Hybrid Warehouse AI Orchestration Lead (Stock Options)

Speak to Kit; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Flexible PTO

Health insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Speak to Kit is seeking a Warehouse AI Orchestration Lead based in Chicago, with a full-time, hybrid pattern (2–3 days in office) and up to 15% travel. The role offers $120,000–$155,000 yearly plus stock options, flexible PTO, health insurance and a 401(k).

The candidate will map cross-system workflows across WMS/YMS/TMS/ERP, rank and optimize warehouse processes, and define agent behaviors while collaborating with engineering to read/write via APIs, EDI and middleware.

Qualifications

• 6 to 10 years across warehouse operations and WMS implementation, integration or solution consulting.
• Hands-on experience with at least two of: Manhattan (WMOS or Active WM), Blue Yonder WMS, SAP EWM, Oracle WMS Cloud, Korber/HighJump, Infor WMS.
• Fluency in the WMS object model: ASNs, receipts, LPNs, putaway, replenishment, waves, tasks, picking, load building, ship confirm.
• Experience building or specifying WMS-TMS-ERP integrations (EDI 856/940/945, APIs, middleware), including where they break in production.
• Real floor time in a distribution centre, as a supervisor, engineer, analyst or on go-lives.
• Product instinct: builds repeatable patterns, not one-off configurations.
• Comfort working closely with fast-moving engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Map cross-system workflows from dock to stock and order to ship across WMS, YMS, TMS and ERP.
• Rank warehouse exception workflows by frequency, cost and automation potential.
• Define what each agent senses, decides and does, and where a human stays in the loop.
• Work with engineering on reading from and writing to tier-1 WMS platforms via APIs, events, EDI, flat files and middleware.
• Spend real time on distribution centre floors with design-partner customers as the domain expert.
• Help sales and solutions teams pitch and scope warehouse use cases credibly with VPs of distribution and their IT teams.

Skills

Warehouse ops

WMS integration

API/EDI integration

On-floor leadership

Cross-functional collab

Product instinct

Engineering liaison

Fast-paced tech

Tools

Manhattan WMOS/Active WM

Blue Yonder WMS

SAP EWM

Oracle WMS Cloud

Korber/HighJump

Infor WMS

Job description

Speak to Kit is seeking a Warehouse AI Orchestration Lead based in Chicago, with a full-time, hybrid pattern (2–3 days in office) and up to 15% travel. The role offers $120,000–$155,000 yearly plus stock options, flexible PTO, health insurance and a 401(k).

The candidate will map cross-system workflows across WMS/YMS/TMS/ERP, rank and optimize warehouse processes, and define agent behaviors while collaborating with engineering to read/write via APIs, EDI and middleware.