- Company Name
- Accenture
- Job Title
- Blue Yonder WMS Technical Architect (Manager)
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
Blue Yonder WMS Technical Architect (Manager)
**Role Summary**
Architect, design, and deliver end‑to‑end Blue Yonder WMS/WLM solutions for retail, CPG, manufacturing, logistics, and omnichannel fulfillment clients. Lead cross‑functional workshops, integrate WMS with ERP/OMS/TMS and automation systems, oversee full implementation lifecycle, troubleshoot complex issues, and mentor junior architects while ensuring governance, quality, and best‑practice adoption.
**Expectations**
- 8+ years of experience in warehouse management systems, with deep expertise in Blue Yonder (JDA/RedPrairie).
- Proven track record leading architecture and delivery of large‑scale WMS/WLM projects.
- Strong client‑facing skills, able to influence senior stakeholders and act as trusted advisor.
- Leadership capability: mentor teams, drive practice growth, and maintain project quality and governance.
**Key Responsibilities**
1. **Solution Architecture & Technical Leadership** – Facilitate architecture workshops, blueprint designs, and translate business requirements into scalable technical specifications.
2. **Integration & Implementation Delivery** – Oversee environment setup, installation, configuration, performance tuning, testing (unit, UAT, regression), hyper‑care, and quality assurance.
3. **Systems Integration** – Design and validate integration frameworks (API, MOCA, Web Services, middleware), data models, trace file analysis, and integration logs.
4. **Client Advisory & Collaboration** – Conduct workshops, gap analyses, value mapping, and maintain strong relationships with product teams, ecosystem partners, and client operations/IT.
5. **Governance & Practice Growth** – Enforce delivery methodology, documentation standards, and time/expense compliance; mentor junior architects; contribute reusable assets and best‑practice collateral.
6. **Technology Stewardship** – Stay current on cloud platforms (Azure, GCP), IoT/automation, AI optimization, and advanced warehousing technologies; recommend and evangelise appropriate solutions.
**Required Skills**
- Blue Yonder WMS/WLM configuration, deployment, and troubleshooting.
- Warehouse management, labor management, automation, and fulfillment systems knowledge.
- Integration technologies: API, MOCA, Web Services, middleware, data mapping.
- Trace file analysis, database structure, performance tuning.
- Architecture design, solution blueprinting, and workshop facilitation.
- Client engagement, stakeholder influence, and executive communication.
- Leadership, mentoring, and practice development.
- Cloud platform familiarity (Azure, GCP) and emerging tech awareness (IoT, AI).
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
- Certified Blue Yonder WMS Architect or equivalent JDA/RedPrairie certification.
- Cloud certifications (Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform) desirable.
- PMP, SAFe Scrum Master, or other project‑management certifications are advantageous.