Principal, Application Solution Architect - Supply Chain

 

At Anaplan, we are revolutionizing Supply Chain Management by transforming the way businesses operate. Our Supply Chain Applications are designed to tackle the most complex challenges, providing real-time insights and enabling data-driven decisions that optimize performance and enhance visibility across the entire supply chain.   

As a member of our Supply Chain Applications team, you will play a pivotal role in building and delivering these cutting-edge solutions. We’re looking for individuals excited to be part of a fast growing company and contribute to the future of Supply Chain. 

Anaplan is looking for an exceptional Principal, Application Solution Architect to join us in our Supply Chain Application team.  This team designs and builds on the Anaplan platform out-of-the-box and configurable Applications across the breadth of Supply Chain Use Cases (Demand, Inventory, Supply, IBP/S&OP etc.

The architect is responsible for working with Applications Product Management to understand the requirements and establish the appropriate architecture to meet those.  They will take on complex model building activity, and also provide oversight/guidance for application developers in other areas of model building.

The role will also collaborate with the wider platform product and engineering teams to ensure a two-way flow between application architecture and corresponding platform capabilities.

 

Your Impact

• Design, architect, and develop Supply Chain Applications by leveraging core Anaplan platform capabilities.
• Partner with Application Product Management to understand application roadmap, validate requirements and size the build implications.
• Establish the design for new build, and maintain the overall architectural standards of the application.
• Coach/guide application developers to ensure the best modelling approaches are adopted
• Prototype new ideas and functionalities to bring art-of-the-possible thinking to the product roadmap.
• Work with the platform product and engineering teams, to provide applications input into new platform features.
• Ensuring new features are prepared to high standard and support a smooth UAT process. Work with go-to-market and professional services to ensure that new features are understood and adopted.
• Maintain architectural documentation.

 

Your Qualifications

• Demonstrable years (5+) of experience as Anaplan Solution Architect/certified Master Anaplanner, with a diverse range of model-building experience
• Experience with all facets of the Anaplan platform, including PlanIQ, Optimizer, Workflow and Polaris
• Numerically literate, and likely to have a STEM undergraduate degree
• Domain knowledge in supply chain is beneficial, as it enhances the architect's ability to understand and address the specific needs and challenges of supply chain.
• Proven ability to influence a team towards completion, and ability to guide/manage the activity of other team members.
• Collaborating with SMEs on the application while collaborating cross-functionally to ensure we continue to meet application roadmap deadlines.
• Attention to detail and a focus on model-building best-practices and standards.
• A focus on the end user experience is essential
• An ‘engineering mindset’ to Anaplan architecture;
• A certified Master Anaplanner is required.

 

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Last updated on Aug 22, 2024