Accelerate your career. Join the organization that's driving the world's technology and shape the future. Ingram Micro is a leading technology company for the global information technology ecosystem. With the ability to reach nearly 90% of the global population, we play a vital role in the worldwide IT sales channel, bringing products and services from technology manufacturers and cloud providers to business-to-business technology experts. Our market reach, diverse solutions and services portfolio, and digital platform Ingram Micro Xvantage™ set us apart. Learn more at www.ingrammicro.com Come join our team where you’ll make technology happen in surprising ways. Let’s shape tomorrow - it’ll be a fun journey! We are seeking a Lead Principal ERP Architect to define, own, and execute the target-state enterprise architecture for global supply chain operations as part of a multi-year digital transformation journey. This role is accountable for the architectural integrity of the ERP digital core and its seamless, real-time integration ecosystem, spanning execution platforms such as WMS, TMS, OMS, and external partner systems. The ideal candidate is a strategic and hands-on architecture leader with deep expertise in ERP, distributed systems, messaging platforms (including IBM MQ), and modern API-based architectures (ASP.NET and REST) - capable of delivering scalable, resilient, event-driven supply chain ecosystems aligned to business outcomes. Your role: 1. Target State Architecture & Transformation Leadership - Define and own the end-to-end target state architecture for global supply chain systems, with ERP as the digital backbone. - Lead architectural decisions across a multiyear transformation roadmap, balancing modernization, business continuity, and scalability. - Translate business strategy into technology blueprints, reference architectures, and transition states. 2. System Decoupling & Integration Strategy - Design and govern loosely coupled, domain-aligned architectures enabling clear separation between ERP and execution platforms. - Architect real-time and event-driven integrations across ERP, WMS, TMS, OMS, and partner ecosystems. - Define and standardize integration patterns, including: - API-led connectivity (RESTful services) - Event-driven architectures (EDA) - Messaging-based integration (including IBM MQ) - Microservices and domain services (primarily .NET-based) - iPaaS and hybrid integration models - Ensure integration designs meet throughput, latency, resiliency, and fault-tolerance requirements. - Establish canonical data models and contract-first API design standards. 3. ERP Architecture Integrity - Ensure architectural consistency, scalability, and performance of the ERP platform across global deployments. - Guide ERP design across key supply chain domains: - Supply Chain Demand and Supply Planning - Order Management - Inventory & Warehouse Operations - Transportation & Logistics - Fulfillment & Returns - Act as the final architectural authority for complex ERP and cross-platform design decisions. - Ensure ERP integrations adhere to clean core principles and minimize customizations. 4. Technical Governance & Standards - Establish and enforce enterprise architecture principles, standards, and guardrails. - Define standards for: - API design (REST, OpenAPI, versioning, governance) - Messaging (IBM MQ patterns, guaranteed delivery, idempotency) - Microservices architecture (.NET, containerization, service orchestration) - Security (OAuth2, OIDC, zero-trust integration patterns) - Review and approve solution architectures for compliance, scalability, and security alignment. - Partner with enterprise, data, security, and infrastructure architects for holistic architecture governance. 5. Business & Stakeholder Alignment - Act as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders across supply chain, logistics, IT, and transformation programs. - Facilitate tradeoff discussions between business priorities, cost, risk, and longterm platform sustainability. - Ensure architectural decisions directly support measurable business outcomes such as agility, speedtomarket, cost efficiency, and service levels. 6. Innovation, AI & Future Readiness - Drive adoption of AI, advanced analytics, and intelligent automation within ERP and supply chain ecosystems. - Enable AI-driven use cases such as: - Demand forecasting - Inventory optimization - Predictive logistics and ETA - Exception management - Autonomous supply chain decisioning - Ensure architecture supports data platform integration, streaming pipelines, and real-time analytics. - Evaluate emerging technologies while maintaining stability of mission-critical systems. What you bring to the role: - 12+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, with deep specialization in global supply chain and logistics systems. - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Science and Math or related discipline with an IT emphasis is required. A graduate degree in Computer Science/Engineering is a preferred. - Experience in modern ERP platforms (e.g., SAP S/4HANA or equivalent) across large-scale transformations. - Experience with GCP Cloud Platforms. - Strong experience with OMS, WMS, and TMS ecosystems in distributed global environments. - Expertise in integration architecture, including Microservices architecture using .NET (C#, ASP.NET Core). - RESTful API design and governance - Event-driven and streaming architecture - IBM MQ and enterprise messaging patterns - Hands-on experience designing high-throughput, resilient, and fault-tolerant integration systems. - Experience leading architecture for multi-year, enterprise-wide transformation programs. - Strong understanding of data architecture and AI/ML applications in supply chain. - Excellent executive communication and stakeholder influence skills. Preferred Qualifications - Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) - Exposure to event streaming platforms (Kafka or RabbitMQ) - Knowledge of TOGAF or similar enterprise architecture frameworks The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $190,600.00 - $324,000.00 per year. The ranges above reflect the potential annual base pay across the U.S. for all roles; the applicable base pay range will depend on the candidate’s primary work location, pay grade, and variable compensation plan. Individual base pay within each range depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Base pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time of hire. New hires starting base pay generally falls in the bottom half (between the minimum and midpoint) of a pay range. At Ingram Micro certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonus or sales incentives and long-term incentives. These awards are allocated based on position level and individual performance. U.S.-based employees have access to healthcare benefits, paid time off, parental leave, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and wellbeing benefits, among others. This is not a complete listing of the job duties. It’s a representation of the things you will be doing, and you may not perform all these duties. Please be prepared to pass a drug test and successfully pass a pre-employment (post offer) background check. Ingram Micro Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.