Enterprise Architect

Position Overview:

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, strategically minded Enterprise Architect to join our IT team here at our Head Office in South Shields. As Barbour undergoes a significant period of transformation, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture that underpins our global operations. You will be responsible for establishing and leading the enterprise architecture discipline, defining both current-state and target-state architectures across our business systems, data, integrations and infrastructure. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking and hands-on capability to ensure our application landscape remains flexible, scalable and secure as we design and deliver our iconic products through wholesale, ecommerce and retail channels.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish and lead the Enterprise Architecture practice, defining principles, frameworks and governance.
• Define current-state and future-state enterprise architecture across all domains.
• Create and maintain multi-year technology roadmaps to align IT initiatives with business growth.
• Chair the Enterprise Architecture Committee and govern key architectural decisions.
• Provide architectural oversight and support for major transformation programs, including ERP, PIM, PLM, cloud and ecommerce.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and IT teams to translate complex requirements into architectural recommendations.
• Define integration patterns, data flows and application interactions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to IT and business leadership while coaching delivery teams on architectural best practices.
• Promote consistency and reuse across technology platforms and support vendor evaluation processes.

Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or an equivalent field.
• Significant experience of IT, with at least some years specifically in architecture roles preferably in an end user capacity.
• Proven experience working within a manufacturing, consumer goods, wholesale or distribution environment.
• Deep knowledge of ERP systems (Infor M3 CloudSuite is what we use) and integration systems (such as MuleSoft, Oracle SOA Suite, or IBM Websphere MQ).
• Experience designing architectures for PIM, PLM, EDI, ecommerce and data platforms.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF certification).
• Excellent communication and senior stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influencer at exec level.
• A confident and pragmatic leader with strong problem-solving skills and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Experience working with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

Benefits:

• Discretionary Company bonus scheme
• Staff discount
• Staff shop
• Healthcare cash plan
• 25 days holiday as standard increasing with length of service plus bank holidays
• Access to training and development activities to support your career development
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised canteen
• Operate hybrid & flexible working
• 4pm finish on a Friday
• Wellbeing support
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Reward & Recognition Program
• Length of Service Rewards