Senior Technical Architect ( WMS )

About the Role

As the technical lead for Blue Yonder Warehouse Management Solution implementations, you will design best-in-class solutions using a suite of products in the Warehouse Management space. You will be the technical liaison across key stakeholders, including customer contacts, Project Managers, Solution Architects, Technical/Business Consultants, and 3rd Party Consultants, to drive the timely and successful delivery of the final solution.

Responsibilities

• Drive the design, optimization, and implementation of Blue Yonder Warehouse Management software solutions for customers, utilizing industry best practices and process methodologies.
• Apply domain knowledge to fully understand and identify how the Blue Yonder solutions can be configured and delivered to best meet customer requirements and business processes.
• Lead technical and integration design to ensure clear construct, validation tasks, and timeline.
• Lead integration design with automation vendors.
• Conduct and/or guide system integration, user acceptance testing, and deployment phases of the project to ensure a seamless transition to steady-state/support associates.
• Sustain the balance between project scope, timeline, and requirements to ensure successful time to value and definitive customer satisfaction.
• Assess business needs that fall outside the standard solution and/or scope, evaluating integration complexity, architecture constraints, and/or product roadmaps.
• Recognize and highlight incremental revenue opportunities with existing customers/projects.
• Identify product issues, analyze root cause, provide workarounds, and provide inputs to the product team on problem areas.
• Communicate business cases to PMG and PD regarding customer-specific needs related to product functionality and enhancements.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of specific experience working within Blue Yonder’s Warehouse Management Systems either as a customer of Blue Yonder or as a consultant implementing Blue Yonder solutions for customers.
• Experience in end-to-end WMS deployment from blueprinting/design to transition to support for varied customers/industries.
• Relevant solutions consulting and implementation experience with other leading supply chain planning solutions such as HighJump, Manhattan, or SAP is a plus.
• Current or prior experience working in a management consulting organization or Supply Chain Center of Excellence preferred.
• Experience in integrating ERP/Host systems with Blue Yonder’s Warehouse Management Systems.
• Experience with using/testing APIs.
• Experience in working with Native SaaS WMS solutions.

Skills

• Strong technical analysis skills, including technical design, integration with HOST/ERP systems, and integration with automation systems.
• Awareness of tactical planning on overall supply chain.
• Ability to prepare and deliver presentations for user, management, and executive-level audiences.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to plan technical activities of WMS deployment, track issues through RAID log, and provide tasks to junior resources.
• Experience with relational databases (SQL Server/Oracle), SQL, understanding of Native SaaS solutions deployed on Azure, Python, JAVA/J2EE, MOCA, RESTful Web Services, API, JSON, and testing APIs with Postman.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or equivalent degree.
• Bachelor’s degree and relevant industry experience may be considered in lieu of an advanced degree.

Travel is expected within the US at 50% - 75%.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $95,400 - $143,896.18. The salary range reflects the anticipated base salary range based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary by location. Individual salary will be commensurate with skills, experience, certifications or licenses, and other relevant factors. This role is also eligible to participate in either the annual performance bonus or commission program, determined by the nature of the position.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• 401K with matching.
• Flexible Time Off.
• Corporate Fitness Program.
• A variety of voluntary benefits such as Legal Plans, Accident and Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance, and more.