SAP Enterprise Architect

Job Location: hybrid in Bucharest Recruitment process: HR discussion 2 x Technical interview Role description: As SAP Enterprise Architect, you are the authoritative architectural instance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition (SAP GROW), with a strong focus on Retail and Finance-related end-to-end processes. You define the architectural guardrails within which SAP is used, integrated, extended and AI-enabled, ensuring that the SAP core remains strictly standard-compliant while required enhancements are consistently realized side-by-side. Our client is one of the first major global retail groups implementing SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition at this scale. In this unique pioneering role, you operate at eye level with SAP product development, actively influence architectural directions and position as a strategic reference customer in an international omnichannel retail environment. You ensure that our client's SAP landscape - including embedded and side-by-side AI capabilities - is future-proof, upgrade-stable, performant and compliant within a highly complex enterprise system landscape. The role: SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition follows a strict, standard-oriented, cloud-native ERP paradigm with clearly defined public-cloud constraints. Within this framework, you are responsible for designing and evolving a scalable end-to-end SAP S/4HANA Retail architecture covering procurement, logistics, sales, finance and controlling while ensuring clean-core adherence. Responsabilities: Enterprise Architecture SAP S/4HANA Cloud Landscape Define and evolve the SAP target architecture for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition (SAP GROW) within a complex enterprise system landscape Establish and enforce architectural guardrails aligned with public-cloud restrictions, clean-core principles and long-term upgrade stability Evaluate SAP software releases, embedded AI capabilities and roadmap innovations and embed them into the target architecture Ensure architectural coherence between SAP core, side-by-side extensions and AI-enabled enterprise services End-to-End Retail & Finance Architecture Design and evolve end-to-end SAP S/4HANA Retail processes covering sales, procurement, logistics, finance and controlling Own the architecture of key retail domains such as merchandise management, supply chain, store operations, customer experience and master data Drive omnichannel enablement across store and digital channels Ensure architectural readiness for international retail operations and high transaction volumes AI & Intelligent ERP Enablement Architect the integration of embedded SAP AI capabilities (e.g. forecasting, automation, recommendations) into business processes Define architectural principles for AI-driven process automation within Retail and Finance Ensure clean separation between core ERP logic and AI-based decision services Collaborate closely with AI-native engineering teams to align other software applications with SAP architecture Govern data flows and integration patterns to enable reliable AI use cases across transactional and analytical systems Ensure compliance, explainability and governance standards for AI-enabled ERP processes Integration Architecture Design integrations between SAP S/4HANA and SAP as well as non-SAP enterprise systems such as distributed order management, warehouse management, demand planning and POS systems Define scalable integration architectures aligned with ISA-M principles Establish API-first and event-driven integration patterns where appropriate Ensure loosely coupled, resilient and upgrade-stable integration across the retail ecosystem Align SAP architecture with enterprise-wide data, analytics and AI platforms Non-Functional Architecture & Governance Define and govern non-functional standards covering performance, scalability, resilience, observability and security Ensure system stability under peak retail and seasonal loads Assure operational excellence and compliance of delivered solutions Provide architectural guidance across design, build, testing, deployment and hypercare phases Participate in architecture boards and ensure transparent and traceable decision-making Side-by-Side Extensions & Enablement Architect and govern side-by-side extensions using SAP BTP and non-SAP technologies Ensure strict decoupling from the SAP core to maintain long-term upgradeability Mentor solution architects and project teams and promote clean-core best practices Act as trusted advisor to business stakeholders translating functional requirements into scalable technical architectures Professional Requirements (Must Have) Several years of experience as SAP Architect, Enterprise Architect or Lead Consultant with strong exposure to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Proven Retail industry experience Strong experience designing complex enterprise system landscapes Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition and public-cloud constraints Proven knowledge in SAP Finance, Merchandise Management, Supply Chain and Store Operations Deep understanding of retail processes such as category management, forecasting & replenishment, pricing and loyalty Strong expertise in modern integration architectures and API-based design English: very good to excellent Certifications (Preferred) Enterprise Architecture certification (e.g. SAP EAM or TOGAF) Integration Architecture certification aligned with ISA-M Nice to Have Experience with event-driven architectures in SAP environments Experience integrating AI capabilities into ERP or enterprise systems Experience with SAP BTP and cloud-based extension concepts Experience in international project environments German language skills beneficial