Required Skills & Experience
· Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, manufacturing, operations, information systems, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 10+ years as a functional solution architecture or senior consulting experience with Infor M3 in a complex manufacturing, & distribution environment. · Deep knowledge of several relevant M3 areas, such as planning, procurement, manufacturing, product and item management, inventory, warehousing, shipping, quality, or maintenance. · Demonstrated experience designing end-to-end ERP solutions across multiple companies, divisions, regions, integrations, and operational models. · Experience leading fit-to-standard, requirements analysis, configuration design, testing, cutover, deployment, and production stabilization. · Ability to evaluate customization objectively and explain tradeoffs involving efficiency, complexity, testing, release risk, support cost, and lifecycle value. · Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to influence business leaders, analysts, technical teams, and partners without relying on direct authority.
Job Description
One of Insight Global's clients is searching for a Solutions Architect with operational leadership in Infor M3. They are to provide global functional solution architecture leadership for Infor M3 supply chain, manufacturing, warehousing, branch, and logistics capabilities. The Solution Architect converts business requirements into cohesive, scalable, and supportable M3 designs; governs regional variation and customization; and guides analysts, developers, Infor, and delivery partners through design, testing, deployment, and stabilization.
Key Responsibilities:
Own end-to-end M3 functional architecture across demand and supply planning, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, warehousing, branch operations, fulfillment, shipping, quality, maintenance, and logistics. · Translate business requirements into solution options, global and regional design decisions, process flows, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria. · Write functional design documents or approve those written by regional analysts. · Assess impacts across M3 modules, companies and divisions, master data, integrations, reporting, security, documents, controls, and edge applications. · Define where regional variation is required and where common global design should be maintained. · Promote standard CloudSuite capabilities and process alternatives before endorsing customization. · Support design reviews, fit-to-standard decisions, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, cutover, hypercare, and stabilization. · Ensure regional requirements, compliance initiatives, monthly updates, and approved enhancements remain aligned with the global solution · Guide regional analysts and delivery partners and ensure designs are understood, documented, tested, and supportable. Co-lead the ERP Design Authority with ERP Technical Architecture and other Functional Solution Architects. · Evaluate proposed solutions for business value, operational efficiency, process fit, complexity, testing burden, support cost, release impact, and lifecycle risk. · Review Infor and partner designs and require complete documentation, traceability, knowledge transfer, and operational ownership. · Maintain functional architecture standards, decision records, process and configuration principles, and an inventory of significant regional variations.