Global Cloud Solution Architect ‏(d/f/m)

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of 47.000 pioneers around the globe. The teams in our corporate functions enable the best in our dynamic businesses and in our people to maximize our company’s potential. With our leading brands, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.

Dare to make an impact?

YOUR ROLE

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect, preferably managing big tailor-made applications
• Strong understanding of end-to-end product responsibility, encompassing business processes, development, operations, and its security
• Lead team and related stakeholders to assure product stability in production while fostering development of new functionalities
• Demonstrated ability to govern, design, develop, and operate applications with complex processes and high usage. (ideally in sales or trade promotion management areas)
• Experience in managing large-scale end-to-end product development and operations, with a focus on resource, quality, velocity, and cost management
• Proficiency in managing direct, indirect, local, remote, and external resources in development, operations, and release management
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to define project scope, prepare project plans, and monitor implementation against targets (e.g., budget)
• Ability to lead work streams and cross-functional teams, ensuring deliverables meet quality, time, and budget requirements (as per Agile Methodology)
• Experience collaborating with cross-platform teams (e.g., SAP Cloud Platform, ECC ) and facilitating effective communication
• Engagement with external consulting and implementation partners for new demands, including tools and vendor selection and vendor management
• Strong knowledge of solution/technical architecture, technology stack, implementation strategies, roadmaps, continuous improvements, stabilization, release management, and IT landscape management

YOUR SKILLS

• University degree in IT, Engineering, or Economics
• 8-12 years of relevant work experience
• Strong technical knowledge in JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, SAPUI5/openUI5, HTML5, XML, JSON, OData, Cloud Foundry and SAP CPI
• Good process knowledge in TPM and ERP sales processes
• Profound problem-solving skills as well as object-oriented programming
• Knowledge in ABAP on ECC, Shell scripting, container technologies (Docker, Kyma, Kubernetes), Infrastructure as Code,
• Configuration Management, Message Queues, Jenkins are beneficial
• SDLC, CI/CD, ELK Stack, Fiori, ABAP RestFul, ABAP on HANA (optional)
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.