Blue Yonder WMS Functional Architect

About the job

Candidates must be able to convey their practitioner knowledge through experiences facilitating current state, capture day & life, (e.g. GEMBA walk), identifying relevant user stories, identifying necessary future state capabilities, and translating these into a comprehensive 5 Lens design for our customers.

Consultants must have a strong drive to acquire knowledge of processes, systems, and client’s business on a rapid timeline.

They must be able to quickly formulate and validate future state business process and solution configuration designs, with emphasis in the BlueYonder WMS applicate suite.

Compiling high quality documentation and presentations on a short timeline, being comfortable facilitating discussions, and giving polished presentations is mandatory.

A consultant within our practice should be comfortable in the front of a meeting room or classroom; be it facilitating or teaching two people or thirty people.

Strong written and oral presentation skills

Consultant will find themselves frequently writing presentations, creating documents, and facilitating meetings

Strong problem-solving skills

Ability to perform current state / future state fit-gap assessments

Ability to provide comprehensive recommendations in solution design, business process design, business policy setting, and business metric definition

Quantitative and analytical skills (financial analysis, mathematical modeling and statistics, etc.)

Ability to “dive into” the data to determine root-cause

Desired ability to understand statistical forecasting models

Desired ability to understand complex manufacturing arrangements such as run-time, line dependencies, multi-constraint environments, and rough-cut capacity planning

Presentation abilities (up to manager/director/VP client levels)

Consultant will find themselves regularly at the front of the room against audiences of all sizes facilitating, presenting, or teaching client resources

Self-initiating / Self-Motivated

Consultant must be able to operate within an environment where instruction and direction can sometimes be vague

Consultant must be able to support project activities and assist teammates in ensuring delivery and project success

Consultant should self-seek internal and external contributions to the practice and the project

Consultant must be able to prioritize multiple activities and deadlines within a semi-autonomous environment

Ability to comfortably work within:

Notepad, Screen capturing

MS Word, MS Excel (including formula usage/defining), MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, MS OneNote, MS Visio, MS Project. MS SharePoint, MS Teams

White boards, flip charts, projectors

Experience/Education:

Bachelor’s or Advanced Degree in Business Management, Supply Chain, Information Systems, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Logistics, or similar fields.

PMP, APICS, Six Sigma, ACPF or similar industry Certifications are a plus, BY WMS certification