Senior Solution Architect - Demand/Supply/ Merchandise Planning/Retail

Blue Yonder Group, Inc; United Arab Emirates; Hybrid; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent contract

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

Blue Yonder Group, Inc in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to lead end-to-end design of Blue Yonder solutions on medium to large supply chain transformation programs. You will work with on-site and remote project teams to deliver sophisticated SCM capabilities.

You will mentor junior colleagues, partner with the pre-sales team to assess workloads, and communicate with Project Managers and customer users to ensure alignment with business needs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of industry experience in the Supply Chain/Retail sector.
• Strong knowledge of planning, demand management, and replenishment processes.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Hands-on experience with modern SCM applications.
• Business-level English proficiency.
• Willingness to travel extensively across Europe.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end implementation and solution design.
• Collaborate with customer business and IT teams through all project phases.
• Provide leadership to functional teams during implementation.
• Engage in key meetings with Project Managers and customer stakeholders.
• Work with Product Management on future functionality trends.
• Mentor junior associates within Blue Yonder.

Skills

Industry experience in supply chain

Retail planning processes

Analytical and problem-solving

Communication and presentation

Experience with planning solutions

English fluency

Travel willingness (Europe)

EU work entitlement

Tools

Blue Yonder

i2/Manugistics

SAP APO

Kinaxis

Infor

Logility

o9

Quintiq

Job description

Senior Solution Architect acts as a member of on-site/remote project teams. Uses in-depth knowledge of customer business and processes to design and implement Blue Yonder solutions on medium to large supply chain transformation programs. Understands how the Blue Yonder solutions can support customer business.

Job Description

As a Solution Architect you will be:

• Leading implementation of Blue Yonder products, including ownership of end-to-end solution design

• Working with customer business and IT teams during all project phases

• Providing leadership to functional team during implementation cycle

• Serving as a functional and industry expert and participating in key meetings between Project Manager, key customer contacts, and customer users

• Working closely with Product Management Department regarding specific trends for future product functionality/enhancements

• Providing mentorship to junior associates within Blue Yonder organization

• Working with the pre-sales team to assess workload on a given project and recommend roles

Knowledge and Skills we are looking for:

Essential:

• +8 years of industry experience in Supply Chain/Retail industry (e.g. Softline, Grocery, Wholesale, FMCG, CPG, etc.)

• Great understanding of the overall planning, retail processes (demand management, supply chain optimization, replenishment/fulfilment, category management, assortment optimization)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong communication and presentation skills

• Hands-on experience in using, implementing, or supporting modern Supply Chain applications (BlueYonder/i2/Manugistics, SAP APO, Kinaxis, Infor, Logility, o9, Quintiq, or similar planning solution)

• Business level fluency in English, both spoken and written

• Ability and willingness to travel extensively across Europe is required

• Right to live and work in the European Union

Desirable:

• Fluency in additional European languages (German, French)

• Machine Learning & Data Science concept familiarity

• Experience in supply chain software implementation

• Agile knowledge

• Python and SQL elementary skills

Blue Yonder offers:

• Highly professional environment of top international industry experts

• Chance to deal with the best-in-class SCM solutions and work on-site with the most prestigious and advanced companies in the world

• Strong investment in employee skills development (first 2-6 months are purely training-focused with highly experienced mentor)

• Excellent development abilities and further growth potential

• Clear independence and empowerment

• Permanent job contract

• Highly competitive salary and benefits package

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.