Blue Yonder Technical Lead

Unipart Technologies Group; Nuneaton; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car/Car allowance

33 days holiday

Pension

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Wellbeing support

Flexible benefits scheme

Job summary

Unipart Technologies Group is seeking a Blue Yonder Dispatcher Technical Lead to oversee application development and operational stability for clients. You will define strategy, drive innovation, and mentor the team while safeguarding system availability as the primary escalation point.

You’ll translate requirements into technical specs, design architecture, and manage deployments across environments. Strong leadership, Oracle/PLSQL, Linux, and cloud skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience configuring, architecting, and implementing Blue Yonder WMS Dispatcher solutions (2+ versions).
• Deep logistics and supply chain domain knowledge with warehousing exposure.
• Expertise in Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, Shell scripting; Linux operation and cloud familiarity (AWS/Azure).
• Experience leading IT/software projects using Agile or iterative methods and handling ITIL incident escalations.
• Ability to translate complex tech topics for non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements into technical specifications and solutions.
• Design architecture aligned with business goals and WMS strategy, ensuring security and privacy.
• Oversee development allocations, code reviews, and release management across environments.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and feedback to the team.
• Act as liaison with Blue Yonder vendor for core product and custom code escalations.
• Lead major incidents, conduct RCA, and implement preventative fixes.
• Integrate Blue Yonder apps with external systems and third-party software.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and optimise application performance.
• Create architectural diagrams and design documentation.

Skills

Blue Yonder Dispatcher

WMS Dispatcher

Oracle SQL

Shell scripting

Linux

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

ITIL / incident management

Root Cause Analysis

Strong communication

Tools

Oracle Database

PL/SQL

Shell scripting

Linux

Cloud Console (AWS/Azure)

Job description

£80,000 per annum, plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme

About the Role

As a Blue Yonder Dispatcher Technical Lead, you will play an important role overseeing application development and operational stability for specific clients and instances. Working closely with the Head of Supply Chain Technology, you will help define the overall BY Dispatcher strategy and roadmap, drive innovation, and guide solution architecture while mentoring the development team.

Crucially, you will safeguard system availability for our clients by acting as the primary technical escalation point for major incidents, which includes participating in a scheduled out-of-hours on-call rotation.

As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate functional and non-functional requirements into technical specifications
• Design application architecture and technical solutions aligned with business objectives and WMS strategy, ensuring adherence to security best practices and data privacy standards
• Allocate development work, conduct code reviews, and oversee smooth deployment and release management across all environments
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and constructive feedback to development team members
• Act as the primary technical liaison with the Blue Yonder vendor for both core product and custom code escalations and support
• Lead rapid resolution of major incidents (P1/P2) and conduct post-incident Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to implement preventative fixes
• Oversee the integration of Blue Yonder applications with external systems and third-party software
• Identify performance bottlenecks and design optimisations to improve overall application performance
• Create comprehensive technical documentation, including architectural diagrams and design specifications

About You

We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!

• Extensive hands‑on experience configuring, architecting, and implementing Blue Yonder (JDA) WMS Dispatcher solutions (experience with two or more versions of Dispatcher is essential)
• Deep domain experience in logistics and supply chain, with an understanding of complex warehousing setups
• Essential expertise in Oracle Database performance troubleshooting, Advanced PL/SQL, standard SQL, and Shell Scripting
• Strong hands‑on knowledge of Linux Operating Systems and Cloud Console Management (AWS or Azure)
• Demonstrated experience leading large IT/software projects using Agile or iterative methodologies, managing incident escalations (ITIL), and conducting Root Cause Analysis
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical business stakeholders and cross‑functional teams
• Highly advantageous: Proficiency in Java, Python, or C#, and experience designing reports using iReports

About Unipart

We are a supply chain performance improvement partner. We Design, Make, Move, and Improve components in our customers’ supply chains, keeping their operations and assets moving and working better, for longer. Through our commitment to continuously driving operational efficiencies, we improve performance - saving time, cost, and carbon. Our ambition is to be the driving force behind efficient, resilient, and sustainable supply chains.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We believe that a great workplace is one where you can bring your whole self to work. Our recruitment process is designed to be accessible, inclusive, and based entirely on merit. We define merit through a combination of technical skills and the core behaviours that help our people thrive at Unipart. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of background or circumstances. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity that exceeds our statutory obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and subsequent legislation. Whether it’s your age, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, family status, or any other characteristic that makes you ‘you’ - it is your talent and potential that we value most. Adjustments for you: We want you to perform at your best. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know. We are here to support you.

£80,000 per annum, plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme

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