Sr Solutions Architect - Supply Chain Technology - Love's Travel Stops

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Welcome to Love's! Our IT Supply Chain Distribution team is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect responsible for designing, governing, and enhancing the technology architecture that supports end-to-end merchandising and supply chain operations, including assortment planning, category management, procurement, demand planning, inventory management, transportation, warehousing, order fulfillment, and logistics execution.

This role serves as the strategic bridge between business operations and technology teams, ensuring merchandising, supply chain, data, AI, and enterprise platforms work together to support growth, profitability, inventory productivity, customer service, and operational excellence. The architect defines future-state technology roadmaps, evaluates emerging technologies, establishes architecture standards, and leads complex transformation initiatives that improve visibility, decision-making, automation, and scalability across the enterprise.

The position plays a critical leadership role in identifying and implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, automation, and advanced analytics capabilities that drive measurable business value across merchandising and supply chain functions.

Job Functions:

Architecture Strategy & Governance

• In partnership with the Technical Product Managers, develop and maintain the merchandising and supply chain technology architecture roadmap.
• Establish architecture principles, standards, design patterns, and governance processes.
• Ensure proposed solutions align with enterprise architecture standards and business strategy.
• Evaluate technology investments and provide recommendations to senior leadership.
• Lead architecture review and governance activities for supply chain technology.

Solution Design, Review & Advisory

• Design integrations between merchandising platforms, ERP systems, supply chain applications, and store systems.
• Review and approve solution architectures developed by project/technology teams, vendors, system integrators, and solution architects.
• Provide guidance and architectural direction during planning and design activities.
• Assess technical tradeoffs, risks, scalability, maintainability, and business alignment of proposed solutions.
• Ensure consistency across merchandising, supply chain, data, integration, and AI platforms.
• Identify opportunities to simplify application landscapes and reduce technical debt.

Business Partnership

• Partner with Merchandising, Supply Chain, Store Operations, Finance, Data & Analytics, and Technology teams to understand strategic priorities.
• Translate business capabilities into technology architecture requirements.