Solution Architect_Principal, Company Code: VOLVO PENTA AB]

Description: Solution Architect – Maestro (Kinaxis) - Supply Chain Planning

We are looking for a skilled resource with proven experience in Kinaxis RapidResponse/Maestro to work on one of our main initiatives - Order Promise.

Specific competence needed: Maestro/Kinaxis RapidResponse Order Fulfillment (and Penta knowledge)

1. My Mission

My mission is to define and design the architecture for Maestro business applications /

Supply Chain Planning digital products within the organization, ensuring maximum value for customers. I am accountable to define the target map for digital initiatives across teams, ensuring alignment of technology choices with one North Star Architecture and D&IT CAST.

I am typically part of the team collaboration circle in Stable Teams Framework and support one or multiple product teams, constantly engaging the Tech Lead in such teams. I collaborate with the Enterprise Architect for strategic direction and follow established principles and guidelines, ensuring adherence to standards. My focus is on technical decisions being made regarding solutions and how they meet business needs.

I am a professional, leading the design of business applications or digital products which support digital business capabilities needs to realize the business strategy. I also support planning, development, deployment and maintenance of digital solutions within Volvo Group. My responsibilities also include functional or network leader roles within Architecture.

2. My Key Responsibilities

• Business value driven design of Supply Chain Planning digital products / Maestro business application, covering applications, services and IT infrastructure, as well as the logical and physical interrelationships between its components.

• Analyse the technology environment, enterprise specifics.

• Design and document IT integration solutions using relevant platforms, support services, methods and guidelines.

• Design Application architecture that guides product development considering reuse of business components and modern architecture disciplines driven by North Star.

• Ensure usage of shared technical standards, tools, and platforms.

• Align with Volvo Group Security directives and fulfilling the customer demands for information security.

• Translate business requirements into IT architecture and describing it through

a selection of architecture and design artifacts.

• Analyse functional and create non-functional requirements.

• Create solution prototypes.

• Participate in technology selection.

• Secure alignment of Architecture design with architecture principles from North Star.

• Contribute to Enterprise Architecture practices and Target Architecture development

by addressing technical aspects of Enterprise Architecture and securing consistency with Business and Information architecture.

• Collaborate on multiple stages of the Business Architecture Framework, creating artifacts needed to define the business capabilities and how they are realized in the solution.

Job Posting Start Date: 05/05/2025