Principal Enterprise Architect - Supply Chain

Description

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact.

You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: designing new technologies, diving into data, optimizing digital experiences, and constantly developing better, faster ways to get results. You want to be part of a performance culture dedicated to building technology for a purpose that matters. Here, you’ll work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development while you help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

About You

In one of our technical roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.

• Define the end-to-end‑ enterprise architecture for supply chain planning and fulfillment across all business segments globally

• Architect decision flows across demand planning, supply planning, inventory, order management, logistics, and warehousing

• Ensure planning and execution platforms operate as a cohesive decision system

• Partner with Integration, Data & Analytics EAs to establish enterprise patterns for integration, orchestration, and data synchronization

• Define standards for real-time vs batch integration and event-driven architectures in support of both operational and analytical reporting

• Partner with Data & Analytics EA and delivery teams to ensure supply chain data is trusted, governed, and AI ready

• Align architecture to product teams, value streams, and quarterly roadmaps

• Define platform and product boundaries that enable speed without fragmentation

• Facilitate maturity discussions to align with target architectures and roadmaps

• Translate architectural decisions into clear business and financial implications

• Act as a trusted advisor to Supply Chain and Technology leadership

• Guide high impact, cross domain architectural decisions

• Establish architectural guardrails that enable delivery teams to move faster

• Mentor and help scale the enterprise architecture and solution architecture capability over time

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• A seasoned Enterprise Architect with over 10 years of hands-on experience leading and implementing technology transformations within complex, real-world supply chain environments—directly embedded in operational teams and driving change from within, not just as an external consultant

• Deep expertise in supply chain planning and fulfillment (e.g., IBP, S&OP, demand/supply planning, inventory, order management, logistics, and warehousing)

• Demonstrated expertise in designing enterprise data and integration architectures that enable seamless connectivity and interoperability across diverse supply chain systems

• Experience with product-centric or platform delivery models

• Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority

• Supply chain planning and execution platforms Current State (Kinaxis Maestro, SAP S/4HANA, SAP ePPDS, SAP eWMS, Blue Yonder TMS, Blue Yonder WMS, Llamasoft, Fourkites) Legacy State (SAP ECC, SAP IBP, SAP APO, Arete, Anaplan) Analytics (Snowflake, SQL Server, Power BI)

• Integration and orchestration patterns (APIs, events, platforms)

• Data domain modeling, master data, and analytics enablement

• Understanding of how advanced analytics and AI create value in supply chains

Preferred Qualifications

• Enterprise first thinker who balances global standards with local realities

• Comfortable working in ambiguity and making irreversible decisions thoughtfully

• Strong communicator with executive presence who bridges business strategy and technology execution

• Focused on building enduring capabilities, not one-off solutions

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

To Be Considered

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And finally, the fine print….
For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world, which is why we seek to build a workforce that encompasses the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of local policies.

Primary Location

IT Centre Bengaluru GDTC

Additional Locations

Chicago Commercial Center, Dallas World Headquarters, Neenah - West Office Facility 1, Roswell Building 300, Sao Paulo Office

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time