Solution Architect

Location: Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa

  Alistair Group is one of East and Southern Africa’s fastest-growing service companies, providing a variety of self-delivered logistics solutions across several geographies, aimed with the vision to Make Africa Work Better! With core competencies in road freight, warehousing, commodity trading and operational hire of material handling equipment, the Group strives for continuous expansion of innovative ancillary services to grow the business vertically, complimented by a healthy dose of entrepreneurial flair. The business has gone from strength to strength, growing quickly in both its geographical coverage and variety of services offered to clients. In 2024, the Group exceeded the 1000-employee mark and managed a fleet of well over 1000 trucks. With Alistair’s aggressive and exciting growth strategy, the Group is poised for significant further expansion and a greater impact in Africa.

Core Services:

▪              Freight Forwarding
▪              Clearance & Forwarding
▪              Energy Industry Support Services
▪              Equipment Rental
▪              Commodity Trading
▪              Integrated Solutions
▪              Warehousing
▪              Ocean Freight

Industries:

▪              Mining
▪              Oil & Gas
▪              Agriculture
▪              Construction
▪              Explosives
▪              Renewables

Vision
To be known as the Company that makes Africa work better.

Company Behaviours
Honesty, Customer Focus, Continual Improvement, Humility, and Safety.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Solution Architect to join our Technology team in a fast-paced logistics environment. The successful candidate will play a critical role in bridging the gap between business operations and technical teams. This role involves gathering and defining user requirements, implementing solutions, developing dashboards and reports, and participating in quality assurance efforts to ensure solution effectiveness and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Requirements Gathering & Analysis
  • Engage with stakeholders to identify and document business needs, workflows, and pain points.
  • Analyse current business processes and recommend optimizations using data-driven insights.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Translate business requirements into clear functional specifications for development team or low-code/no-code implementation.
  • Support in the design of scalable and user-friendly tech solutions tailored to logistics operations.
  • Stakeholder engagement post go-live to ensure value realisation of solutions.
• Solution Implementation
  • Design, build, and deploy solutions on a variety of platforms.
  • Automate workflows and processes to enhance operational efficiency.
• Reporting & Dashboards
  • Develop and maintain reports and dashboards.
  • Ensure data accuracy and visibility to support decision-making across departments.
  • Effectively communicate complex analysis in easy-to-understand dashboards.
• Quality Assurance
  • Assist in creating test plans and performing functional and user acceptance testing (UAT).
  • Collaborate with technical teams to resolve bugs and ensure alignment with user expectations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Information Technology/Systems, or a related field.

Preferred Skills & Tools:

• Knowledge of cloud computing platforms, data analytics tools, and enterprise architecture frameworks 
• Proficiency in software development and understanding of various programming languages
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Strategic decision-making
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a dynamic international team driving digital transformation in logistics
• Gain exposure to innovative technologies and process improvement initiatives
• Work in a collaborative environment that values creativity and efficiency

The Company reserves the right to withdraw from the recruitment process at any time, at its sole discretion. The sharing of any aptitude test, assessment, or invitation to an interview does not constitute an offer of employment or guarantee any future employment with the Company. Candidates acknowledge that progression through any stage of the recruitment process does not imply or ensure an eventual offer of employment. 

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