Industrial Solution Architect (SAP PP-PI / PM)

Main Responsibilities

Act as subject matter expert for SAP PP-PI and SAP PM, translating manufacturing and maintenance business needs into functional and technical architectures.

Design new industrial IT solutions and evolve existing ones, ensuring scalability, robustness, cybersecurity, and alignment with group standards.

End‑to‑End Solution Accountability: Act as the accountable owner for Industrial CoE solutions across their full lifecycle (demand, design, build, deploy, run, and continuous improvement), ensuring consistency across business processes, applications, integrations, data, and shop‑floor systems, while delivering expected business value, performance, security, and compliance with Group standards.

Define and govern integration architectures between SAP, MES/MOM systems, and shop floor equipment.

Support manufacturing and maintenance processes design, including production scheduling and execution, plant maintenance planning and execution, master data management as well as technical objects.

Evaluate different technologies and platforms, preparing comparison analyses and architectural recommendations.

Ensure high quality of solution design with focus on user experience, data integrity, and business continuity.

Anticipate future business and IT needs to ensure long-term sustainability of industrial solutions.

Prepare and support test strategies for new solutions and enhancements to minimize business disruption.

Collaborate proactively with global and regional IT teams, plants, and external partners during project implementation.

Promote the adoption of standard architectures, processes, and solutions defined by the Industrial CoE.

About You

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, or related fields.

Proven experience (minimum 5 years preferred) in SAP PP-PI and SAP PM within manufacturing environments.

A strong understanding of manufacturing processes and equipment lifecycle management is required, together with hands-on experience on integration platforms such as MOM/MES systems and industrial middleware.

A solid understanding of system integration concepts, APIs, IDocs, OPC, and industrial middleware.

Experience leading architectural discussions and guiding technical and functional teams.

Strong analytical skills and capability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Willingness to travel to manufacturing sites to support projects and solution rollouts.

Curiosity and passion for industrial digitalization and emerging technologies.