Overview

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

We have an exciting opportunity for an Enterprise Architect to join us, to identify and analyse the execution of change to deliver on our business vision and strategy. Working closely with the business and technology leadership teams, this role will develop and maintain the overall architecture roadmap for the Fulfilment & Order Management and Colleague & Store Operations domains.

Please note that this role will be based at our office in Southampton, with an expectation of being in the office 2 days (minimum) per week.

What’s the job?

• Research, innovate, and drive the definition of 3-5-year architectural visions and roadmaps in key areas such as customer and colleague experience, fulfilment and order management, colleague and store operations and supply chain.

• Work across the organisation to holistically review, prioritise, and align these for all banners and functions.

• Support the articulation of business benefits and outcomes, and then the creation of business cases that bring these to life.

• Ensure sponsorship and stakeholder engagement, and drive communication of these strategies, visions, and roadmaps across the company.

• Develop and maintain documentation of the as-is architecture landscape (overall view on IT capabilities).

• Assess, review, and mitigate risks of the as-is architecture (compliance) and ensure these are addressed within the roadmaps.

• Guide and direct intake from the business teams to set clear context and expectations on conformance to strategy, time, cost and quality.

What you’ll bring

• Demonstrable professional experience gained across a wide range of IT-related disciplines (planning, analysis, development, operation & service management), ideally within retail/store operations/supply chain.

• Proven experience working in an Enterprise Architect position in key architecture domains.

• Experience working with 3rd party solution providers, including consultancies.

• Proven understanding of how technical aspects of IT work with the ability to communicate and engage effectively, clearly and concisely across all stakeholders and audiences.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a real passion for delivering excellence.

Be Customer Focused - constantly improving our customers’ experience

• I listen to my customers

• I use available data to help make decisions

Be Human - acting with humanity and care

• I do the right thing

• I am respectful

Be Curious - thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

• I build and share new ideas

• I try new things and share my learnings

Be Agile - working with trust, pace and agility

• I have courage to be creative

• Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20

Be Inclusive - acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together

• I embrace allyship

• I have self-awareness and a desire to learn

Be Accountable - championing the plan to deliver results and growth

• I own my actions

• I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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