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Enterprise Architect I Sales & Service Portfolio

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As an Enterprise Architect at Grainger you connect the dots, make complex ideas easy to understand and help many different people understand the big picture, this is what Enterprise Architects do on a daily basis. We work with Business partners and portfolio managers to understand their needs and how those needs fit into the big picture of Applications, Technology, and Data. We focus on change, look for inflection points and describe how our architecture will change over time to support Grainger.

This position partners with Business Technology Planning, Solution engineering, and our Business partners supporting the Sales and Services Portfolio. Sales and Services Portfolio includes the integration of key customers onto Grainger's advanced technologies, which include eProcurement, Benefits Management, and KeepStock Inventory Management solutions. The Sales and Services Portfolio also provides Grainger Sales team members the ability to manage their accounts using platforms like Salesforce.com efficiently and to provide valuable insights to Grainger customers. Lastly, the Sales and Services Portfolio supports customers' needs through technology solutions that include, but are not limited to, strategic pricing, quoting, and sourcing capabilities.

The Enterprise Architect (EA) creates and uses road maps, principles, standards and best practices to provide guidance and govern the overall enterprise suite of technologies and the related investments. They enable business and IT leaders to make decisions that balance and prioritize current demands with the longer-term strategic vision of the organization. The EA is responsible for continually maturing and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of EA, defining the long-term capability and life cycle road maps, articulating future state conceptual architectures and ensuring IT Delivery of business value.

KEY ACTIVITIES:

  • Technology Strategy: Assists in the development of the technology strategy
  • Technology Standards: Assists in the development of technology standards
  • Capability Roadmaps: Analyzes business needs and defines capability roadmaps and capability scorecards
  • Lifecycle Roadmaps: Defines the lifecycle roadmaps for a specific set of technologies within the portfolio, to include upgrades, migrations and decommissioning
  • Architecture: Defines the conceptual architecture
  • Architecture Review Board: Brings forward conceptual architectures for review and validation. Assists Solution Architects in preparing for ARBs.
  • Design Review: Conducts design reviews
  • Research: Conducts industry research and provides technical thought leadership

REQUIRED EXPERIENCES AND COMPETENCIES:  

