Solution Architect

Metro Global Solution Center (MGSC) is internal solution partner for METRO, a €29.8 Billion international wholesaler with operations in 31 countries through 661 stores & a team of 93,000 people globally. Metro operates in a further 10 countries with its Food Service Distribution (FSD) business and it is thus active in a total of 34 countries.

MGSC, location wise is present in Pune (India), Düsseldorf (Germany) and Szczecin (Poland). We provide IT & Business operations support to 31 countries, speak 24+ languages and process over 18,000 transactions a day. We are setting tomorrow’s standards for customer focus, digital solutions, and sustainable business models. For over 10 years, we have been providing services and solutions from our two locations in Pune and Szczecin. This has allowed us to gain extensive experience in how we can best serve our internal customers with high quality and passion. We believe that we can add value, drive efficiency, and satisfy our customers.

Website: https://www.metro-gsc.in
Company Size: 600-650
Headquarters: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Type: Privately Held
Inception:  2011

• Ensures global Intelligent automation platform(UiPath) & strategic technology roadmap
  • Makes Recommendations for technologies & suppliers to be implemented in the Automation stack and supports decision making
  • Contribute to target operating model by defining principles and tools
  • Support head of Digital Transformation Solutions with strategical view and ensure that platform is reflecting long time business requirements and strategy
• Provide Automation expertise & enablement 
  • Provides consulting for analyzing automation potentials and feasibility
  • Supports stakeholders, business analysts and automation SPOCs during use case identification, assessments and prioritization
  • Supports lead architect with platform management and PoCs
  • Conducts Automation trainings in alignment with lead architect
• Responsible for global Automation delivery standards
  • Defines target operating model processes & standards and provides training & guidance on these
  • Decides on best automation solution/architecture for use cases (for escalations)
  • In critical or difficult cases the Solution Architect reviews SDDs & TDDs, support business analysts during creation of documentation and provides quality review of documentation
  • Responsible for communication to different countries around automation enablement, pipeline build and change management.
• Responsible for the management of large programs
  • Ensure that the program is in line with governance & standards
  • Monitors risks and ensures timely escalations
  • Manages program budgets and works with Automation Team Lead for resource planning

• Highly experienced in Automation solution design, applying and combining several automation tools, platforms and solutions (UiPath experience would be preferred)
• Experience as a technical and solution architect will be an added advantage
• Deep understanding for long term stability and effectiveness of UiPath solutions
• Deep understanding in enablement, Hyper automation lifecycle and Automation methodologies
• Business strategy understanding is mandatory for this role
• Extensive analytical and logical skills
• Program Management experience (PMP or PgMP certification would be great)
• Extensive experience in stakeholder management
• Broad experience using and scaling several automation solutions and automation platforms
• Deep understanding of Automation technologies, Automation toolsets and data analytics – UiPath is a plus
• Extensive experience of the GBS IT organization & system landscape