Senior Technical Architect
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Job Title: Senior Technical Architect
Job Type: Permanent
Job Location: UK(Multiple site according to the need) , limited Trevel to Europe
Job Description: Role Overview The WMS Architect will be responsible for designing, validating, and governing end-to-end Warehouse Management Solutions for the clients supply chain environment. This role demands strong functional expertise in WMS, deep understanding of industry frameworks, ability to drive requirement discovery, and capability to support solution evaluation and governance across implementation cycles.
Key Responsibilities
Requirement Validation & Alignment
Validate Requirement Packs against industry best practices and SCOR (Supply Chain Operations Reference) standards
Identify solution gaps, improvement opportunities, and process optimization needs
Discovery and On-Site Engagement
Participate in on-site visits during discovery phases to understand current operations, system workflows, and stakeholder expectations
Conduct requirement walkthroughs, business reviews, and system mapping exercises
Workshops & Stakeholder Collaboration
Lead validation workshops with business, IT, operational teams, and vendor stakeholders
Collate feedback, refine solution assumptions, and align scope boundaries
Gap Analysis & Documentation
Prepare Gap Analysis Reports (Draft and Final) covering deviations, risks, fit-gap scoring, and recommendations
Develop refined, consolidated requirement packs including process flows, functional narratives, use cases, and enhancement proposals
Vendor Evaluation & Advisory Support
Provide advisory support during vendor assessment and RFP phases
Evaluate vendor capabilities, solution compliance, technical match, and scalability
Governance & Project Leadership
Participate in solution governance forums, steering sessions, and progress reviews
Ensure adherence to architecture principles, traceability, quality, and delivery alignment throughout implementation
AI-Enabled Validation and Optimization
Use AI-assisted / NLP-based validation tools to review requirement completeness, traceability, and risk indicators
Recommend improvements based on intelligent scan outputs and architecture benchmarking
Required Skills & Competencies
Extensive knowledge of WMS concepts, supply chain operations, inventory flows, and fulfilment models
Strong experience with modern WMS platforms (Blue Yonder, Manhattan, SAP EWM, Krber, etc.)
Deep understanding of SCOR framework, logistics process models, and warehouse best practices
Proven experience in business analysis, solution design, requirement validation, gap assessment, UAT facilitation and process mapping
Experience working with multiple vendors and enterprise clients
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, workshop facilitation and documentation skills
Ability to guide project execution through governance, risk identification, traceability, and solution assurance
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- Location:
- Cheltenham
- Salary:
- not provided
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- IT
