Ready for Action – Solution Architect @ Commerce IT

With over 3000 stores and millions of customers in Europe, Technology plays a key role in Action’s success with the surprising assortment and strong brand proposition. The commerce team is an important part of our organization which consists of our buying teams, the commercial planning team, the quality team, the sourcing team, the price management team, the promotion management team, the commercial operations team and the master data management team. As part of the development of our organization, there is an increasing demand in functionality that is either realized in existing applications or in new applications.  If you are seeking to deliver successful implementation projects the position of Solution Architect Commerce at Action may be the role for you.

This is your daily action

As a Solution Architect @ Commerce IT, you will be responsible for designing and implementing end-to-end solutions that support Action’s rapidly evolving commerce operations. You will work closely with business stakeholders and IT teams to ensure our IT landscape aligns with operational needs and strategic goals.   

This role is requiring deep expertise in integrations, strong analytical skills, ability to cope with a dynamic and changing work environment and the ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Solution Design: Develop and maintain architecture for commerce processes.
• Integration: Ensure seamless integration between applications such as S4/SAP and other retail applications in use.
• Business Alignment: Collaborate with commerce teams to understand operational challenges and translate them into system solutions.
• Implementation Support: Guide project teams during implementations, upgrades, and enhancements.
• Governance: Define and enforce architecture standards, best practices, and documentation.
• Innovation: Identify opportunities for process optimization and automation within commerce
• Stakeholder Management: Act as a trusted advisor to business and IT leadership.

Your team

Our Technology department adds value with dedicated horizontal / functional teams for Business domains, a Development & Operations team to manage shared Technology services. Furthermore, supportive teams for Projects & Portfolio management. Over 700 people work daily in and for Technology. One of the key departments within Action Technology for achieving Action's ambitious growth targets is Commerce.  The team consists of engaged, cost-conscious and customer-focused people with diverse cultural backgrounds.   

What You Offer

You are analytical and professional and use your good communication skills to help connect with others. You have an affinity for retail and know how to strike the balance between detail and the bigger picture in this environment.  

You also have the following:

• Experience: Minimum 7+ years of technical and software architectural experience in a retail environment
• Hands-On Approach: Ability to configure, troubleshoot, and optimize low code and SaaS technologies
• Analytical Skills: Excellent problem-solving and data analysis capabilities.
• Business Acumen: Ability to bridge the gap between technical solutions and business needs.
• Communication: Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Technical experience: experience with SAP, low-code, Master Data Management, retail and/or SaaS are very useful in this role.
• Methodological experience: experience with Agile (including Scrum, Kanban), ASL, BiSL, BPM, Archimate and/or COBIT.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in large-scale retail or FMCG environments.
• Experience with or certification in formalized Architecture approach, preferrably TOGAF level II.
• Knowledge of automation tools and emerging Commerce technologies.
• Experience with applying structured approaches, such as Prince II, ITIL. 

What We Offer

Surprisingly much! From our bustling home base in the Netherlands, you’ll have an impact on the whole of Europe.  And we have big growth ambitions. For Action and for you. Because our growth means that you can always take new steps. A different job, an interesting innovation project, new skills: as a professional you can develop without limits. And all this in a culture where our shared values are truly lived: customer focus, teamwork, simplicity, discipline, costconscious and respect.

Did you know that you can also count on us for:

• A market-based salary based on a 38-hour work week
• An annual bonus between 10 and 20% based on company and personal performance
• 24 days of holiday and the option to buy 5 extra days (based on 38 hours per week)
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of working up to 40% from home, of course in coordination with your team and manager
• 15% staff discount on your purchases at Action
• A good pension scheme, collective health insurance and travel expenses allowance (Zwaagdijk-Oost is traffic jam-free and only 30 minutes by car from Amsterdam)

How We Contribute To Society

As a retailer with millions of enthusiastic customers, we take our responsibility for people and the environment seriously. That is why we seek to invest in solutions that reduce the environmental impact and improve the manufacturing conditions in the countries in which we have shops and manufacture products. Click here for more information.

Interested?

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We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we warmly invite anyone who recognises themselves in the vacancy to apply. So take action and respond to this vacancy now!

What happens next:

1. Response to your application a.s.a.p. by the Sr. Tech Recruiter
2. First meeting with the manager and a colleague
3. Online assessment to get to know you better
4. Second interview with the IT Director & Commerce contact
5. Welcome to Action...

Throughout the process, Sr. Tech Recruiter Rob van Elburg is your permanent point of contact and is available to answer any questions you may have.