Senior Architect - Digital Manufacturing

At Suntory Global Spirits, we craft spirits of the highest quality and deliver brilliant experiences to people around the world. Suntory Global Spirits has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Suntory Global Spirits is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

What makes this a great opportunity?

• We are seeking an experienced AVEVA MES Resource to support, enhance, and maintain our Manufacturing Execution System environment.
• This role requires strong hands-on knowledge of AVEVA MES, including system architecture, SAP ECC integrations, MES dashboards and reporting, and database/table configuration within an existing system.
• The ideal candidate will work closely with manufacturing, IT, automation, and business teams to deliver reliable MES solutions that improve production visibility, traceability, and operational performance.
• The resource would work along side of Aveva's Professional Services group and SGS.

Role Responsibilities

• Support the design, configuration, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the AVEVA MES platform.
• Understand and support the overall MES system architecture, including application layers, interfaces, database structures, and connectivity with plant-floor and enterprise systems.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and optimize integrations between AVEVA MES and SAP ECC, including production orders, material data, confirmations, genealogy, and transactional data flows.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance MES dashboards, KPIs, and operational reporting to improve visibility into manufacturing performance.
• Configure and extend the existing MES solution, including the ability to add new database tables and support related data structures while preserving system integrity and performance.
• Collaborate with business users and technical teams to gather requirements and translate them into scalable MES solutions.
• Support interface validation, system testing, user acceptance testing, and deployment activities.
• Investigate system issues, perform root cause analysis, and provide timely resolution for application, data, and integration-related problems.
• Ensure solutions follow site and enterprise standards for data integrity, validation, security, and change control.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, interface mappings, configuration documents, and support procedures.
• Provide operational support and knowledge transfer to internal teams and end users.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience working with AVEVA MES in a manufacturing environment, process industry and packaging lines.
• Strong understanding of MES system architecture, including application components, database relationships, and integration points.
• Experience with SAP ECC integration in a manufacturing context.
• Experience developing or supporting MES dashboards, reporting tools, and KPI visualization.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and relational databases, including the ability to add and modify database tables in an existing MES system.
• Experience with system configuration, troubleshooting, and support in a validated or controlled production environment.
• Ability to work across cross-functional teams including Manufacturing, Quality, IT, Supply Chain, and Automation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience with manufacturing operations, batch and continuous processes, or discrete production environments.
• Familiarity with shop-floor systems, PLC or SCADA historians, and enterprise application integration patterns.
• Experience with change management, release management, and production support processes.
• Understanding of manufacturing data models, genealogy, traceability, and electronic records.
• Exposure to reporting or BI tools used alongside MES dashboards.
• Knowledge of software validation, audit readiness, and regulated manufacturing environments is a plus.

While relocation, immigration, and/or tax compliance support are not guaranteed, we may offer assistance to successful candidates depending on factors such as role requirements in accordance with company guidelines.

At Suntory Global Spirits, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant's skills and experience.

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