Enterprise Architect (m/w/d) - #2749109

The ALDI Nord group is one of the leading food retailers. For over 110 years, ALDI has stood for the creation of the discount principle. Our mission is to provide people everywhere and anytime with their daily essentials: quality products at low prices – simply and quickly. This also includes making shopping as easy as possible for our customers. That’s why we give our best every day and reinvent ourselves time and again. Combined talent and commitment - that is the POWER behind our success stories. Across Europe in 8 countries with around 5,400 stores and more than 91,000 employees. We are: Simply ALDI. Powered by people.

Your tasks

• You have a solid understanding of core retail processes and you act as a bridge between Business and IT
• Support of strategic initiatives in the preparation of architecture planning artefacts (e.g. option assessments, solution overview)
  to inform stakeholder decisions and drive the overall target architecture discussion with technical and functional stakeholders
• Design, align, evolve, visualize and communicate Architecture Big-Pictures and necessary IT architecture artifacts (e.g. capability map, overall target architecture & architecture transformation roadmap, technology radar)
• Govern and ensure quality in architecture processes and procedures
• Host, moderate and facilitate the architecture community meetings to identify potential areas of optimization and ensure the development of stable, effective and cost-efficient architecture that is aligned across all domains
• Define and establish common standards, patterns and best practices together with relevant stakeholders and other architects
• Curate enterprise architecture meta model and enterprise architecture repository

Your profile

• Several years of experience in IT architecture roles (food retailing sector beneficial)
• Deep knowledge in common architecture-tools (e.g. LeanIX, SparxEA) and architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman)
• Experienced in cloud-technologies (e.g. Azure, Google Cloud)
• Experience in complex SAP transformation projects (incl. SAP S/4 HAN RMM, eWM and TM)
• Strong analytical and architectural skills with the ability to outline and present complex coherences in a simple and comprehensible way
• Strong communication and presentation capabilities
• Collaborative skills and interdisciplinary problem solving thinking
• Required language skills: minimum German: B2, minimum English: B2

Your benefits

• Modern Work Environment: Work on the ALDI Nord campus with an open-space concept, company cafeteria, café, parent-child office, and parking garage including electric charging stations
• Work-Life Balance: Flexible working hours and a hybrid working model with the possibility of partial remote work (up to 40%) as well as 30 vacation days (full-time)
• Mobility: Free electric charging at the ALDI Nord campus, coverage for the Deutschlandticket, or a travel allowance
• Healthcare & Prevention: Company-owned gym as well as gym partnerships.
• Onboarding & Training: Structured onboarding and a variety of opportunities for personal and professional development (e.g., ALDI Academy, eLearning, etc.)
• Impact & Team Power: High degree of creative freedom and unbeatable team power in a high-performance work environment
• Salary & Employee Discounts: Secure job with the pioneer of discounts offering an attractive salary and corporate benefits