Supply Chain Warehousing Solution Architect

Accenture PLC; Houston (TX); In loco; USD 123.000 - 338.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Accenture is seeking a Senior WMS Solution Architect to define and own end-to-end WMS architecture for large distribution center programs. You will lead Manhattan Active WM design, extensibility, cloud/SaaS deployment, and integrations with ERP, TMS, WCS/WES, and analytics platforms.

You will govern architecture decisions, drive vendor demonstrations, and mentor cross-functional teams. You will also translate complex DC requirements into scalable designs, develop ADRs and architecture artifacts,

Competenze

• 8+ years in supply chain tech or DC systems delivery.
• 5+ years architecting Manhattan Active WM solutions.
• 5+ years designing WMS integration architectures (API, event-driven, batch).
• 5+ years translating business requirements into scalable WMS designs.

Mansioni

• Define end-to-end WMS solution architecture for large DC projects.
• Lead design for Manhattan Active WM implementations and alternative platforms.
• Architect and govern the WMS integration layer with ERP/TMS/OMS and analytics.
• Lead WMS technology assessment, RFP/RFI processes and vendor demos.
• Provide architecture governance and escalation across the program.
• Develop client-facing architecture artifacts and executive-ready materials.

Conoscenze

WMS architecture

Manhattan Active WM

ERP integration

Cloud/SaaS deployment

Architecture governance

RFP/RFI processes

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Formazione

MBA or advanced technical degree

Strumenti

Manhattan Active WM

Blue Yonder Luminate

SAP EWM

Oracle WMS Cloud

MuleSoft / Azure Service Bus / Dell Boomi / IBM MQ

Descrizione del lavoro

Accenture helps the world's leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 814,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $74 billion in FY26 revenue.

We Are:

Accenture’s Supply Chain & Operations practice, and we architect the systems that power the world’s most demanding distribution networks. Our clients—Fortune 500 leaders in retail, e-commerce, consumer goods, grocery, third-party logistics, and industrial manufacturing—look to us to make the technology decisions that will shape how their warehouses operate for the next decade. From WMS platform selection and solution design to integration architecture across automation systems, ERP, and adjacent supply chain applications, our Warehousing & Distribution Engineering team brings together deep platform expertise, rigorous architecture thinking, and Accenture’s global ecosystem to build solutions that perform at scale from day one—and evolve as the business does.

You Are:

A senior solution architect who has made a career of designing WMS solutions. You bring deep, platform-level expertise in Manhattan Active® WM: you understand its configuration model, extensibility framework, cloud/SaaS architecture, and integration patterns well enough to make the right design decisions early—the ones that determine whether an implementation succeeds two years after go-live, not just on cutover night. You are equally fluent in the integration landscape that surrounds a modern WMS: ERP, TMS, OMS, labor management, automation systems, WCS/WES, and the data and analytics layers that tie them together. You have led technology selection processes, governed solution designs across large multi-workstream programs, and earned the trust of both warehouse operations teams and enterprise IT architects. You are a clear communicator who can explain complex architecture trade-offs to a CIO and walk a configuration team through an integration design in the same afternoon. And you are ready to do it where the work is—on-site 60 to 80 percent of the time.

The Work:

