Solution Architecture International DDP

Location: India (Hybrid)

Reporting to: VP, IT & Digital / Site Lead (Ireland)

Dotted line: DDP Solution Architecture Leadership – United States

Why Join Wesco?

This role provides a unique opportunity to shape the international future of Wesco’s DDP Platform and influence how digital capabilities scale globally across diverse business environments. The successful candidate will help define the next generation of Wesco’s global digital operating model while partnering directly with senior leaders across technology and business functions worldwide.

Role Overview

Wesco is accelerating the global expansion of its Digital Distribution Platform (DDP) following the successful development and deployment of the North America solution landscape. As part of this next phase, Wesco is establishing a strategic architecture leadership capability focused on designing and scaling DDP for international markets across EMEA, APAC, and CALA.

The Senior Director, Solution Architecture – DDP will lead the assessment, architecture, and solution design activities required to adapt and extend the North America DDP model into diverse global business environments. This role will serve as the critical bridge between the established North America platform capabilities and the unique operational, regulatory, commercial, and customer requirements of international regions.

The successful candidate will partner closely with regional business leaders, enterprise technology teams, product organizations, and delivery partners to define scalable global patterns while enabling necessary regional flexibility. This role combines architecture leadership, business transformation expertise, and global stakeholder management within Wesco’s most strategic digital program.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the international solution architecture for expansion of the Digital Distribution Platform (DDP) across EMEA, APAC, and CALA.
- Analyze the existing North America DDP architecture, capabilities, and operating model to identify reusable global patterns and components.
- Define and design ERP-based and enterprise platform solutions aligned with both global business objectives and regional operational requirements.




- Define future-state international DDP architecture models aligned to enterprise standards while enabling regional flexibility where required.
- Identify gaps between current North America capabilities and international business requirements, translating these into scalable architecture and platform recommendations.
- Drive architecture decisions across ERP, supply chain, order management, warehouse operations, customer experience, and integration domains.
- Ensure scalability, integration, security, and performance across enterprise systems and regional deployments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business and operational requirements into technical solutions and implementation roadmaps.
- Engage with regional business and operational leaders to understand market-specific processes, regulatory requirements, customer expectations, and operational constraints.
- Lead capability assessments, roadmap development, and solution review activities across international regions.
- Provide architectural leadership, technical guidance, and best practices to project teams and solution architects supporting deployment initiatives.
- Support prioritization of regional requirements and help define phased deployment and transformation strategies.
- Drive innovation by leveraging emerging technologies, cloud-first capabilities, AI-enabled solutions, and industry best practices.
- Mentor and guide solution architects and technical teams supporting international transformation program.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.
- 15+ years of experience in enterprise solution architecture, digital transformation, or enterprise platform leadership.
- Proven experience delivering large-scale enterprise transformation programs across global organizations.




- Strong expertise in ERP ecosystems, supply chain platforms, and enterprise applications.
- Deep understanding of cloud-first architectures, integrations, APIs, middleware, and scalable platform design.
- Experience adapting enterprise platforms for international and regional business models.
- Strong knowledge of distribution, supply chain, logistics, and industrial operations.
- Experience with core business processes including OTC, P2P, RTR, planning, warehousing, transportation management, and global trade management.
- Familiarity with international localization requirements and country-specific compliance considerations.
- Strong stakeholder management, executive communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.
- Experience working within matrixed global organizations and ERP implementation environments.
- Solid analytical and strategic thinking capabilities with the ability to balance standardization and regional flexibility.
- Solution-oriented mindset with a focus on business alignment and operational excellence.
- Familiarity with Agile delivery frameworks and DevOps practices.

Preferred Experience

- Experience with large-scale platform deployments across EMEA, APAC, or Latin America/CALA regions.
- Experience supporting global ERP transformation or harmonization initiatives.
- Familiarity with regulatory, tax, localization, and operational complexities across international markets.
- Experience with AI-enabled operational platforms, automation, and intelligent workflow capabilities.
- Background in distribution, manufacturing, or industrial supply chain environments.
- Experience working within cloud-first enterprise environments.

Leadership Competencies

- Global and enterprise mindset.
- Strategic architecture leadership.
- Executive presence and influencing capability.
- Strong collaboration and cross-cultural communication skills.
- Operational and business process orientation.
- Ability to lead through complexity and ambiguity.
- Innovation and continuous improvement focus.

Ways of Working

- Hybrid role based in India, with regular collaboration across US/APAC/CALA time zones.
- Occasional international travel.

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