Blue Yonder WMS Senior Architect & Integration Lead

Accenture; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 87,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a seasoned Blue Yonder WMS/WLM Architect to design, lead, and deliver large-scale warehouse management and supply chain execution solutions. You will partner with clients, delivery leads, product teams, and engineering to translate requirements into scalable technical designs.

The role requires strong hands-on configuration, architecture leadership, and cross-functional collaboration, including automation, ERP/OMS/TMS interfaces, and advanced warehouse technologies.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience architecting, designing, or implementing Blue Yonder/JDA/RedPrairie WMS and/or WLM solutions.
• 5+ years of experience leading medium to large-scale WMS projects through full lifecycle delivery.
• 10+ years of overall experience in supply chain, warehouse operations, logistics tech, 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)

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and technical delivery of BY 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, 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 Accenture 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.

Skills

Hands-on configuration & integration

Architecture leadership

Cross-functional supply chain

Client engagement

Mentoring & practice excellence

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (12+ years)

Tools

Blue Yonder WMS

WMS/WLM MOCA & APIs

SQL & Data modeling

Web Services & Middleware

Job description

Accenture is seeking a seasoned Blue Yonder WMS/WLM Architect to design, lead, and deliver large-scale warehouse management and supply chain execution solutions. You will partner with clients, delivery leads, product teams, and engineering to translate requirements into scalable technical designs.

The role requires strong hands-on configuration, architecture leadership, and cross-functional collaboration, including automation, ERP/OMS/TMS interfaces, and advanced warehouse technologies.