Senior Blue Yonder TMS Functional Consultant – Onsite

TechDigital Group; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group is seeking an experienced Blue Yonder TMS Functional Consultant to lead and optimize transportation management implementations and production support. You will translate business requirements into scalable Blue Yonder configurations, collaborate with stakeholders across logistics, supply chain, and IT, and drive process improvements.

The role covers modeling, rates, lanes, calendars, equipment, and routing, with emphasis on interfaces to ERP/WMS/OMS and external logistics

Qualifications

• Hands-on Blue Yonder TMS functional experience.
• Strong transportation/logistics domain knowledge and configuration skills.
• Experience integrating TMS with ERP/WMS/OMS and data mapping.
• Excellent requirements gathering and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience with testing (SIT/UAT) and production support.

Responsibilities

• Lead functional analysis, configuration, implementation and enhancement of Blue Yonder Transportation Management solutions.
• Gather requirements from transportation, logistics and business stakeholders and translate to functional specs.
• Configure and support transportation planning, optimization, shipment execution, tendering, routing and freight settlement.
• Work on transportation modeling, rates, lanes, calendars, equipment, locations and routing guides.
• Support load planning, consolidation and multi-stop/multi-leg shipments.
• Configure and troubleshoot auto-tendering, carrier selection, shipment lifecycle and exception-management.
• Collaborate with integration teams on interfaces between Blue Yonder TMS and ERP/WMS/OMS and external systems.
• Participate in functional testing, SIT, UAT, defect resolution, deployment and post-production support.
• Analyze transportation processes and recommend improvements to cost, service levels and efficiency.
• Create functional specs, process flows, configuration docs and user documentation.
• Coordinate with offshore/global development teams and manage multi-workstream deliverables.
• Provide Tier-2/Tier-3 functional support and perform root-cause analysis for production issues.
• Stay updated on Blue Yonder upgrades/releases and assess impacts.

Skills

Blue Yonder TMS

Functional configuration

Transportation planning

Transportation execution

Transportation optimization

Load building

Carrier management

Tendering

Routing guides

Freight settlement

Shipment lifecycle

ERP/WMS/TMS integration

SQL/data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Tools

SQL

Job description

Role Overview: We are seeking an experienced Blue Yonder TMS Functional Consultant to support transportation management implementation, enhancement, configuration, and production operations. The consultant will work closely with business stakeholders, transportation/logistics teams, technical teams, and offshore delivery teams to translate business requirements into scalable Blue Yonder TMS solutions. Blue Yonder TMS covers transportation planning, optimization, load building, execution, carrier management, visibility, procurement, and freight settlement. Key Responsibilities: 1. Lead functional analysis, configuration, implementation and enhancement of Blue Yonder Transportation Management solutions. 2. Gather requirements from transportation, logistics, supply-chain and business stakeholders and translate them into functional specifications. 3. Configure and support transportation planning, optimization, shipment execution, tendering, routing, carrier management and freight settlement. 4. Work on transportation modeling, rates, lanes, calendars, equipment, locations, carriers and routing guides. 5. Support load planning, consolidation, multi-stop/multi-leg shipments and transportation optimization. 6. Configure and troubleshoot auto-tendering, carrier selection, shipment lifecycle and exception-management processes. 7. Work with integration teams on interfaces between Blue Yonder TMS and ERP, WMS, OMS, carrier and external logistics systems. 8. Participate in functional testing, SIT, UAT, defect resolution, production deployment and post-production support. 9. Analyze transportation processes and recommend improvements to cost, service levels, utilization and operational efficiency. 10. Create functional specifications, process flows, configuration documents, test scenarios and user documentation. 11. Collaborate with technical teams on APIs, integrations, data mapping and external-system connectivity. 12. Provide Tier-2/Tier-3 functional support and perform root-cause analysis for production issues. 13. Coordinate with offshore/global development teams and manage deliverables across multiple workstreams. 14. Participate in Blue Yonder upgrades/releases and evaluate impacts of new TMS functionality. 15. Support business users and provide training on new functionality and process changes. Required Skills: • Blue Yonder TMS / Transportation Manager • Strong functional/configuration experience • Transportation planning and execution • Transportation optimization • Load building and consolidation • Carrier management and tendering • Routing guides and rate management • Freight settlement / audit • Shipment lifecycle management • Transportation modeling • Exception management • Functional requirements & documentation • SIT / UAT / production support • ERP/WMS/TMS integration experience • Strong SQL/data analysis skills preferred • Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills Blue Yonder's current TMS capabilities include transportation modeling, procurement, optimization/planning, load building, transportation management and network connectivity. Preferred Experience • Blue Yonder TMS implementation or upgrade experience • Experience with JDA Transportation Management / legacy JDA TMS • Experience in retail, Client, manufacturing, semiconductor, logistics or distribution • Experience integrating TMS with SAP, Oracle, WMS or OMS • Experience with cloud-based Blue Yonder implementations • Experience supporting large-scale transportation networks • Knowledge of multimodal transportation: TL, LTL, parcel, rail and ocean • Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology Candidate Must-Haves Must have: • Hands-on Blue Yonder TMS functional experience • Strong transportation/logistics domain knowledge • Configuration and implementation experience • Excellent requirements-gathering skills • Strong communication and stakeholder management • Willingness to work 5 days onsite • Ability to work from Santa Clara, CA

Years of Experience:

7+ years overall; 5+ years Blue Yonder TMS preferred