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Senior Solution Architect - Distribution Center Operations & Platforms Location:
LAKE FOREST, IL, US, 60045-5202
Work Location Type:
Hybrid
Compensation
The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $146,200.00 to $243,600.00.
This role is also eligible for performance-based compensation including cash bonus and company stock (RSUs).
Rewards and Benefits
With benefits starting on day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members' individual needs, including:
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and 6 company holidays per year.
6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents.
The pay range provided above is not a guarantee of compensation. The range reflects the potential base pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual base pay compensation will depend, in part, on factors such as geographic work location and relevant experience and skills.
The anticipated compensation range described above is subject to change and the compensation ultimately paid may be higher or lower than the range described above.
Grainger reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion at any time, consistent with applicable law.
Location:
Chicago or remote
Travel:
Up to 10% within North America
Role Overview This role requires strong architectural judgment, deep SAP EWM expertise, and strong distribution center operations knowledge. The role defines the distribution center domain architecture and roadmap across yard, receiving, storage, put-away, picking, packing, and shipping. It also guides capability placement decisions by evaluating trade-offs between standard SAP EWM functionality, clean-core extensions to EWM, and complementary COTS or custom-built services outside EWM, using domain-driven design approaches.
You Will / Key Responsibilities Solution Design and Distribution Center Domain Architecture Roadmap
Serve as the primary solution architect for distribution center operations by creating end-to-end solution designs for initiatives, ensuring alignment with broader Supply Chain architecture direction and accounting for impacts to process, people, data, and technology.
Define the future-state target architecture and transition roadmap for distribution center operations, including process, platforms, automation, integration, and information flow.
Design and govern integrations between SAP EWM and surrounding systems such as WES, OT control systems, TMS, YMS, fulfillment planning, and analytics platforms.
Evaluate architectural options and recommend where functionality should reside, including EWM standard capabilities, clean-core extensions, and complementary COTS or custom-built services.
Ensure solutions meet requirements for resiliency, scalability, security, and operational stability.
Provide Technical Leadership
Provide architectural leadership and mentorship to EWM business analysts and delivery teams.
Promote modern architecture practices including event-driven and API-based information flows and domain-aligned data products to enable operational execution, real-time visibility, and analytics.
Promote SAP clean-core practices across delivery teams.
Communicate and Collaborate
Communicate architectural options and trade-offs to architecture and engineering teams, and present major decisions and investment considerations to the CIO and Supply Chain leadership.
Partner with OT, network, and security architects to ensure effective orchestration between human labor and automated material handling systems.
Collaborate with product managers and distribution operations leaders to identify process and data flow improvements that advance business objectives.
Work with project and product portfolio managers and delivery teams to ensure solutions are feasible, delivered on time, adhere to standards, and advance the domain roadmap.
You Have / Required Qualifications
Deep, hands-on SAP EWM on S/4HANA expertise in complex distribution center operations.
Strong architectural judgment with a proven ability to evaluate trade-offs and recommend solutions across standard capabilities, extensions, and complementary platforms.
Strong practical knowledge of distribution center operations, especially in highly automated warehouses and hybrid human/automation environments.
Working knowledge of integration design using APIs and event-driven architecture; ability to reason about synchronous vs asynchronous patterns and operational latency/throughput needs.
Familiarity with data modeling and designing domain-aligned data products that support operational visibility and analytics.
Ability to think beyond a single system and understand the role each system plays in the distribution center ecosystem.
Strong communication skills, including leading requirements and design workshops and influencing both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Proven ability to mentor and guide SAP technical teams.
Familiarity with
SAP clean-core principles
and
domain-driven design .
Growth mindset with continuous learning orientation.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with warehouse execution systems (WES) and automation orchestration.
Experience supporting
multi-site WMS transformations or migrations
(platform changes, phased rollouts, cutover strategy, operational readiness).
Understanding of IT/OT integration, network considerations, and security in industrial environments.
Familiarity with other WMS platforms (e.g. Manhattan) is a plus.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including, but not limited to use of our website, any part of the application, interview or hiring process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.
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- English
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