Principal Enterprise Architect

Sonepar Management Group (SMG) supports our Sonepar brands (i.e. operating companies) in the US through a shared services model. These services include, but are not limited to: human resources, finance, digital enterprise, supply chain, vendor relations, marketing, legal, and communications. The SMG teams enable our brands to do business in their local regions while taking advantage of the scale and collective resources of a global enterprise.

SMG fosters an inclusive and supportive culture. We offer leadership and development programs to help you reach your career goals. Our associates share in our collective achievements, and we firmly believe that Sonepar is "Powered by Difference." By driving technology and innovation, enabling paths to success, and caring about our people and their families, we have built a workplace where you can build a fulfilling career.

We are seeking a senior Enterprise Architect to lead a largescale ERP transformation. This role is critical during ERP discovery and Phase 0-defining the target architecture, establishing transformation guardrails, and ensuring alignment across business, application, data, and technology domains.This is a highimpact, handson architecture role partnering with executive stakeholders, IT leadership, and a Systems Integrator (SI) to set the foundation for a multiyear enterprise modernization program.

Key Responsibilities

Define and document the targetstate enterprise and solution architecture for the ERP transformation.

Establish and enforce architecture principles and guardrails (e.g., fittostandard, cleancore design, integration and extensibility strategy).

Serve as the architectural authority across all ERP discovery and Phase 0 activities.

Act as the primary architecture counterpart to the Systems Integrator.

Develop and align architecture across all major domains:

Business & Process Architecture

Application & Integration Architecture

Data Architecture (governance, migration, master data)

Technology, Infrastructure & Security Architecture

Lead architectural decisionmaking, tradeoff assessments, and risk identification.

Ensure alignment with enterprise standards and longterm scalability requirements.

Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and executive audiences.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Lead Architect roles.
• Proven experience leading architecture for largescale ERP or enterprise platform transformations.
• Direct experience supporting ERP discovery, Phase 0 planning, or earlystage transformation design.
• Strong understanding of:Enterprise application ecosystems and integration patterns, Modular ERP design and implementation approaches,Fittostandard methodologies, Cleancore and extensibility strategies.
• Experience collaborating with Systems Integrators in complex enterprise environments.
• Ability to operate effectively in organizations with limited internal ERP or enterprisearchitecture maturity.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in multientity, multibusinessunit, or federated operating environments.
• Exposure to cloudhosted ERP or enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Strong background in enterprise integration platforms, APIs, data governance, and nonfunctional architecture requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to influence decisions without direct authority in largescale programs.

Professional & Behavioral Qualifications

• Strong collaboration skills across both business and IT teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholdermanagement abilities, including executivelevel interaction.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, structure complex problems, and drive clarity.
• High degree of accountability, ownership, and followthrough.
• Pragmatic mindset-balancing strategic direction with handson execution.
• Comfortable working in a fastmoving, transformational environment.

Role Characteristics

• Senior individual contributor role (not peoplemanagement).
• High visibility and influence across program leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Expected to balance strategic architecture direction with handson architectural leadership.

Why This Role Matters Early architectural decisions will set the trajectory for the ERP program's success, cost, agility, and longterm scalability. This role is central to creating a disciplined, futureready architectural foundation that will support the enterprise for years to come.

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What We Offer You

We offer great family-friendly benefits to full-time associates:

We're proud to be a military-friendly company, and our many employee resource groups (ERGs) help you make connections and feel supported.

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Sonepar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, or any other categories protected by federal, state or local law.

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