Solution Architect - MES

Be part of something bigger!

As the world and the way people live is changing, we at Bekaert believe it’s our responsibility to contribute to finding new solutions for the future. With a 140+ year old heritage of excellence, innovation, and a future-focused mindset, we strive to create value for our customers and society. We aim to do this through innovative solutions and sustainable practices. We are committed to pushing the boundaries of steel wire transformation and coatings whilst also leveraging our expertise to develop innovative solutions with new materials and services in a safe, smart, and sustainable way. Our focus extends to markets such as new mobility, low-carbon construction, and green energy.

As a dynamic and growing company with over 19 000 employees worldwide, 75 nationalities, a retention rate above 90% and € 3,7 billion in combined revenue in 2025, we are looking for someone like you to join our team as we continue to shape a safer, more efficient, and connected world!

I. Purpose of the Role

Bekaert is leading transformation program to enhance the digital experience end-to-end that drive impact across multiple channels covering operations and commercial, with focus to improve relative cost position & cash utilization in manufacturing and supply chain operations, increase customer intimacy & conversion of marketing efforts in commercial.

Your role as Solution Architect for Apriso MES of Dassault is to describe the solution context, transform requirements into specific solution architecture design documents; Design technology solutions and goals for a specific project and/or infrastructural area, in collaboration with Domain Architect and Product/Project Managers;

Work with Domain Architect to ensure solution architecture align to program/project design guidelines.

II. Roles and Responsibilities

• Hold the MES solution context, collaborate with product/project team closely with solid understanding of MES solution and manufacturing processes, transform the business requirement into solution design, take the lead to deliver together with development team
• Take end-to-end ownership to MES product which includes managing the requirement, enterprise architecture, solution design, integration with eco-system, elaborate solutions, validate technology assumptions, evaluate implementation alternatives, to design the high performing & valuable solution to the business with the quality assurance
• Follow the technology trends actively, participate or lead the discussion together with cross domain product/project team, enterprise architect, which keeps the MES environment sufficient with dynamic business needs.
• Work closely with development team, responsible for the MES development guidelines and quality framework, assess the adoption to ensure the solutions developed to meet operational and service level requirement.

III. Skills & Competencies

• Bachelor or master degree in IT or corresponding area, at least 8 years of experience in manufacturing, deep technical and solid programming experience in business application or SAP manufacturing domain, Dassault Apriso MES experience is a plus
• Good understanding of end-to-end manufacturing business process cross the domains, SAP manufacturing, shopfloor execution control, IoT/IIoT, OPC & Automation
• Strong understanding of the current and future technology architecture, including the inter-operability of technologies, within their area of expertise
• Passionate about quality and continuous improvement, strong analytical and problem solving skills, result oriented and proactive
• Ability to collaborate effectively with business stakeholders, internal peers and external solution developers
• Ability to tailor communication to the target audience to achieve desired results
• Project management especially agile working experience is a plus
• Good oral and written English, multi-cultural sensitivity and willing to travel up to 20-30% of the time

Education & Experience Required:

• 8+ years of overall experience, 5+ years into solution architecture, design and delivery of manufacturing related solutions
• Experience of leading solution build and implementation at large scale in the manufacturing domain
• Significant experience in delivering strategic projects is a plus
• Experience in working with globally distributed teams and partners

Be bold and take the leap!

Our Digital Advanced Solutions (ADS) team is a dynamic group of technologists from around the globe who consistently push boundaries in digital innovation, cyber resilience, data science, intelligent automation, cloud solutions, and new agile methodologies.

It is also good to know tht at Bekaert, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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