Sr Solution Architect - Consulting - WMS

Blue Yonder; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Yonder is seeking a Sr Solution Architect to join our Consulting Services team for the Blue Yonder Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). You will lead on-site implementations, design business workflows, and own solution architecture to maximize customer value.

You will drive design, integration, and change management across global programs, liaising with customers and executives to ensure successful transformations and optimal WMS configurations.

Qualifications

• 12–16 years of corporate experience
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or Engineering or related discipline
• Expertise in technical configuration of WMS product, Solution Integration, Quality Assurance, System Testing, PLSQL, SQL Server, and Performance Tuning
• Hands-on Experience on Technical configuration of WMS product (preferably Blue Yonder/RedPrairie WMS), Jasper reports, Nice labels, Pagebuilder and MOCA
• Knowledge on interfaces between WMS and ERP/Host, TMS, WLM, T&T, Parcel, 3rd party system that integrates with WMS
• Knowledge on integration between WMS and Voice / Material Handling / ASRS systems
• Ability to resolve complex problems with minimal guidance
• Excellent computer skills with in-depth knowledge of operating systems, client/server technology, ERP systems, Integration and Middleware technologies and applications
• Ability to develop and maintain strong, productive relationships with customers, partners and consultants
• Strong proactive communicator and presenter, able to influence and collaborate at all levels of an organization to maximize problem resolution while effectively presenting information and responding to highly specialized technical questions
• Highly developed analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to effectively and proactively work independently
• Teamwork mentality
• Contributes to the growth of the technical consulting practice by developing and maintaining practice aids, databases, best-practice collateral.
• Ensures compliance with internal and external company policies and procedures

Responsibilities

• Leverage as the Blue Yonder/RedPrairie WMS solution expert for transformational projects/programs
• Strong domain knowledge in Blue Yonder solutions to understand how they can be configured and delivered to support customer processes
• Strong domain knowledge in Blue Yonder Discrete WMS to architect current and future customer needs
• Lead Change Management efforts for global or regional program implementations
• Prepare and deliver presentations for user, management, and executive level audiences
• Advise customers regarding industry best practices and process methodology
• Assist Project Managers in planning efforts
• Ask appropriate questions to assess business needs and integration complexity
• Demonstrate and facilitate integration discussions of product functionality and architecture
• Lead the project team to design and develop functional specs for modifications, interfaces, reports and screens
• Lead the project team in preparing Product Requirement Specifications and test plans
• Interact with Development services in modification development and quality delivery
• Create and modify procedural and system documentation throughout the project
• Support the development and execution of test scripts to ensure Blue Yonder meets business objectives
• Provide level 3 non-technical support during go-live
• Provide level 3 user support and verify system meets required business functions
• Serve as a technical liaison in meetings with Project Manager, customers, and sponsors

Skills

WMS configuration expertise

Solution integration

Quality assurance

System testing

Performance tuning

ERP/Host interfaces

TMS

WLM

T&T

Parcel

Third-party integrations

Voice/Material Handling/ASRS

Strong communication

Analytical thinking

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Jasper reports

Nice labels

Pagebuilder

MOCA

Job description

Overview:

Blue Yonder is currently seeking Sr Solution Architect to join our Consulting Services team, specific to the Blue Yonder Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). Senior Solution Architect provides leadership and direction to the on-site implementation team on the design and execution of the solution and definition of business process workflows that accompany the solution. The aim of this role is to take ownership of a solution within an implementation project and architect software solutions that solve the customer's business problem, while generating maximum value for the customer..

Scope:

Core responsibilities to include Designing, Developing, Unit testing and Validation of New modification and provide support to any production issues related to Modification

Our current technical environment:

Software: Java, Java Script, GIT, Rest API, XML/XSLT, MS SQL, PL/SQL

Application Architecture:

MOCA, PageBuilder and Integrator

Cloud Architecture:

MS Azure

Databases:

Oracle / SQL Server

What you'll do:

Leveraged as the Blue Yonder/RedPrairie WMS solution expert for transformational projects/programs

Strong domain knowledge in Blue Yonder/RedPrairie WMS solution to understand how the Blue Yonder solutions can be configured and delivered to better facilitate customer business processes

Strong domain knowledge in Blue Yonder/RedPrairie Discrete WMS solution to construct an overall architecture for current and future customer business needs

Key contributor to the Change Management efforts for global or regional program implementations

• Ability to prepare and deliver presentations for user, management, and executive level audiences

Provides advice to customers regarding industry best practices and process methodology

Assists Project Manager(s) in planning efforts

• Able to ask appropriate questions to assess business needs that fall outside the standard solution, assess integration complexity, architecture constraints

Can demonstrate and facilitate integration discussions of product functionality and product architecture (i.e. Show data and process flow from one Blue Yonder solution to another)

Lead the project team to design and develop functional specifications for modifications, interfaces, reports and screens to ensure smooth integration between technical and functional business requirements

Lead the project team in preparing Product Requirement Specifications, test plan for modifications

Interact closely with Development services in modification development, quality delivery and organizing demonstrations with customers on modifications.

Creates and modifies procedural and system documentation throughout the project

Supports the development and execution of test scripts to ensure Blue Yonder consistently meets the customer's business objectives

Provides level 3 non-technical support during the "go-live" period

Provides level 3 user support and verifies that the system provides the required business functions and maintains data integrity

Serves as a technical liaison and attends and contributes to key meetings between Project Manager, key customer contacts, and customer users, up to and including key executive project sponsors.

What we are looking for:

• 12 - 16 years of corporate experience

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or Engineering or other relevant discipline.

• Expertise in technical configuration of WMS product, Solution Integration, Quality Assurance, System Testing, PLSQL, SQL Server, and Performance Tuning.
• Hands-on Experience on Technical configuration of WMS product (preferably Blue Yonder/RedPrairie WMS), Jasper reports, Nice labels, Pagebuilder and MOCA.
• Knowledge on interfaces between WMS and ERP/Host, TMS, WLM, T&T, Parcel, 3rd party system that integrates with WMS.
• Knowledge on integration between WMS and Voice / Material Handling / ASRS systems
• Ability to resolve complex problems with minimal guidance.
• Excellent computer skills with in-depth knowledge of operating systems, client/server technology, ERP systems, Integration and Middleware technologies and applications
• Ability to develop and maintain strong, productive relationships with customers, partners and consultants
• Strong proactive communicator and presenter, able to influence and collaborate at all levels of an organization to maximize problem resolution while effectively presenting information and responding to highly specialized technical questions
• Highly developed analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to effectively and proactively work independently
• Teamwork mentality
• Contributes to the growth of the technical consulting practice by developing and maintaining practice aids, databases, best-practice collateral.
• Ensures compliance with the following internal and external company policies and procedures: Company project methodology On-time submission of Time, Travel and Expenses report Company procedures related to travel and expenses