About the RolePOSITION SUMMARY The Enterprise Architect provides strategic and practical technology leadership to align NWS business priorities with scalable, integrated, and secure enterprise systems. This role shapes the enterprise architecture across ERP, B2B eCommerce and channel partner platforms, CRM, sales, inventory, logistics, data/analytics, and AI-enabled applications supporting NWS operations in the U.S. and Canada. The Enterprise Architect partners with business and IT leaders, guides key technology and vendor decisions, and provides people leadership to technical teams to deliver sustainable business value.
Responsibilities- PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Own the enterprise technology architecture roadmap aligned to NWS growth, integrated distribution, and operational priorities.
- Lead solution architecture for B2B eCommerce, digital channels, customer/partner experiences, and quote-to-order capabilities.
- Align ERP, CRM, order management, procurement, inventory, finance, and warehouse/logistics systems through practical integration standards.
- Guide ERP modernization and cross-border operating-system alignment, including existing GP/SalesPad and SAP Business One environments.
- Partner with the Senior Data Architect on enterprise data integration, master data ownership, Microsoft Fabric, and analytics enablement.
- Establish enterprise technology, cloud, cybersecurity, reliability, vendor-selection, and architecture-governance practices.
- Provide direct leadership, performance management, mentoring, and professional development for assigned technical resources, translating business needs into priorities, delivery plans, and accountable decisions.
- KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Enterprise Architecture & Business Strategy
- Translate NWS's digital infrastructure distribution, solution services, and growth objectives into a phased enterprise architecture roadmap.
- Maintain current- and future-state application, integration, data, and infrastructure views; identify dependencies and duplication.
- Guide build-versus-buy, SaaS-versus-PaaS, platform selection, vendor architecture, and total-cost/risk tradeoffs for a lean IT team.
- Establish lightweight architecture reviews, decision records, integration ownership, and standards that accelerate delivery.
- ERP, B2B Commerce & Systems Integration
- Design end-to-end quote-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and inventory-to-fulfillment workflows across sales, finance, and operations.
- Guide integration and modernization of Dynamics GP/SalesPad, SAP Business One (U.S./Canada), CRM, and warehouse systems.
- Shape B2B commerce/channel architecture for large catalogs, account pricing, quoting, BOMs/kitting, EDI, and order/inventory sync.
- Define robust API, event, batch, and EDI patterns with clear system ownership, monitoring, recovery, and data contracts.
- Security, Platforms & Technology Governance
- Set pragmatic cloud/hybrid, identity, access, application, and network architecture standards with IT and security leaders.
- Ensure critical commerce, ERP, integration, and operations solutions are designed for resilience, continuity, and recoverability.
- Review major technology investments and implementation partners for security, interoperability, scalability, and lifecycle cost.
- Provide architectural oversight of delivery, migration sequencing, release readiness, and business continuity during change.
- Data, AI & Technology Team Leadership
- Set cross-system master-data and integration direction while the Senior Data Architect owns detailed Fabric/OneLake and BI design.
- Guide responsible AI, agents, and business applications for product/SKU enrichment, pricing, customer operations, and automation.
- Manage and mentor assigned technical contributors; clarify ownership, build capabilities, and support hands-on delivery teams.
- Partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, IT, and executives to connect technology decisions to business outcomes.
Qualifications- REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Technology, or a related field.
- 10+ years in enterprise/solution architecture or technology leadership, including complex business-system modernization.
- Demonstrated industry knowledge in telecom/digital infrastructure distribution, wholesale B2B, or closely related supply chains.
- Proven design experience spanning ERP, CRM, eCommerce, order management, warehouse operations, APIs/EDI, and cloud platforms.
- Experience leading technical teams, influencing executives, and making practical architecture, budget, and vendor decisions.
Required Skills- SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
- Business & Enterprise Architecture: Capability mapping, roadmaps, application rationalization, and cross-functional process design.
- B2B Distribution Systems: ERP, CRM, eCommerce, catalog/pricing, fulfillment, inventory, partner channels, and EDI.
- Integration & Platforms: API/event architecture, cloud/SaaS decisions, identity, scalability, and operational resilience.
- Data & AI Enablement: Master-data ownership, enterprise data flows, analytics interfaces, and responsible automation.
- People & Stakeholder Leadership: Team development, executive communication, vendor management, and pragmatic decision-making.
Preferred Skills- PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with Dynamics GP, SalesPad, SAP Business One, Dynamics 365, HubSpot, or multi-ERP environments.
- Exposure to Adobe Commerce/Magento, B2B customer-specific catalogs, quoting, and partner/marketplace commerce models.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Fabric/OneLake, Power BI, and modern AI/agent integration and governance practices.
- Familiarity with NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, disaster recovery, and security requirements for commercial platforms.