• Define and own the end-to-end WMS solution architecture for large distribution center transformation programs—establishing the technology landscape, platform design, integration architecture, and solution governance framework across WMS, WCS/WES, ERP, automation systems, and adjacent supply chain applications.
• Lead the solution design for Manhattan Active® WM implementations, including platform configuration approach, extensibility and customization strategy, deployment architecture (cloud/SaaS), data model design, and alignment with Manhattan Associates’ product roadmap and best practices; apply equivalent architectural rigor to Blue Yonder Luminate, SAP EWM, or other platforms where required.
• Architect and govern the integration layer between WMS and connected systems—ERP (SAP, Oracle), TMS, OMS, labor management, slotting, material handling automation (WCS/WES, AS/RS, AMR, conveyor/sortation), and BI/analytics platforms—defining API and messaging patterns, data flows, payload design, and middleware selection.
• Lead WMS technology assessment and platform selection engagements: define business and technical requirements, author RFP/RFI documentation, establish evaluation criteria and scoring frameworks, manage vendor demonstrations, and develop platform recommendations for senior client leadership.
• Design the integration architecture for warehouse automation solutions—AS/RS, goods-to-person, conveyor and sortation, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), robotic picking, pick-to-light/voice—ensuring WMS, WES, and WCS layers are architected for throughput, operational resilience, failover, and scalability at full production volume.
• Translate complex business requirements and DC operational processes into scalable, maintainable WMS solution designs that maximize native platform capability, minimize unnecessary customization, and position clients for platform upgrades and innovation over the solution lifecycle.
• Provide architectural leadership and technical oversight to configuration teams, functional leads, technical developers, and integration engineers throughout the program—conducting design reviews, adjudicating solution decisions, and maintaining alignment between the approved architecture and delivered solution.
• Lead architecture governance across the program: own the solution decisions log and architecture change control process; serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex functional, integration, and performance issues during design, build, and testing phases.
• Develop and maintain client-facing solution architecture artifacts: current- and future-state technology landscape diagrams, integration architecture blueprints, architecture decision records (ADRs), platform evaluation scorecards, and solution design documentation suitable for client executive and IT leadership audiences.
• Serve as a trusted technology advisor to client CIOs, CTOs, VP-level IT and supply chain leaders, and enterprise architects—communicating architecture decisions, technology trade-offs, risk assessments, and strategic recommendations with clarity and executive presence.
• Support Accenture business development—solution architecture for proposals and RFP responses, technology sections of SOWs and contracts, client demonstrations of WMS platform capability, and development of differentiated points of view on WMS and warehouse automation technology strategy.
• Build Accenture’s WMS and automation technology practice: develop reusable architecture patterns, integration accelerators, platform evaluation tools, and technology POVs; support alliance relationships with Manhattan Associates, automation OEMs, and adjacent technology partners.

Travel Requirements:

This role requires 60–80% travel, primarily to client distribution center and project sites across the United States and potentially internationally. Travel is aligned with active project needs and current health and safety guidelines.

Here’s What You Need:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in supply chain technology, WMS implementation, or distribution center systems delivery, including at least 6 years of experience in a Solution Architect or Senior Functional Architect role supporting large-scale WMS or distribution center automation programs.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience architecting and delivering Manhattan Active® WM solutions, including platform design, configuration strategy, extensibility framework, cloud/SaaS deployment architecture, and enterprise integrations within high-volume distribution center environments.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience designing and implementing WMS integration architectures, including API, event-driven, and batch integration patterns, data modeling, middleware strategy, and integrations with ERP, TMS, OMS, WCS/WES, LMS, automation systems, and analytics platforms.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience translating complex business and operational requirements into scalable WMS solution designs and leading cross-functional programs involving multiple vendors, stakeholders, and delivery teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience architecting the integration of warehouse automation systems—AS/RS, AMRs, conveyor/sortation, robotic picking, WCS/WES—with WMS platforms, including throughput modeling, failure mode design, and operational resilience requirements.
• Demonstrated experience leading WMS technology selection and RFP/RFI processes, including requirements definition, evaluation criteria development, vendor scoring, and executive recommendation for enterprise WMS investments.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience presenting architecture decisions, technology trade-offs, and strategic recommendations to C-suite, CIO/CTO, and VP-level client audiences.
• You hold Manhattan Active® WM certification or Manhattan Associates partner-level credentials, or equivalent platform recognition.
• You have experience designing WMS solutions on cloud/SaaS infrastructure—including multi-tenant architecture, data residency, disaster recovery, and integration patterns specific to cloud-hosted WMS deployments.
• You have hands-on architecture experience with Blue Yonder Luminate Warehouse Management, SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), Oracle WMS Cloud, or other leading enterprise WMS platforms in addition to Manhattan.
• You have experience with integration middleware platforms (MuleSoft, Azure Service Bus, Dell Boomi, IBM MQ, or equivalent) in the context of enterprise WMS integration programs.
• You have experience with warehouse data and analytics architecture—including WMS operational data models, real-time reporting pipelines, labor analytics, and AI/ML applications for demand sensing, labor forecasting, or slotting optimization.
• You have direct DC operations or industrial engineering experience that gives you credibility on the warehouse floor and sharpens your ability to design solutions grounded in operational reality.
• You bring Lean Six Sigma, TOGAF, or other architecture or operational excellence certifications.
• You have consulting or systems integrator experience delivering WMS architecture for Fortune 500 clients across retail, e-commerce, grocery, consumer goods, third-party logistics, or industrial/manufacturing sectors.
• You have earned an MBA or an advanced technical degree in a related discipline.

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