Solution Architect – Oracle Retail & Stock Optimisation

Solution Architect – Oracle Retail & Stock Optimisation

Outstanding opportunity to join this global retailer on a contract basis as a Domain Architect to lead architecture across complex stock operations and retail planning ecosystems. You’ll partner with stakeholders and systems integrators on high‑value transformation programmes spanning planning, stock, fulfilment and supply chain.

This assignment places you at the centre of a multi‑system modernisation landscape, providing architectural leadership across:

• Oracle Retail (on‑prem legacy estate)
• Assortment Planning (Board)
• Space & Option Planning (Board)
• Stock Optimisation
• RFID
• Sales Transaction Matching
• Windward

What You’ll Lead:

• Own the end‑to‑end architecture for stock operations systems across a major retail client.
• Define integration patterns, data flows, functional architecture and system interactions.
• Shape the technology roadmap, influencing design decisions with senior business and IT stakeholders.
• Provide architectural governance and oversight across multi‑disciplinary delivery teams.
• Operate in a hybrid model: 1–2 days per week in Reading, remainder remote.

What You’ll Bring:

• Strong background in retail application architecture, ideally across stock, planning, fulfilment or PoS.
• Proven experience designing large‑scale, multi‑system retail architectures.
• Solid understanding of retail processes, data flows and operational dependencies.
• Familiarity with TOGAF, Zachman or equivalent architectural frameworks.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement, communication and client‑facing skills.

£600-£650 per day Inside IR35. 6 months rolling.