IT Solution Architect- Supply Chain & Logistics - Medline Industries - Transportation & Operations

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Here is a great opportunity to join a great company! Medline Industries has enjoyed DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH for 55 of the past 56 years! We've again been named to the Chicago Tribune's Top Workplaces, and we're again on the list of Becker's Great Places to Work in Healthcare. 

Job Summary:

The IT Solutions Architect plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between business requirements and technological solutions, optimizing Medline's investments in Supply Chain Planning, Procurement and Logistics systems. This individual collaborates closely with business and IT leaders to align technology initiatives with strategic business goals. Responsibilities include influencing changes in business models and processes through insightful technology perspectives and analytical approaches to decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

• Acts as a consultant on a broad range of technologies to drive targeted business outcomes, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Collaborates with management and business leaders to align the business roadmap with operational decisions.
• Assesses organizational and financial impacts of proposed architecture solutions.
• Provides expert analysis, research, and design of technical solutions to enhance business capabilities.
• Researches and strategizes the implementation of new or alternative technologies to advance business goals and competitive positioning.
• Maintains awareness of current technology trends and applications within the industry.
• Leads technical design, analysis, and realization processes.
• Defines architectural principles and solution patterns to align technical decisions with the enterprise's architectural vision.
• Translates business and technical requirements into architectural blueprints to achieve business objectives, ensuring clarity and actionability.
• Designs and oversees governance activities to ensure compliance with architecture, development, and security standards.
• Collaborates with product owners and project managers to maintain a robust architectural framework across product lifecycles.
• Provides architectural consultation to application teams, ensuring alignment with the enterprise and solution architectures, particularly in ERP, WMS, TMS, automation, and cloud technologies.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• Work Experience:
  • Extensive techno-functional experience in supply chain operations including Demand Planning and Forecasting, Supply Planning and Inventory Optimization, Sales and Operations Planning, Procurement and Supplier Management, Network Optimization, Inbound Logistics and Transportation, Analytics and Reporting, Traceability, Recall and Regulatory Compliance Management.
  • Proven track record in IT solution development, particularly in complex environments involving SCM heavily integrated with ERP, WMS and TMS.
  • Experience with top tier SCM platforms like SAP IBP, o9, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder Luminate, Oracle SCP and/or Infor SCM.
  • Experience with major ERP, WMS and TMS platform integrations with products from SAP, Oracle, Manhattan, MercuryGate, Blue Yonder and/or Descartes.
  • Expertise in guiding development teams and crafting technology strategies and roadmaps.
  • Proficiency in application migrations and modernizing applications on cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure.
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver presentations to senior executives and technical audiences.
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
  • Deep expertise in large-scale SCM platform implementation, integration and optimization, being well versed with leading technology vendors and product offerings in the space.
  • Skilled with common integration patterns with ERP, WMS and TMS platforms.
  • Able to design practical solutions that leverage the benefits of the Cloud having a clear understanding of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS deployment models.
  • Strong leadership, analytical, and organizational skills.
  • Excellent communication skills, capable of effectively engaging both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and the ability to support agile teams.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of enterprise technology architecture components.

Preferred Job Requirements:

• Consulting experience with a track record of successful technology implementations.
• Leadership experience in software implementations, upgrades, and migrations, particularly in healthcare environments aware of PHI, PII, and HIPAA compliance.
• Experience with global multi-site teams.
• Recognized thought leader with the ability to remain technology-agnostic and focus on achieving business outcomes.

More About Medline: 
Medline is the largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of healthcare supplies in the United States, providing more than 550,000 products that serve the entire continuum of care. Our innovative products and programs can be found in most hospitals, extended-care facilities, surgery centers, physician offices, home care dealers, home health agencies and retail outlets. 

Founded in 1910, Medline has grown from a small manufacturer of aprons, surgical gowns and uniforms to a thriving $20 billion global enterprise because of our dedicated people, entrepreneurial spirit and honest values. 

Again named one of the country’s "Best and Brightest Companies to Work For,” and once again named to Chicago Tribune’s Top Workplaces, Medline has experienced fifty-plus years of consecutive annual growth, and is headquartered in Northfield, IL. 

Benefits - Medline is committed to offering competitive benefits and a variety of choices to best meet the needs of you and your family. For employees scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week, this includes health and well-being, financial fitness, career development, paid time off and more. Employees scheduled to work less than 30 hours per week can participate in the 401(k) plan, access the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and Medline Service Corps. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits, please click

Every day, we’re focused on building a more diverse and inclusive company, one that recognizes, values and respects the differences we all bring to the workplace. From doing what’s right to delivering business results, together, we’re better. Explore our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion page. can the underlined be a link to 

Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.