Solution Architect - SAP Retail
Endeavour Group — Sydney, Australia
Platform: SAP IS-Retail · Type: Full-time
Experience: 9-12 years
Modules: Merchandise Management, SAP CAR, Pricing & Promotions, S/4HANA Retail
Job description
About the Role
Bring your passion and feel the energy
Location: Sydney or Melbourne (Hybrid - 3 Days in Office)
Step into a business-critical position driving the technological roadmaps for some of Australia's most iconic retail portfolios (including BWS and Dan Murphy’s).
As we are currently in the build phase of our core ERP transition, the SAP Retail Solution Architect will provide critical governance and oversight to ensure alignment with our target state while strictly adhering to SAP 'Clean Core' mandates. Furthermore, as a fundamentally retail-driven business, this role will act as the primary architectural authority for EGL's retail operations, managing long-term roadmaps, tech trends, and key strategic initiatives like MLDC.
The Architect will provide critical guidance to interpret and clarify design intent, ensure technical alignment, drive issue resolution, and maintain end-to-end solution integrity across the Retail domain. This role requires deep expertise in SAP Retail processes, strong architectural leadership, and the ability to work collaboratively within a fast-paced, multi-vendor program environment while aligning to Endeavour’s architecture principles, clean-core standards, and long-term technology roadmap.
Sound good? Read on.
Here is a taster of what you can expect in this role:
Retail Strategy & Roadmapping
Develop and maintain the long-term architecture strategy, target state, and roadmap for the overall Retail domain.
Continuously assess and integrate emerging retail technology trends into long-term planning to keep EGL competitive.
Act as the primary architectural authority for EGL's retail operations, guiding investment decisions and capability planning.
Maintain data quality and authoritative systems of record for retail applications and dependencies in Ardoq.
Solution Architecture & Strategic Initiatives
Own the end-to-end Retail architecture across SAP S/4HANA and integrated systems .
Lead the architectural design and end-to-end delivery oversight for major strategic initiatives.
Maintain architectural integrity and alignment to EA principles, clean-core standards, SAP extensibility frameworks, and cyber & identity requirements.
Review and approve detailed design documents, functional specifications, technical specifications, and interface designs.
Build Phase Governance & Delivery
Provide strict architectural governance and oversight throughout the Build phase, ensuring the solution is developed in accordance with the approved design.
Interpret and clarify existing solution designs for delivery teams across build, integration and testing phases.
Validate RICEFW components for alignment with integration patterns, extensibility guidelines, and downstream impacts.
Support cross-functional teams (retail, supply chain, finance, data, integration) in resolving build-related issues.
Ensure dependencies with external systems (Woolworths, BY, Store systems, Supplier Portal, etc.) are well understood and managed.
Cutover & Go-Live Readiness
Lead the technical validation of end-to-end Retail scenarios in SIT and UAT cycles.
Provide architectural input and oversight into cutover planning, including Retail data migration sequencing, store readiness, and integration cutovers.
Validate Day-in-the-Life (DITL) scenarios to ensure the Retail solution is operationally sound ahead of go-live.
Issue Resolution & Cross-Stream Leadership
Act as the primary Retail architecture escalation point for complex program-wide issues.
Drive pragmatic, timely resolution of design gaps, technical constraints, and integration challenges.
Ensure Retail changes are assessed for downstream impacts and communicated effectively across impacted streams.
What do we need from you
Now let’s talk about you:
Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, Business or equivalent experience.
Strong understanding of SAP Retail data structures, dependencies, and integration flows.
Knowledge of clean-core, extensibility, and BTP integration capabilities.
Managing Internal and External stakeholders
Desirable
Foundational Education & Frameworks
Architecture Frameworks: Strong working knowledge of TOGAF or similar frameworks, with the ability to apply these principles pragmatically within an Agile delivery environment.
Agile Methodology: Familiarity with SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) or Scrum, specifically the role of architectural runway in supporting sprint-based delivery.
