Senior Solution Architect

Piab Group

pune, Maharashtra, IndiaPosted 5 days ago

Location

pune, Maharashtra, India

Solution Architecture & Design
Own the overall D365 F&SCM application architecture and integrations for piONE, ensuring alignment with Piab’s target landscape and global template.
Lead functional and conceptual functional solution design across Finance, Sales & Marketing, Procurement & Sourcing, WMS, and integration domains.
Ensure solutions follow Piab’s solution review principles (CCB / solution review board), including preparation of solution overviews and participation in review/approval forums.
Balance standard D365 capabilities with required enhancements; drive “fit to standard” and minimize unnecessary customizations while still meeting must‑have requirements from the Requirement Traceability Matrix.

Requirements & Global Template
Work closely with stream leads and process owners to interpret and challenge requirements documented inFRDs/FDDs(Finance, Sales, Procurement, WMS, Integrations) and in the Requirement Traceability Matrix.

Ensure that all “must‑have” ERP requirements (e.g., vendor payments, customer collections, budgeting, cash flow, document handling) are feasibly and consistently designed into the solution.
Support the evolution of Piab’sGlobal Template and ensure new solutions can be rolled out and reused across legal entities and regions.
Change & Solution Management
Participate in and support the ERP Change Control Board (CCB) process, contributing to impact assessments, risk evaluation, and architectural recommendations for Requests for Change.
Classify and guide changes (standard, normal, emergency) and secure architectural integrity from initial RFC through design, build, test, and deployment.
Ensure solution documentation (FDDs,integration FDDs, design overviews) is complete, consistent, and maintained over time.
Cross‑Functional& Integration Leadership
Collaborate with integration architects and technical teams on data flows between D365 and surrounding systems (e.g., Jeeves, PLM, label systems,Lasernet, banking, reporting).
Provide architectural guidance on solution patterns such as label integration APIs, intercompany item replication, bundle item configuration, and document receiver handling.
Ensure consistency of master data design (e.g., released item master, engineering items, price lists,customer and vendor structures) across solutions.
Quality, Testing & Deployment
Support creation of test strategies and scenarios to validate end‑to‑end solutions (integration tests, CRP, UAT, regression) against documented FRDs/FDDs.
Review defects and incidents from a solution perspective,identifying root causes and driving sustainable architectural fixes rather than point solutions.
Provide guidance during cut over, data migration, and deployment activities to ensure stable go‑lives and smooth handover to operations.
Stakeholder Management & Leadership
Act as a key partner and advisor to Piab’s Enterprise Architect, Program Manager,Functional leads, and workstream leads.
Lead and facilitate solution workshops and design discussions with business stakeholders and implementation partners.
Change Management, Adoption & Support Transition

AI in Dynamics 365 / Power Platform

Assess opportunities to apply AI within D365 and related Microsoft ecosystem (e.g., Copilot in D365, AI Builder, Azure OpenAI, Azure Cognitive Services, Power Automate, Power BI).
Design functional use cases and user stories for AI features such as:
Predictive demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and cash flow forecasting.
Intelligent invoice processing, document understanding, and OCR.
Recommendation engines (e.g., products, vendors, actions) and anomaly detection.
Copilot-based assistance for end users (e.g., natural language queries, guided processes).
Collaborate with data and technical teams to define data sources, data quality requirements, and model inputs/outputs for AI scenarios.
Validate AI outputs with business users, gather feedback, and support iterative improvements of AI models and prompts.

Poses relevant bachelor’s or master’s Degree.
10+years of leading Dynamics F&O ERP Implementation

Required Skills & Experience
Several years of hands‑on experience as ERP Solution Architect or senior ERP Consultant, with primary focus on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management (or AX 2012 with D365 migration experience).
Proven track record of leading solution design for multi‑country, multi‑legal‑entity ERP implementations in an industrial / manufacturing / distribution context.
Demonstrated experience working with formal requirement and solution documentation (FRD/FDD), including sign‑off processes with business and partner stakeholders.
Strong cross‑functional understanding in at least two of: Finance (GL, AP, AR, cash management, budgeting), Sales & Marketing, Procurement & Sourcing, Inventory & WMS, or manufacturing.
Experience with integrations in a hybrid application landscape (PLM, legacy ERPs, label/print, banking, reporting tools, etc.).
Experience working in international environment sand assignments are necessary.Have experience working with Europe, US, Asia implementations (Global implementation)

Experience working with tools likeJira/HP ALM/ServiceNow,SharePoint is required.
Relevant Microsoft or PMP/Prince 2 certifications in project management or Dynamics 365/Power BI.
Experience working in leading requirement,solution workshops.
Demonstrate solid ability to work collaboratively in a team.
Experience working agile and waterfall methodology.Thorough understanding of change, release, deploy, testing,training and IT service methodologies.
Able to understand business needs and translate business needs into tangible solutions.
Willingness to travel.
Experience from B2B organization is an advantage.
Be result driven and has analytical skills.
Experience working with MS word, Power points,Excel and project related tools.
Ability to multi-task and manage various task elements simultaneously.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to communicate in a concise and professional manner.
It is required that person is a good team player, social.

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