Enterprise Architect Manufacturing & Digital Transformation

Freelance Mission · Enterprise Architect Manufacturing & Digital Transformation

Department Capability Product Seniority & FTE Confirmed (10+ yrs) Full time

Location Paris Contract Freelance

Start date ASAP End date 28/02/2027

Programme Manufacturing platform modernisation programme Assignment duration 4 months

CLIENT CONTEXT

The client is a major international group in the consumer goods and beverage industry, operating production sites and affiliates across many countries.

• Team: Capability Product, manufacturing product team + Enterprise Architecture
• Team composition: Product Owner, Business Analyst, Software Engineers, Squad, Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects

PROJECT CONTEXT

• The client's strategic manufacturing platform supports the end-to-end management of production operations, including inventory management, process steps, traceability, regulatory compliance and production execution across multiple affiliates and production sites.
• The modernisation programme aims to redefine this platform by establishing a scalable, business-driven target architecture, enabling greater standardisation, agility, integration capabilities and long-term support for the group's manufacturing transformation agenda.
• We are looking for a senior Enterprise Architect to support the definition of the future target architecture of the platform and drive the adoption of a Domain-Driven Design (DDD) approach across the programme.

Main roles and responsibilities

• Define the target business, application, data and integration architecture for the future platform landscape.
• Facilitate and lead Domain-Driven Design (DDD) workshops with business and IT stakeholders to identify domains, bounded contexts, aggregates, events and strategic domain relationships.
• Design a modern architecture supporting scalability, interoperability and long-term business transformation.
• Establish architecture principles and standards for the programme.
• Assess the current application landscape and define transition roadmaps toward the target architecture.
• Collaborate with business experts, product owners and solution architects.

EXPECTED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

Background & expected experience

• Strong experience as an Enterprise Architect in manufacturing and industrial environments.
• Proven experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Event Storming, domain modelling and microservices-oriented architectures.
• Deep knowledge of manufacturing processes and systems, including:
• Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
• Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
• Production Planning & Scheduling
• Production Orders Management
• Batch & Lot Management
• Material Traceability & Genealogy
• Quality Management
• Industrial Data & Shopfloor Integration
• IT/OT Convergence
• Experience with SAP Manufacturing solutions (SAP PP, SAP MII, SAP Digital Manufacturing, SAP ME, or equivalent).
• Strong understanding of system integration patterns, APIs, event-driven architectures and cloud-native platforms.
• Experience defining target architectures in complex multinational environments.

Preferred background

• Consumer Goods, Food & Beverage, Pharma, Chemicals or Process Manufacturing industries.
• Experience leading large-scale transformation programmes involving multiple affiliates and manufacturing sites.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills, capable of bridging business and technology discussions.

Expected deliverables

Phase 1: shared, stakeholder-validated view of the current platform landscape.

• C4 models, levels 1 to 3
• Key metrics and AS-IS architecture summary
• Data model analysis

Phase 2: credible domain hypotheses and decision options for validation.

• Strategic Context Map
• Business Concept Catalogue
• Concept and Boundary Matrix
• Domain Model & Bounded Context Map
• Context Maps and Integration Architecture
• Capability & Application Landscape Assessment
• Transformation Decision Catalogue
• Re-platforming Candidate Matrix
• Architecture Principles & Governance Framework

By end of February 2027: shared, validated view of the target application architecture and the transition path.

• Key design decisions aligned with other projects
• Target Application Architecture Map
• Enterprise Target Architecture Blueprint
• Transition Architecture Map
• Transformation Roadmap
• Recommendations for future operating model and platform strategy

Profile level

• Senior Enterprise Architect (10+ years)
• Strong strategic vision combined with hands-on facilitation capabilities
• Able to challenge existing paradigms and guide executive stakeholders toward architectural decisions
• Fluent in French and English

Engagement model

• Start date: ASAP
• Duration: until the end of February 2027
• Capacity: 100% allocation (full-time)