  • 0-3 yrs Enterprise Architecture experience
  • 1-3 yrs experience as a Solution, Domain or Applications Architect
  • 12+ yrs Information Technology industry experience
  • Bachelor's Degree, MBA a plus
  • Experience in one or more IT disciplines
  • Foundational modeling capabilities using UML or Archimate or similar modeling language. 
  • Strong analytical and communication capabilities
  •  Experience with one or more architectural methodologies Like TOGAF
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Grainger Director, Product Management Matt Orscheln
Matt Orscheln
Director, Product Management
EMBRACE OPPORTUNITY
Learn new skills, explore new paradigms
Orscheln’s career has traversed nearly the entire Grainger organization, from finance to sales operations, pricing, merchandising and product management. In his current role, Orscheln works to ensure those he works with have similar opportunities by embracing transparency and helping team members explore avenues for success, build skills and cultivate curiosity about the company. “Our leadership development framework provides guidance for gaining skills in different parts of the business, helping team members to be successful in more advanced leadership roles,” he said.
Orscheln’s career has traversed nearly the entire Grainger organization, from finance to sales operations, pricing, merchandising and product management. In his current role, Orscheln works to ensure those he works with have similar opportunities by embracing transparency and helping team members explore avenues for success, build skills and cultivate curiosity about the company. “Our leadership development framework provides guidance for gaining skills in different parts of the business, helping team members to be successful in more advanced leadership roles,” he said.
My career has grown with Grainger, and in the process, I have gained experience and exposure to our business end-to-end.
Grainger Senior Product Manager Ling Ouyang
Ling Ouyang
Senior Product Manager
CUTTING-EDGE FOCUS
Develop innovative solutions to customers’ needs
As a product manager with a computer science and machine learning background, Ouyang focuses on using technology to improve Grainger’s customer experience and streamline its processes. This means leveraging AI to develop tools that help customers search for products and enable Grainger team members to understand customers’ needs more effectively. “We are encouraged to grow our skills and develop new solutions through regular interaction with customers,” Ouyang said. She credits these interactions with shaping Grainger’s high-tech approach to serving its customers.
As a product manager with a computer science and machine learning background, Ouyang focuses on using technology to improve Grainger’s customer experience and streamline its processes. This means leveraging AI to develop tools that help customers search for products and enable Grainger team members to understand customers’ needs more effectively. “We are encouraged to grow our skills and develop new solutions through regular interaction with customers,” Ouyang said. She credits these interactions with shaping Grainger’s high-tech approach to serving its customers.
Grainger encourages us to develop innovative solutions by providing us with opportunities to interact with customers and operational teams as well as support and guidance from our leaders.
Rachel Trana
Manager, Product Engineering
JOIN THE TEAM
Learn from expert leaders in tech
Trana joined the Grainger team after working for nearly a decade as a computer science professor. “I was drawn to leadership’s strong investment in our teams' success and their desire to drive modern technical and process changes to improve the ways in which teams work,” Trana said. Now managing Grainger’s KeepStock (R) engineering teams, Trana works on the company’s inventory management platform, developing the underlying APIs and algorithms that support it. To this end, her teams rely on a diverse tech stack, including Docker, AWS, Java, Kafka, Snyk, Kotlin and Spring Boot, GitHub and Helm.
Trana joined the Grainger team after working for nearly a decade as a computer science professor. “I was drawn to leadership’s strong investment in our teams' success and their desire to drive modern technical and process changes to improve the ways in which teams work,” Trana said. Now managing Grainger’s KeepStock (R) engineering teams, Trana works on the company’s inventory management platform, developing the underlying APIs and algorithms that support it. To this end, her teams rely on a diverse tech stack, including Docker, AWS, Java, Kafka, Snyk, Kotlin and Spring Boot, GitHub and Helm.
Our team feels empowered to own decisions and commitments, engage in constructive debate and decision making. We trust each other and actively listen and collaborate.
Grainger Director, Product Management Matt Orscheln
Grainger Director, Product Management Matt Orscheln
Grainger Senior Product Manager Ling Ouyang
Grainger Senior Product Manager Ling Ouyang

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Grainger Benefits Overview

With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health and wellbeing. Our benefits provide a wide range of programs and resources for nearly every aspect of the full life you and your family lead – supporting your life today and in the future.

Some benefits are provided automatically, while others are offered at reduced group rates. Whatever you need, you’ve got this because you’ve got Grainger. Visit GraingerTotalRewards.com for a complete picture.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Quarterly engagement surveys
Hybrid work model
In-person all-hands meetings
Employee awards
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Team members connect in, African American, Asian-Pacific Islander, Disability, Equality Alliance, Generational, Latino, Veterans and Women's Business Resource Groups.
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Diversity recruitment program
Health Insurance + Wellness
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Transgender health care benefits
Abortion travel benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Team members can contribute up to 75% of pay up IRS limits on a pre- or post-tax basis. Your contributions are always 100% vested.
401(K) matching
Grainger automatically contributes 6% of your eligible pay into your retirement savings plan account each pay period. This contribution is always 100% vested.
Employee stock purchase plan
You are eligible to participate in Grainger's ESPP once you have completed at least 90 days of service and are regular full-time or regular part-time, scheduled to work at least 20 hours a week.
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
For every $1 a team member donates to charity, Grainger amplifies that impact with a $3 matched donation.
Child Care & Parental Leave
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Grainger supports team members and their families who are in the process of adopting by reimbursing up to $6,000 per adoption for eligible expenses.
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Fertility benefits
Vacation + Time Off
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Flexible time off
Bereavement leave benefits
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Beverages and coffee on demand in our downtown locations.
Onsite office parking
We offer employees discounted parking rates at our Chicago office locations.
Relocation assistance
Mother's room
Onsite gym
Professional Development
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Our tuition reimbursement plan covers the first $5,250 per year towards a degree program. Amounts that exceed $5,250 are reimbursed at 50% and there is no program maximum.
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks
Paid industry certifications
Personal development training
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