Lead Solution Architect

Lead Solution Architect

• Tremendous opportunity to join a global organisation at the forefront of mining

• Excellent work environment where people are valued and respected

• Great work life balance, so you can spend more time on the things that are important to you outside of work

• Attractive salary, annual incentive program and a huge range of employee benefits and discounts designed to make life better

• Permanent position based in Brisbane, Australia with flexible work hours, hybrid work (work from home and the office), leave for all of life’s reasons

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Lead Solution Architect to support our Modern ERP program. The Lead Solution Architect will act as a top talent across ERP solution design, applications and process, with extensive SAPS/4 HANA deployment experience. This role is primarily tasked with ensuring a consistent and coherent Modern ERP solution design.

Reporting to the Senior Manager Architecture & Strategy APAC and working in a collaborative community, your key responsibilities will be:

• Contributing to customer engagement, providing guidance on solution design options to deliver optimal outcomes

• Working directly with the business and partners to identify architectural gaps

• Executing quality checks during implementation that ensure adherence to outcomes

• Working closely with global process owners (GPOs) to provide solution options or recommendations that assist in realising additional value

• Partnering with SAP functional architects to educate the GPOs on solution enhancements

• Working closely with the GPOs to identify opportunities for optimisation and recommend best practice

• Providing support to the program on RFP submissions and relevant statements of work and SAP bill of materials

• Partnering with internal IT teams supporting the Modern ERP project

About You

• 10+ years of experience in deployment of SAP S/4 HANA-centric, ERP solutions

• Strong understanding of the SAP product roadmaps specific to each functional domain

• Strong understanding of ERP integration strategies

• Demonstrated experience and success working strategically and collaboratively with cross functional teams

• Demonstrated team leadership with the proven ability to lead a team of solution architects across a large ERP related project

• Ability to maintain a positive and professional working relationship with their peers and a commitment to teamwork

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you have helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program

• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidized private health insurance for employees and immediate family

• Attractive share ownership plan

• Company provided insurance cover

• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options

• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership goals.

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

• Flexible working arrangements

Applications close on the 22nd January 2025. Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove the advertisement before this date.

About Rio TintoRio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice MattersAt Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.