Lead Architect, Planning, Production & Warehousing

Rare opportunity to join an extensive ERP transition project in a OMX C25-company

NKT is embarking a great transformation project that aims to merge three existing ECC platforms to ONE unified S/4Hana platform.

We are starting from fresh and we are looking for a great team to develop the program in close collaboration with the business. This is a great opportunity to join a program with huge potential at the very beginning.

We have an ambition to deliver a new ERP base to support the growth of NKT during a multi-phased 4-year program. The program will introduce new technology, new platforms and new business templates.

For this journey we are looking for a Lead Architect with a focus on Planning, Production & Warehousing to join a team of other architects.

Set the direction for our future architecture within Planning, Production & Warehousing

Joining NKT Cables Group our new Lead Architect will have a key task to set the direction for our SAP S/4Hana architecture within Planning, Production & Warehousing. Together with the rest of the architecture team you will make sure, that the overall roadmap delivers a coherent solution, that cater for new business models in NKT Cables Group.

With you skilled within Planning, Production & Warehousing you will be our subject matter expert, driving solutions across platforms and key stakeholders at all levels.

It is our ambition to become the preferred partner for the business, when defining how ERP can support the continued growth in NKT. This you will do together with a team of highly skilled Architects.

Your primary responsibilities will be to:

• Together with the rest of the architectural team you will share responsibility for the architectural transition, providing an SME role within the Planning, Production & Warehousing space and contribute to the overall transition in other areas.
• Ensure the short terms architectural maintenance of the three current ECC platforms until migrated to ONE ERP on S/4Hana
• Engage with business stakeholders to clarify their business purpose and derive a clear ERP strategy from here.
• Advocate standardization, scalability, and platform efficiency, keeping in mind the different nature of business within NKT
• Guide the engineering team/external partners to develop, configure and implement solutions as per design standards, defined by you and the architect team and in accordance with Enterprise Architecture guidelines.
• Monitor the work of the technical team and ensure standards are adhered to in accordance with SAP’s Solution Extensions
• Orchestrate the sequence of multiple projects and programs to ensure pace, quality and timely delivery.
• You and the team will run inspirational workshops guiding the many stakeholders to the right solution for NKT.
• Contribute to system configuration, ALM, upgrades, larger test etc.

20-30 days of travel, primarily within Europe, is to be expected.

• 5+ Years’ experience from a similar role in a complex enterprise set-up, especially with a solid background in the PP, APO domain.
• 5+ year experience working with large scale transformation programs, especially with some experience working with S/4 Hana
• Experience drafting and executing ERP strategies and roadmaps successfully
• Extensive experience translating business requirements into scalable ERP solutions
• You bring in depth knowledge on SAP Architecture and technology, and perhaps you have previous experience with other relevant tools, such SAP SAC, SAP Business Objects or SAP S/4HANA Embedded analysis
• You are a skilled communicator and used to working in a broad landscape of different stakeholders at all levels.

Can you see yourself contributing to the growth of our growing business? Are you enthusiastic about contributing to the green transformation of society? Then reach out, apply and become part our journey!

NKT is committed to fostering a diverse organization and a culture where people from different backgrounds can thrive and are inspired to perform at their best. We believe that a diverse organization enables sustainable performance, and that an inclusive and welcoming culture makes for a better place to work.

Due to summer holidays we will be reviewing candidates when closing the deadline, but please don’t hesitate to apply. Please apply at our website at latest December 1st, 2024. Personality- and capacity tests may occur in our recruitment process.

If you have any questions regarding the position, you are very welcome to contact Senior Manager, S/4 Architecture Rasmus Mahler; rasmus.mahler@nkt.com or Senior HR Business Partner Morten Sponholtz; morten.sponholtz@nkt.com. Please note that due to the GDPR regulations we cannot accept any applications via e-mail.

We are looking forward receiving your application!

About NKT

NKT is headquartered in Denmark, employs 4,500 people in more than 15 countries, and realized revenue of EUR 2,1 billion in 2022. We connect a greener world. www.nkt.com