Enterprise Architect - Insight to Plan at Mars, Incorporated in Chicago, Illinois

Job Description:

Job Description:

To enable this Transformation, it is imperative that business and Digital Technology (DT) work together to enable a full process redesign enabled by technology and data. The position sits in the Digital Enablers' - Architect function and is the lead Enterprise Architect for Mars Snacking for Insight to Plan - I2P. The role will be pivotal in establishing technology governance and standards across the domains, ensuring our digital platforms and assets remain at the forefront of innovation.

What are we looking for?

• Experience with configuration and implementation of this area in a large global scale organization


• Must have had full lifecycle experience in a technical role in wide range of planning tools from top level Strategy and its planning, all the way to Period Close.


• SAP Central Finance and CPG experience is not fundamental but is helpful to work alongside the Enterprise Finance and Planning processes and platforms like Anaplan, SAP SAC, Tagetik, OneStream etc. which support Enterprise Planning and its Automation.


• Adequate understanding of Supply Chain, Sales & Distribution and Finance, their respective platforms like Kinaxis and SAP S/4, especially in a consumer products company.


• Go-to person in the segment for engineering teams, infrastructure, cloud development, and software architecture design for various initiatives.


• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to see the connections between layers of business operations in Finance and Planning.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Lead the architecture and its lifecycle, drive reference models, reference architectures, technical design, design patterns, reusable frameworks, best practices with the goal of providing solutions to programs, products and maximizing total cost of ownership, service delivery, and customer satisfaction within Mars.


• Lead future state technology architecture, roadmaps, and shape investment decisions to help execute the strategy and attain the future state.


• Provide understanding of linkage between business outcomes to technology execution to architects and development teams and be the translator of Technology Requirements into Design as well as alignment to the Product and Platform roadmap and Strategy.


• Represents the principles and technical decision criteria for the Segment and alignment to the Enterprise and Core Enterprise Architecture when making platform decisions.

• Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.


• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.


• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.


• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.