Enterprise Architect - Supply Chain

Job Description
The Opportunity:
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).
What Your Impact Will Be:
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. Must be adept in dealing with systems in all CPG business domains.
Develops solution designs and leads implementation efforts from an architecture perspective for all Technology Platform projects.
Ability to strike a balance between practical solutions and alignment with the architectural vision.
Ability to work closely with multiple development teams to define, select and architect products and services that require significant cross component coordination and ensure alignment with architecture standards.
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.