Cpq Solution Architect

Job Title: CPQ Solution Architect
Division: Weir Minerals
Location: Bangalore
Hybrid
Purpose of Role:

The role of CPQ Solution Architect is to Define and build the end to end CPQ solution focused on creating user stories based on business needs,  develop customer journeys, providing end to end process transformation,  solution design and building a strong CPQ team.  The role is within a globally distributed team and the ideal candidate will be highly collaborative, a self-starter, a champion for the team, and passionate about delivering quality solutions.

Why choose Weir:
Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.
An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.
Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.
Key Responsibilities:

• Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.Support building end to end CPQ roadmap using industry best practices and based on Weir needs.
• Build detailed understanding of order to delivery process flows and the relationship between those process flows including typical enterprise systems like CRM, ERP, PLM.
• Translate business needs, enterprise guidelines and software engineering best practices into solution level architecture and design.
• Define, build and support CPQ features and customizations
• Meet and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to establish scope, and requirements for enhancements in the existing implementation
• Perform gap analysis between current and desired solution states in terms of capabilities and efforts to aid planning.
• Understand and track latest trends in CPQ domain and how this applies to the teams current and future work and maintain a transformation roadmap for the team.
• Partnering with technology groups, product management and regional engineering teams to define CPQ/DA system requirements
• Support in re-designing existing product lines to improve modularity and suitability for CTO implementation
• Training colleagues throughout the organization to develop and maintain CPQ solution and design automation systems and to assist in driving modular design principles throughout the group
• Working with product line management, aftersales and other disciplines to identify opportunities to optimize engineering designs and systems as required to support the business in the migration from a predominately ETO to CTO operational model
• Review documentation of system architecture and automation systems to ensure clarity for future users and system owners
• Engagement with IS&T and Engineering Systems to ensure that IT infrastructure, particularly PDM, ERP and CRM integration is fit for purpose
• Reviewing the work procedures and guidelines to support the independent development of future CPQ/DA systems
• Design and develop rich UX and customer journeys aligned to program deliverables
• Identify opportunities for operational improvements in processes and systems to enhance team performance
• Leads and coordinates with team members to deliver specified, measurable deliverables. Manage, mentor and motivating team members in their career path
• Own the complete solution, mentor/support team to resolve issues and deliver projects to agreed specifications, time and budget.
• Accountable to deliver agreed Team KPIs  and ensure committed business outcomes are delivered on time and within agreed costs.
• Interact with multiple regional, product teams and the use of influencing skills across the business and externally, to support the delivery of end results by applying conceptual thinking to problems.
• Ensure continuous improvements to ways of working, processes and procedures to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of team. Provide necessary guidance and mentorship to improve team productivity.
• Provide expertise based on in-depth knowledge in CPQ domain to support wider decision-making.
• Develop and maintain key relationships internally and externally, to support operational performance
• Contribute towards business planning through forecasting and scenario analysis based on understanding of internal drivers and the external environment

Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:

• Must have degree in Mechanical, Mechatronic or related discipline with at least 16 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Should have ability to influence diverse multidisciplinary groups to achieve overall project goals with and without formal structural authority.
• Must have experience in multiple CPQ (Configure to Order) implementations as a Solution Architect role in custom or industry-standard applications.
• Must have rich experience with SDLC, Agile project management. Preferable to have PMP certified
• Must have experience in Sonarcube and DevOps kind of tools
• Must have minimum 6 years of hands-on Experience in enterprise level implementation of CPQ tools like Tacton, Epicor, Conga or similar
• Must have Functional experience of working with products in Salesforce ecosystem, middleware, PIM, SAP, Teamcenter, NX
• Should have In-depth experience of designing and implementing cloud based information systems, preferably in a digital environment, implementing identity and access management systems and integrating in to end to end digital experiences.
• Should have exposure to .NET C# web solutions , Angular or similar programming languages
• Should have Problem-solving and critical thinking skills, technical acumen, excellent communications skills with the ability to clearly articulate complex ideas
• Should have enough technical proficiency to successfully partner with the technical teams for building & validating the solutions.
• Preferable to have Strong organizational and analytical skills, excellent written and oral communication skills

Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.
For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir, please visit our Career Page and LinkedIn Life Page.
Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.