Solution Architect

Solution Architect - Retail & Supply Chain

MECCA has a large and growing focus in the core technology landscape, and we are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to join our Supply Chain & Retail team, based in our Support Centre in Richmond.

This role will have a primary focus on Supply Chain and Retail Systems, while supporting broader domains including People Systems and Merchandising.

The role ensures that organisational transformation is aligned with MECCA’s architecture strategy, business priorities, and enterprise standards, enabling scalable, secure, and efficient operations across critical platforms. Acting as a key connector between strategy and delivery, this role brings clarity to complex problems, translating business needs into thoughtful, fit-for-purpose solutions that support both current operations and future growth. 

Working closely with business stakeholders, delivery teams, and technology partners, the role provides architectural guidance from early planning through to implementation. The Solution Architect fosters alignment across teams, manages cross-domain dependencies, and supports delivery with clear, pragmatic direction while encouraging collaboration and shared ownership of outcomes. 

This role plays an important part in evolving MECCA’s Supply Chain and Retail technology landscape—balancing standardisation, modernisation, and business agility—while contributing to a strong, inclusive, and trusted architecture practice across the organisation. 

The Role You Could Play:   

Strategy & Evolution 

• Define and drive architecture direction across Supply Chain and Retail, contributing to roadmaps and initiative planning while ensuring system alignment, managing dependencies and technical debt, and supporting business decisions through clear options and trade-offs.

Solution Design & Delivery Enablement 

• Design and guide scalable, fit-for-purpose solutions by translating business needs, partnering with delivery teams, ensuring alignment to architecture, security and data standards, and resolving complex cross-domain challenges. . 

Stakeholder Engagement & Influence 

• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to align solutions, clearly communicate decisions and trade-offs, and support delivery teams with timely architecture input.

Architecture Practice Improvements 

• Contribute to architecture standards, patterns, and reference models across while supporting continuous improvement of Architecture Practice. 

What You Will Bring:

• 5+ years’ experience in Solution Architecture or related roles, with end-to-end delivery of Supply Chain solutions in enterprise environments

• Strong knowledge of enterprise platforms (ERP, Logistics, Replenishment, Warehouse Management, Finance)

• Experience delivering large-scale, complex transformation initiatives

• Solid understanding of integration patterns, cloud platforms, and enterprise system design

• Familiarity with modern engineering practices (Agile, CI/CD)

• Good understanding of security, risk, and data privacy

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business needs into scalable solutions

• Proven ability to work across cross-functional teams and with vendors/partners

• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Experience in retail or consumer-facing environments (preferred)

Preferred  

• Exposure to large-scale transformation programs (e.g. system modernisation or platform replacement) in organisations undergoing growth or transformation. 

Your Life At MECCA 

Whilst we are singularly focused on our #CustomerFirst mantra, we know that wouldn’t be possible without an incredible team that is guided by our MECCA values and motivated each and every day to be solutions focused, innovative, collaborative and adaptable, and have a bit of fun along the way!

Some of our other team member benefits include: 

• Professional development programs and first-class digitised learning offering 

• Health and well-being initiatives

• Reward and recognition programs

• Access to bonus and incentive programs 

• Access to quarterly product allowance 

• Generous discount to spoil yourselves and your immediate family, as well as a generous product allowance, subject to company policy. 

There are also so many other ways in which you’ll be made to feel part of the MECCA story as we love to celebrate, surprise and delight our team along the way. 

To learn more about life at MECCA Brands, follow us on LinkedIn at MECCA Brands or @lifeatmecca and for all current opportunities, visit http://www.mecca.com.au/careerswww.mecca.com.au/careers