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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # TMS Solution Architect - **Company:** Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - **Location:** Austin, TX, United States - **Salary:** $168,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Data Governance, Software Design Patterns, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Middleware, IDoc, SAP ERP, Radio-Frequency Identification, SAP (Applications), SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM), SAP Sales and Distribution, Systems Integration, SAP S/4HANA, Integration Frameworks, SAP TM - **Published:** October 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18485450?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18485450%2FTms-Solution-Architect-Texas-Austin ## About the Role * Proven, hands-on experience rolling out a TMS solution end to end - from design through go-live and stabilization - not solely supporting an existing system. * Direct experience implementing TMS in a dynamic, global multinational with many manufacturing or distribution plants, a large carrier base, and multi-mode transportation (ocean, air, parcel, ground). * Strong transportation and logistics business-process expertise: freight management, carrier management, rate and route optimization, freight audit and pay, and delivery performance. * Demonstrated solution-architecture capability across the full path: requirements solution design integration design delivery. * Track record of leading change management and driving cross-functional adoption across both business and IT. * Excellent stakeholder management, with the ability to influence without authority across regions and functions. * Experience integrating transportation systems with SAP ERP and EDI/carrier networks. * Significant experience in SAP Transportation Management with minimum of 3 to 4 end to end TM implementations. * Good understanding of SAP supply chain processes * SAP TMS preferred - SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) implementation experience strongly preferred. * Strong understanding about Inbound and Outbound shipments (Domestic and International), Transportation Load Builder (FTL, LTL), different modes of transports, and Freight Settlement. * Experience with SAP S/4HANA logistics (SD / LE / MM) and embedded or decentralized TM. * Exposure to leading TMS and control-tower platforms (e.g., Blue Yonder) and logistics visibility solutions. * Familiarity with semiconductor, high-tech, or high-volume electronics supply chains. * EDI, API, IDoc, and middleware integration experience across carrier networks. * Experience with parcel, international ocean and air freight, and customs/brokerage, duties, and taxes considerations. KEY COMPETENCIES * + Process-first mindset - fluently bridges GL business needs and IT delivery. + Architect's discipline - sees the whole system, manages trade-offs, and documents decisions. + Ownership & bias for action - thrives in ambiguous, fast-moving environments. + Change leadership - a clear communicator who moves an organization, not just a system. + Global collaboration - works effectively across cultures and time zones. ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS * Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; advanced degree a plus. Equivalent professional experience will be considered. ## Description AMD's Supply Chain Transformation (SCT) team is modernizing how we plan and execute global transportation. We are seeking a hands-on TMS Solution Architect to lead the design and rollout of a global Transportation Management System (TMS) across our multi-plant, multi-carrier, multi-mode logistics network. This individual will be the connective tissue between Global Logistics (GL) business teams and IT - translating logistics business processes into a scalable solution design, owning the architecture end to end, and leading the organizational change required to adopt it. Working across our SAP S/4HANA backbone, EDI and carrier integrations, and emerging control-tower, RFID, and AI/automation initiatives, you will deliver measurable improvements in transportation cost, speed, visibility, and resilience., * Business process definition - partner with Global Logistics (GL) and IT to define, document, and standardize transportation business processes across regions, plants, and shipment modes. * Solution design & architecture - own the end-to-end TMS solution design, including order-to-delivery flows, freight order management, carrier selection and rate shopping, routing and route determination, freight settlement, and track-and-trace. * End-to-end delivery - lead blueprint/fit-gap, configuration oversight, integration design, testing, cutover, and hypercare for the TMS rollout. * Systems integration - design and govern integrations between the TMS and SAP S/4HANA ,EDI carrier connections, control-tower and visibility platforms, and external logistics partners. * Carrier & multi-mode enablement - drive carrier onboarding and enablement across ocean, air, parcel, and ground (LTL/FTL) for a large, global carrier base. * Change management - lead stakeholder alignment, process adoption, training, and communications so the solution lands with the business, not just IT. * Vendor & SI management - partner with software vendors and system integrators; review SOWs, guide delivery teams, and hold them to architecture and quality standards. * Standards & governance - establish solution standards, data governance, and reusable design patterns to scale the platform across AMD's network. Recommend process improvements and industry best practices * Roadmap contribution - support the broader SCT roadmap, including EDI stabilization, RFID, and AI-driven automation initiatives., AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. 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