Principal Architect, Business Solutions

Lennox International • Richardson, TX

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About The Position

Driven by 130 years of legacy, HVAC and refrigeration success, Lennox provides our residential and commercial customers with industry-leading climate-control solutions. At Lennox, we win as a team, aiming for excellence and delivering innovative, sustainable products and services. Our culture guides us and creates a workplace where all employees feel heard and welcomed. Lennox is a global community that values each team member’s contributions and offers a supportive environment for career development. Come, stay, and grow with us.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Engineering, or a related field, and 10 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or as an Enterprise Architect, Functional Consultant, or in a related/similar position.
• Experience therein to include: 10 years in the following:
• performing end to end implementations
• ERP applications including Production Planning, Materials Management, Sales and Distribution, Quality Management and Plant Maintenance
• implementation and management of Variant Configuration
• performing software development/architecture
• development tools, design standards, best practices, and architecture frameworks
• agile methodology
• ABAP debugging
• integrating with other platforms including SAP BW and Manufacturing Execution System.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall architecture, design, related to SAP Production Planning configuration.
• Responsible for full life cycle implementation of SAP Production Planning, from business requirements gathering through conducting business workshops, including gap analysis, blueprinting, design, configuration, testing, cutover, data migration, go-live, training, and post go-live support.
• Responsible for software delivery including continuous improvement, practices, and principles.
• Document major processes and development milestones.
• Formulate and define systems scope and objectives based on both user needs and a thorough understanding of application systems and industry requirements.
• Analyze business and user needs and follow through the full development life cycle.
• Develop functional specifications for the development of reports, forms, configurations, interfaces, and enhancements in Production Planning, Plant Maintenance, Quality Management, and Materials Management areas.
• Modify, maintain, and update complex Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) configuration and program routines.
• Educate others in the workflow, business processes and reporting metrics enabled by ERP modules or other application systems.
• Define, test, train, implement, and support one or more functional areas within the ERP System or other application systems.
• Monitor developers in software development methods, processes, and implementation of those methods.
• Ensure solutions align with the IT long-term strategy.
• Develop test scenarios and scripts, perform unit testing, coordinate user acceptance testing to resolve and close defects.
• Develop work instructions and job aids for end user training.
• Manage business process mapping, process re-engineering and gap analysis.
• Recommend opportunities for streamlining, consolidating, and optimizing processes.
• Assist with solution strategies for business requirements, enhancement requests and defect fixes.
• Identify, develop, and deliver business and technical solutions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal