Senior ERP & Supply Chain Solutions Architect

• Serve as the primary technology architect and trusted advisor for Supply Chain and Operations. 
• Develop and maintain enterprise application roadmaps that support growth, operational excellence, and transformation. 
• Partner with Supply Chain, Operations, Manufacturing, Finance, and IT leaders to align technology capabilities with business priorities. 
• Assess the current application landscape and recommend practical future-state architecture. 

• Lead ERP design and optimization across planning, procurement, inventory, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, and distribution. 
• Maximize standard ERP and planning-platform capabilities and industry best practices before recommending customization. 
• Define solution architecture, integration patterns, data flows, nonfunctional requirements, and technical guardrails. 
• Provide architectural leadership for implementations, upgrades, enhancements, vendor evaluations, and solution selection. 
• Ensure solutions are scalable, supportable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with the enterprise roadmap. 

• Facilitate current-state and future-state process design workshops with business stakeholders. 
• Design capabilities across S&OP, demand planning, supply planning, MRP/MPS, inventory, procurement, production scheduling, warehouse operations, and transportation management. 
• Identify opportunities to improve forecast accuracy, inventory performance, operational efficiency, and customer service. 
• Recommend proven practices and challenge legacy processes when more effective alternatives are available. 

• Partner with Data and BI teams to define trusted data models, reporting requirements, integration strategies, and operational metrics. 
• Guide source-to-target logic, table selection, joins, data validation, and data quality controls across ERP, planning, and reporting platforms. 
• Identify practical opportunities to apply AI, machine learning, automation, and advanced analytics to operational processes. 
• Lead targeted proof-of-concept initiatives and help translate successful pilots into scalable enterprise capabilities. 

• Establish architecture standards and decision criteria for supply chain and enterprise application technologies. 
• Lead design reviews and ensure consistency across systems, integrations, vendors, and implementation partners. 
• Guide cross-functional teams through discovery, design, build, testing, deployment, and stabilization. 
• Manage architecture risks, dependencies, tradeoffs, and technical debt while maintaining delivery momentum.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. 
• 10+ years of experience in ERP, enterprise applications, business systems architecture, or solution architecture. 
• 7+ years of experience supporting Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Distribution, or Logistics operations. 
• Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes, including demand and supply planning, procurement, inventory, manufacturing, warehousing, and transportation. 
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise business systems and cross-functional process improvements. 
• Ability to translate business strategy and operational requirements into scalable process and technology solutions. 
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as a self-starter, establish priorities, and drive complex initiatives with minimal supervision. 
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills. 
• Ability to influence effectively across business, technology, vendor, and implementation-partner teams.

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, SAP, Oracle, Infor, Epicor, NetSuite, or a comparable ERP platform. 
• Experience with MRP, APS, WMS, TMS, demand planning, supply planning, forecasting, inventory optimization, and production scheduling. 
• Experience with planning platforms such as Pigment, Anaplan, SAP IBP, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, Oracle Planning, or similar solutions. 
• Knowledge of APIs, middleware, integration platforms, master data, data governance, data warehousing, and enterprise reporting. 
• Familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform, Power BI, Azure data services, and AI-enabled business solutions. 
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial, distribution, or private-equity-backed environments. 
• Relevant ERP, supply chain, architecture, or project-delivery certifications.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, and walk; use hands and fingers; talk and/or hear. The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Founded in 1954, Vibrant Ingredients is a leading provider of natural, clean label ingredients and systems that power extraordinary food and beverage experiences. The company’s broad portfolio — including natural flavors, botanical extracts, functional nutrition, cold brew coffee, tea essences, and food protection solutions — enhances taste, texture, color, shelf life, and performance across a wide range of applications. Vibrant operates four state-of-the-art facilities across the United States and works with leading brands, manufacturers, and foodservice operators. With vertically integrated capabilities and a proven track record of innovation and execution, Vibrant helps customers accelerate to market without compromise. Learn more at www.vibrantingredients.com