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With more than 7,000 stores in 11 different countries, ALDI SOUTH is one of the world’s largest food retailers. It is our mission to supply our customers with high-quality food at the best possible prices. We have a clear focus, following a unique concept of simplicity, responsibility and reliability. ALDI SOUTH IT ensures that everything runs smoothly, from the IT infrastructure to the software used: both at national and international level. Within the scope of transnational projects, our teams develop IT solutions for worldwide use at ALDI SOUTH.

Your Job

What you give your best for.

• Together with your team colleagues, you are and will continue to grow as one of the top professionals for SAP and retail. 
• Defining the solution architecture (views) for upcoming product backlog items on the business, application and technology architecture layers 
• Identifying architecture dependencies and driving their resolution in close collaboration with product teams, enterprise architects and further stakeholders across the organisation 
• You are responsible for ensuring the integrity and future viability of the global template within the Buying pillar. 
• Ensuring that architecture definitions adhere to business value creation, target architecture and architecture guardrails; documenting and evaluating deviations as technical debts 
• Together with different subject matter experts, you will develop solution blueprints and concrete solution architectures for complex requirements and projects. 
• In close cooperation with our network of architects from other departments, you ensure seamless end-to-end processes. 
• Defining technical (enabler) epics and architecture constraints 
• Creating transparent and comprehensive architecture documentation (LeanIX, Confluence, etc.) 

Your Profile

What you should have.

• Relevant professional experience in the field of solution architecture with the business, application and technology architecture layers 
• Ability to see the big picture and to define and negotiate a comprehensive solution 
• Strong personality who can moderate and structure complex matters with the ability to advocate the IT Architecture department’s perspective 
• Extensive, preferably certified knowledge of architecture frameworks (SAFe, Open Agile Architecture, TOGAF) 
• Distinct knowledge about functional business processes and relevant customisation options in SAP S/4HANA Retail (mainly in MM and basic knowledge in SD/FI/QM modules) 
• At least one full-life-cycle SAP S/4HANA or SAP ECC implementation (analysis, solution development, blueprinting, configuration, testing, training and post-implementation support) and at least two SAP S/4HANA rollout projects 
• Expert knowledge in integrating SAP S/4HANA with other systems (using RFC, IDoc, DRFOUT, XML, web services, etc.) and the ability to provide best practices on ABAP enhancements and different integration technologies 
• Willingness to continuously learn and explore new technologies and their potential use cases (e.g. SAP Business Technology Platform, RESTful Application Programming, low-code/no-code technologies) 
• Very good English language skills 

Your Benefits

How we value your work.

• Mobile working within Germany incl. equipment and flexible working hours
• State-of-the-art technologies
• Attractive remuneration as well as holiday and Christmas bonuses
• Future-oriented training and development
• Modular onboarding and buddy
• Health activities

Your Tech Stack

What you work with, among other things.

• M365
• Adobe
• SAP
• Lean IX
• Many more depending on the job