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dcbel Inc. designs and sells residential clean energy products, including the flagship dcbel Ara Home Energy Station, which integrates solar power, EV charging, home power, and grid services. The company is scaling its business applications infrastructure to support growth.
As Business Application Architect, you will design the next generation of dcbel's ERP, CRM, WMS, and manufacturing systems with a focus on how the business actually uses them. You will define target architecture across ERP, CRM, MES, PLM, QMS, and analytics in collaboration with subject-matter experts and department heads. You will build function-based roadmaps that avoid technical debt and support company scale-up, and align with the Integration Services Architect and Head of Architecture on a unified vision for data flows and services.
Key responsibilities include: driving adoption of AI in business applications aligned with dcbel's AI strategy; leading architecture governance including design reviews, non-functional requirements, security, compliance, and cost management; modeling end-to-end flows from PLM/BOM through production orders, shop-floor execution, shipping, and invoicing; replacing custom configurations with fit-to-standard solutions; and designing discrete-manufacturing solutions covering demand planning, MRP, scheduling, routings, work centers, time and labor capture, traceability, rework, and IoT data capture into MES.
You will keep Business Central as the source of truth for product master data and work to maximize user efficiency while respecting data governance.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Computer Science, or related field
- 10+ years implementing or consulting on ERP, CRM, and business applications, including 3–5 years as a solution architect or senior consultant
- Proven MES implementation or integration experience
- Proven track record of AI adoption in business applications
- Based in or near Montreal; regular on-site presence required
- Excellent facilitation, documentation, and communication skills
- Systems thinker who balances business needs, user efficiency, and data governance
ASSETS:
- Experience with Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics 365 CE/Sales in manufacturing context
- Experience connecting PLM with BC/MES for controlled release and BOM synchronization
- Knowledge of prototyping cycles and new product commercialization
- Familiarity with Power Platform, ALM Accelerator/DevOps for Dynamics, CRM solution layering, and BC extension best practices
- Bilingual English/French
