Blue Yonder WMS Architect: Lead Global Deployments

Accenture PLC; Kirkland (WA); Sur place; USD 101 000 - 245 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Accenture is seeking a highly experienced Blue Yonder WMS Technical Architect to design, architect, and implement large-scale warehouse and supply chain execution solutions. You will lead architecture, integration, and delivery across retail and manufacturing environments, partnering with clients and delivery teams.

You will mentor teams, drive best practices, and stay ahead of cloud and automation trends, applying BY/JDA/WMS and related ecosystems to deliver scalable, high-value solutions.

Qualifications

• Hands-on technical configuration and integration expertise.
• Solution blueprinting and architecture leadership.
• Cross-functional supply chain knowledge across warehouse, labor, automation, and fulfillment.
• The ability to engage confidently with clients, delivery leads, product teams, and engineering.
• A collaborative and growth-minded approach to building capabilities, mentoring teams, and advancing practice excellence.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience architecting, designing, or implementing Blue Yonder/JDA/RedPrairie WMS and/or WLM solutions.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading medium to large-scale WMS projects through full lifecycle delivery.
• Minimum of 10 years of overall corporate experience in supply chain, warehouse operations, logistics technology, or enterprise system integration.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years work experience). If Associate’s Degree, must have equivalent (minimum 6 years work experience)
• Bonus points if: deep functional and technical mastery of BY/JDA WMS including configuration, MOCA, RF, integration development methods and processes, APIs, SQL, and system setup.

Responsabilités

• Lead the architecture, design, and technical delivery of Blue Yonder WMS and WLM solutions across retail, CPG, manufacturing, logistics, and omnichannel fulfillment environments.
• Facilitate solution blueprinting, architecture workshops, functional mapping, and end-to-end design sessions to validate business requirements and translate them into scalable technical designs.
• Develop integrated supply chain execution solutions including warehouse management, labor management, automation integration, parcel/carrier systems, and upstream/downstream connections (ERP, OMS, TMS, WCS/MHE, Voice, ASRS).
• Create and validate technical specifications, configuration scripts, trace file analysis, data structures, and integration frameworks (API, MOCA, Web Services, Middleware).
• Serve as the technical liaison between project managers, solution architects, product management, and customer stakeholders—including executive sponsors.
• Oversee full lifecycle implementation activities including environment setup, software installation, configuration, performance tuning, technical testing, and operational readiness.
• Lead the configuration and technical build of BY WMS, ensuring alignment to solution design, business rules, and operational needs.
• Guide and support integration testing, user acceptance testing, regression testing, and stabilization/hypercare.
• Ensure delivery architecture, technical components, and interfaces are consistent, scalable, secure, and aligned across the enterprise.
• Troubleshoot complex system issues using in-depth knowledge of trace files, data flows, database structures, and integration logs.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to senior client stakeholders, influencing architecture decisions, platform strategy, automation readiness, and integration approaches.
• Collaborate with Delivery Leads on planning, estimating, and shaping new opportunities, RFP responses, and solution proposals.
• Lead business and technical workshops including maturity assessments, gap analysis, value mapping, requirements gathering, and solution validation.
• Build strong working relationships with product development teams, ecosystem partners (KNAPP, conveyor systems, parcel systems, WCS providers), and client operations/IT leaders.
• Drive knowledge transfer, best practices, and architectural standards to both clients and project teams.
• Mentor junior team members, build technical capability, and elevate delivery practices across the Blue Yonder practice.
• Contribute to internal accelerators, best-practice collateral, reusable assets, and technical frameworks.
• Stay ahead of technology trends including cloud platforms (Azure/GCP), IoT/automation, AI-driven optimization, and advanced warehouse technologies.
• Ensure adherence to delivery methodology, quality standards, and governance processes including time/expense compliance and solution documentation.

Connaissances

Hands-on configuration

Architecture leadership

Cross-functional supply chain

Client engagement

Mentoring & growth

Formation

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Description du poste

Accenture is seeking a highly experienced Blue Yonder WMS Technical Architect to design, architect, and implement large-scale warehouse and supply chain execution solutions. You will lead architecture, integration, and delivery across retail and manufacturing environments, partnering with clients and delivery teams.

You will mentor teams, drive best practices, and stay ahead of cloud and automation trends, applying BY/JDA/WMS and related ecosystems to deliver scalable, high-value solutions.