Platform & Technical Certifications
Enterprise Platforms: SAP: Certifications in SAP S/4HANA
Exposure to SAP BTP, AEM/Event Mesh, Datasphere.
Bring your passion and feel the energy
Location: Sydney or Melbourne (Hybrid - 3 Days in Office)
Step into a business-critical position driving the technological roadmaps for some of Australia's most iconic retail portfolios (including BWS and Dan Murphy’s).
As we are currently in the build phase of our core ERP transition, the SAP Retail Solution Architect will provide critical governance and oversight to ensure alignment with our target state while strictly adhering to SAP 'Clean Core' mandates. Furthermore, as a fundamentally retail-driven business, this role will act as the primary architectural authority for EGL's retail operations, managing long-term roadmaps, tech trends, and key strategic initiatives like MLDC.
The Architect will provide critical guidance to interpret and clarify design intent, ensure technical alignment, drive issue resolution, and maintain end-to-end solution integrity across the Retail domain. This role requires deep expertise in SAP Retail processes, strong architectural leadership, and the ability to work collaboratively within a fast-paced, multi-vendor program environment while aligning to Endeavour’s architecture principles, clean-core standards, and long-term technology roadmap.
Sound good? Read on.
Here is a taster of what you can expect in this role:
Retail Strategy & Roadmapping
Develop and maintain the long-term architecture strategy, target state, and roadmap for the overall Retail domain.
Continuously assess and integrate emerging retail technology trends into long-term planning to keep EGL competitive.
Act as the primary architectural authority for EGL's retail operations, guiding investment decisions and capability planning.
Maintain data quality and authoritative systems of record for retail applications and dependencies in Ardoq.
Solution Architecture & Strategic Initiatives
Own the end-to-end Retail architecture across SAP S/4HANA and integrated systems .
Lead the architectural design and end-to-end delivery oversight for major strategic initiatives.
Maintain architectural integrity and alignment to EA principles, clean-core standards, SAP extensibility frameworks, and cyber & identity requirements.
Review and approve detailed design documents, functional specifications, technical specifications, and interface designs.
Build Phase Governance & Delivery
Provide strict architectural governance and oversight throughout the Build phase, ensuring the solution is developed in accordance with the approved design.
Interpret and clarify existing solution designs for delivery teams across build, integration and testing phases.
Validate RICEFW components for alignment with integration patterns, extensibility guidelines, and downstream impacts.
Support cross-functional teams (retail, supply chain, finance, data, integration) in resolving build-related issues.
Ensure dependencies with external systems (Woolworths, BY, Store systems, Supplier Portal, etc.) are well understood and managed.
Cutover & Go-Live Readiness
Lead the technical validation of end-to-end Retail scenarios in SIT and UAT cycles.
Provide architectural input and oversight into cutover planning, including Retail data migration sequencing, store readiness, and integration cutovers.
Validate Day-in-the-Life (DITL) scenarios to ensure the Retail solution is operationally sound ahead of go-live.
Issue Resolution & Cross-Stream Leadership
Act as the primary Retail architecture escalation point for complex program-wide issues.
Drive pragmatic, timely resolution of design gaps, technical constraints, and integration challenges.
Ensure Retail changes are assessed for downstream impacts and communicated effectively across impacted streams.
What do we need from you
Now let’s talk about you:
Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, Business or equivalent experience.
Strong understanding of SAP Retail data structures, dependencies, and integration flows.
Knowledge of clean-core, extensibility, and BTP integration capabilities.
Managing Internal and External stakeholders
Desirable
Foundational Education & Frameworks
Architecture Frameworks: Strong working knowledge of TOGAF or similar frameworks, with the ability to apply these principles pragmatically within an Agile delivery environment.
Agile Methodology: Familiarity with SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) or Scrum, specifically the role of architectural runway in supporting sprint-based delivery.
Platform & Technical Certifications
Enterprise Platforms: SAP: Certifications in SAP S/4HANA
Exposure to SAP BTP, AEM/Event Mesh, Datasphere.