Princes Group
Solutions Architect (Sales & Distribution)
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Role Description
Princes Liverpool is recruiting for a Solutions Architect (Sales & Distribution) to join our Head Office in the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool. This is a rare opportunity to join one of the UK's leading FMCG businesses.
Department / Location: IT – Supply Chain & Customer Fulfilment
Reports To: IT Delivery Manager – Supply Chain & Customer Fulfilment
Why Princes?
- Competitive Salary
- 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
- A day off for your Birthday
- Flexible Holiday Option - buy 5 days holiday
- 14.5% Pension (5% Employee, 9.5% Employer) Opt-In
- Life Insurance Policy
- Private Medical Insurance
- Critical Illness Cover
Job Purpose
Responsible for the design, definition, and assurance of technology solutions supporting Sales & Distribution processes. Ensures SAP SD solutions deliver efficient, scalable, and integrated order-to-cash capabilities across order management, pricing, logistics execution and billing.
Dimensions
- Owns solution architecture across SAP SD and related fulfilment systems
- Covers Order-to-Cash including order entry, ATP, pricing, delivery and billing
- Operates across multiple business units and international operations
- Supports integration with Logistics, Planning and Finance (Accounts Receivable)
- Provides technical leadership across delivery teams
- No direct line management responsibility
Key Responsibilities
- Define end-to-end SAP SD solution architectures across Supply Chain & Customer Fulfilment domain
- Design solutions covering order management, ATP, pricing, deliveries and billing processes
- Ensure integration between SAP SD, logistics systems, EDI platforms and finance systems
- Produce architecture artefacts, designs and documentation
- Ensure alignment to enterprise architecture standards and governance
- Provide architectural assurance across delivery programmes and BAU changes
- Work with business stakeholders to translate sales and fulfilment requirements into solutions
- Support S/4HANA transformation and O2C process standardisation
- Identify opportunities for optimisation, automation and continuous improvement
- Support vendor selection, system evaluation and technical decision-making
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Key Relationships
- IT Delivery Manager – Supply Chain & Customer Fulfilment
- Enterprise Architect
- Solution Architects (Planning, Logistics, Finance)
- Business Analysts and Developers
- Sales, Customer Services and Logistics stakeholders
- External vendors and system integrators
Role Requirements
- Strong SAP SD solution design experience
- Understanding of Order-to-Cash processes and integrations with finance and logistics
- Experience with pricing, ATP, delivery, billing and customer fulfilment processes
- Integration knowledge (EDI, WMS, interfaces)
- Experience in enterprise solution architecture and governance
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- FMCG or manufacturing experience desirable
Behavioural Competencies
- Analytical and structured thinking
- Strong stakeholder engagement
- Collaborative mindset
- Attention to detail and quality
- Continuous improvement focus
Hays Job Evaluation Summary (Grade 4)
- Know-how: Deep expertise in SAP SD and customer fulfilment processes
- Problem Solving: Resolves complex cross-functional O2C challenges
- Accountability: Owns solution design integrity and architectural standards
- Positioned as specialist architecture role
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Country: United Kingdom
Location: Liverpool
Business Area: Finance
Workplace Type: Hybrid
About Princes
The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.
Role Requirements
- Strong SAP SD solution design experience
- Understanding of Order-to-Cash processes and integrations with finance and logistics
- Experience with pricing, ATP, delivery, billing and customer fulfilment processes
- Integration knowledge (EDI, WMS, interfaces)
- Experience in enterprise solution architecture and governance
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- FMCG or manufacturing experience desirable
Behavioural Competencies
- Analytical and structured thinking
- Strong stakeholder engagement
- Collaborative mindset
- Attention to detail and quality
- Continuous improvement focus
Hays Job Evaluation Summary (Grade 4)
- Know-how: Deep expertise in SAP SD and customer fulfilment processes
- Problem Solving: Resolves complex cross-functional O2C challenges
- Accountability: Owns solution design integrity and architectural standards
- Positioned as specialist architecture role
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