Assignment Description

Our client, a leader in the Paper and Pulp industry is looking for an Architect for EUDR for an assignment in Stockholm.

The client is currently running a project implementing the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). The EUDR Regulation is officially adopted and entered into force in June 2023. EUDR aims to stop deforestation and forest degradation associated with specific products placed on or exported from the EU market, in particular agriculture crops, but also wood products and solid biofuels. The main provisions in the regulation will apply in December 2024. The impact of EUDR spans over a number of areas and processes within the organization, from wood supply to finished product, affecting f ex Wood Supply, Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations and Sales (B2B).

The client is looking for an experienced architect with industry experience to help detailing the solution for EUDR in the project. Describing the as-is architecture and the to-be solution across the company. The impact on EUDR processes and IT solution will be on regional level (Europe) and local (mill) level. The assignment will also include assessing possible standard solutions and requirements on the organization’s target architecture as well as defining a tactical solution and a roadmap to the target. The assignment will include a lot of collaboration with business staff and experts in Wood Supply, Procurement, Supply Chain and Operations as well as IT staff from the organization and external application vendors.

You should also have experience from the solution architect role within manufacturing industry. Experience from work within Paper and Pulp would be an advantage. Other areas of experience that would help in the assignment are Work on Regulatory Projects and Sustainability Projects. Project work and documentation is in English.

Role description:

The overall objective is to ensure a solution for EUDR in the organization which meets project deadlines and is in line with the strategy and overall target architecture. Since there is a tight deadline, the objective is also to design a first version of the solution and outline a roadmap to the target solution. The work must be coordinated with other important transformation projects within the organization that implements new processes and solutions within the EUDR scope. To support the design, you will also need to ensure facts about the current processes and solutions. All of this requires constant collaboration and coordination with Business experts and IT staff, from the organization and application vendors.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the work on shaping and designing the solution architecture, in terms of processes, information and applications, for EUDR, and to ensure that it is in line with regulation requirements and the organization’s strategy and enterprise level target architecture
• To ensure that the first solution created in the project to meet the first deadline adheres to target, document any deviations to the target and recommend a way forward, a roadmap to reach the future target
• Lead the work on refining and ensuring the facts regarding current processes and solutions in scope for EUDR and assist in planning and then executing changes to current solution for processes and solutions in scope for EUDR
• Evaluation of standard solutions and decide if and how they could fit in the overall solution for EUDR
• Not be the technical architect but be the link to development resources within the organization for internal systems and vendors for external systems, and to technical architects catering for integration and infrastructure
• Detect and manage any relations to other domains, transformations or ongoing projects within the organization. These will need to be resolved in collaboration with business staff and IT staff representing the other domains, transformations and projects.

Qualifications:

• Ability to understand and describe processes, information, systems, and information flows
• Ability to understand architecture on EA level as well as solution level
• Ability to detect and describe key solution options and their key consequences for decision makers
• Ability to communicate all of the above with different resources and roles, technical staff as well as business staff
• At least 5 years’ experience in all the above.

Experience from manufacturing industry:

• Experience from designing solutions in terms of processes, information flows and applications, in manufacturing and/or process industry
• Good understanding about the processes and concepts within supply chain, procurement and operations within manufacturing and/or process industries
• Not a business expert, but experience from at least one significant project within Manufacturing and/or Process industry is needed
• Experience from manufacturing industry a must, experience from process industry or paper and pulp an extra plus.

Personal skills:

• Be able to plan and lead the work independently but still be a team player
• Be pedagogic and able to visualize current and future state
• Be able to communicate with people within business and IT

Location and Mobility:

• Be situated in the Stockholm area
• Necessary to participate in a considerable number of live workshops in Stockholm (Solna)
• Some workshops might also be held at different mills in Europe.