Enterprise Domain Architect “ERP / Digital Supply Chain” (f/m/x)

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To strengthen our Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Innovation Team in the Corporate Information Technology in Oberkochen, Munich or Jena, we are looking for an experienced Enterprise Domain Architect covering the EA domain Digital Supply Chain at ZEISS. In this role you give guidance, architectural expertise, and EA governance to manage enterprise architecture within ZEISS.

Furthermore you will

  • Design the global IT technology, application and data architecture to ensure that the overarching solution building blocks at the platform and application-level work together functionally and operationally

  • Design and develop a comprehensive vision for the target architecture, considering business requirements and EA sustainability in “Digital Supply Chain”

  • Understand the status-quo of current capabilities/application landscape to identify and prioritize the EA improvement potentials

  • Drive and lead the definition of the ZEISS architectural IT-framework & high-level roadmap within the EA domain ERP SCM which also includes Manufacturing, Warehouse Management and Business Planning solutions” in close cooperation with Business stakeholders, EA Domain architects, IT Solution architects and IT Service Delivery Heads

  • Give advice to management and guidance to solution development teams on technological and architectural issues.

  • Conduct IT/Digital Technology Scouting of new domain-relevant technologies and help the business units in shaping their IT/Digital Roadmap

  • Lateral leading of Solution Architects placed within decentral CIT organization in the domain

  • Act in an EA governance role within architecture decision bodies

  • Care for high quality of the architecture documentation (various artefacts), esp. in the Enterprise EA repository


  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Industrial Engineering or similar

  • profound years of professional experience

  • Experience in enterprise and solution architecture design (covering technology, data, application layer) in Cloud Digital platforms and SAP S/4, SaaS product portfolio

  • Good Process knowledge in Production Engineering and Operations and integrations to other SCM modules

  • Proven experience in EA Governance at large and global companies and applying professional EA Management methods (e.g. TOGAF)

  • Experience in large IT transformation programs

  • Highly competent as well as transparency- and integrity-based behavior, especially towards management levels

  • Good interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills, e.g. for chairing meetings, facilitating workshops, presenting to senior stakeholders in business terms

  • Ability to work independently and engage with stakeholders across multiple levels of the organization

  • Willingness for continuous professional and personal education

  • Fluent in English and German

    With us, you will run Enterprise Architecture as a continuous discipline. Translating Business Architecture into IT Architecture. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future-oriented high-tech company which was born as a startup 175 years ago. Interested? Then we will look forward to meeting you!

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