Global Enterprise Architect (IFS ERP)

Job description

Key responsibilities for:

The Enterprise Architect plays a critical role in ensuring that IFS system architecture and delivery align with the organization's strategic goals and operate efficiently. Key components of the role include:

1. Lead the Enterprise Applications Strategy with a primary focus on IFS ERP, ensuring alignment with long-term business objectives and digital transformation goals.

2. Design and maintain the overall enterprise architecture blueprint, emphasizing ERP (IFS) and adjacent systems (MES, CRM, OEE, HCM, etc.)

3. Define and implement governance frameworks to ensure consistent architecture practices, standards, and compliance across all EA-related projects

4. Provide strategic and technical guidance

• during ERP rollouts, upgrades, and customizations, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance

• Provide guidance and support to technical and functional teams

• Lead the integration strategy ensuring solutions are robust, providing seamless data flow

5. Maintain a catalogue of all Enterprise Applications in use across group companies.

• Develop a strategy for standardisation and consolidation of Enterprise Applications

• Define a plan for consolidation of applications, including management of required projects

6. Develop and manage the roadmap for IFS/ERP evolution, ensuring that future enhancements are prioritized based on business value and architectural coherence. Ensure the Enterprise Applications eco-system integrates with the wider IFS/ERP evolution.

7. Evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends, and ERP innovations to enhance and future-proof the enterprise architecture.

8. Ensure data integrity, security, and regulatory compliance within ERP-related systems and processes.

• Maintain a data governance strategy to enforce data accuracy, cleanliness, and validation

• Govern the maintenance of core master data, ensuring all systems are aligned

9. Lead architecture reviews and participate in critical design decisions for ERP-related projects

10. Customizations and Enhancements

• Review new requirements for modification, attempting to find a solution within core IFS to reduce complexity

• Oversee development of any system modification to ensure system performance is maintained or optimised

11. Communication and Change Management

• Ensure appropriate communication ahead of system implementation or change

• Be a change champion, working as a business partner to stakeholders

• Communicate with business stakeholders and technical/functional teams ensuring both understand the needs, limitations and progress of projects

Requirements for the employee

• Technical and Business Knowledge & Experience
• 5+ years of experience in IT architecture, including 3+ years in Enterprise Architecture roles.
• Proven experience leading IFS ERP implementations (IFS Cloud or Applications 10/9) across multiple modules (e.g., Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, HR).
• Strong understanding of ERP best practices, enterprise integration, middleware, and APIs.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or FEAF.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure), data architecture, and microservices is a plus.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and ability to translate complex technical issues into business value.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Leading Teams
• Connect and build strong relationships and trust with others
• Strong communication, motivational and influencing skills; able to gain buy-in for ideas and not afraid to challenge when needed.
• Solid Written & Verbal skills

Employee perks and benefits

• Above-standard financial compensation,
• modern work benefits such as flexible hours and home office,
• a wide range of additional perks.

Company on whose behalf the position is being filled

Our client is a global sales and production company.