WMS Optimization Lead: Boost Productivity & Cost Efficiency

MRJ Recruitment Limited; Southampton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

MRJ Recruitment Limited is partnering with an established logistics and fulfilment business to recruit a WMS Specialist. You’ll own WMS optimisation of the Blue Yonder platform in a large warehouse operation serving 40+ customers across retail, ecommerce and omnichannel fulfilment.

You’ll drive configuration changes, automate manual processes and deliver measurable gains in productivity, accuracy and cost, working with Operations, Finance and the systems team to turn data into practical

Qualifications

• Hands-on WMS experience with practical understanding of warehouse and fulfilment operations.
• Blue Yonder experience is highly valued; other WMS platforms also welcome with proven improvements to configuration and performance.
• Ability to connect system changes to measurable productivity or cost benefits.
• Experience in collaborating with warehouse users, technical colleagues and senior stakeholders.
• Familiarity with integration/automation platforms like Workato is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review and improve WMS configuration across picking, allocation, replenishment, putaway and warehouse workflows.
• Own improvements from investigation through configuration, testing, deployment and measurement of results.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual intervention and improve integrations between WMS, customer platforms, carriers and finance systems.
• Use system data to improve reporting on productivity, accuracy, despatch performance and cost-to-serve.
• Support new customer onboarding and help users get more from the system.

Skills

WMS experience

Blue Yonder

Warehouse ops know-how

Data-driven improvements

Stakeholder liaison

Tools

Workato

Other WMS integrations

Job description

MRJ Recruitment Limited is partnering with an established logistics and fulfilment business to recruit a WMS Specialist. You’ll own WMS optimisation of the Blue Yonder platform in a large warehouse operation serving 40+ customers across retail, ecommerce and omnichannel fulfilment.

You’ll drive configuration changes, automate manual processes and deliver measurable gains in productivity, accuracy and cost, working with Operations, Finance and the systems team to turn data into practical