Blue Yonder WMS & Supply Chain Planning

Role & responsibilities

Role Overview

The Techno Functional Consultant - Blue Yonder WMS L2 is responsible for supporting, configuring, enhancing, and optimizing Blue Yonder Warehouse Management solutions. The role requires a blend of functional warehouse operations expertise and technical capabilities to support implementations, integrations, customizations, testing, and production support activities across warehouse operations.

The consultant will work closely with business stakeholders, solution architects, developers, and support teams to ensure efficient warehouse processes and successful delivery of Blue Yonder WMS solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Functional Responsibilities

• Gather and analyse business requirements related to inbound, outbound, inventory, replenishment, and warehouse execution processes.
• Configure and support Blue Yonder WMS modules to meet client business requirements.
• Conduct process workshops, fit-gap assessments, and solution demonstrations.
• Prepare functional specifications, business process flows, and test scenarios.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect resolution, and deployment activities.
• Provide production support and troubleshoot warehouse operational issues.
• Collaborate with business users to drive process improvements and solution adoption.

Technical Responsibilities

• Develop and support Blue Yonder WMS customizations, extensions, and integrations.
• Write and optimize SQL/PL-SQL queries, stored procedures, and database objects.
• Support data extraction, transformation, and loading activities involving warehouse data. m
• Work with Unix/Linux environments and shell scripting for automation and operational support.
• Analyse and troubleshoot interfaces with ERP, transportation, automation, and other third-party systems.
• Support batch jobs, monitoring, issue resolution, and performance tuning.
• Contribute to system upgrades, patches, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Skills

Blue Yonder Skills

• Blue Yonder Warehouse Management System (WMS) configuration and support.
• Blue Yonder Luminate WMS knowledge.
• Understanding of warehouse business processes:
• Receiving
• Putaway
• Inventory Management
• Replenishment
• Picking
• Packing
• Shipping
• Cycle Counting

Technical Skills

• Strong SQL and PL/SQL development expertise.
• Unix/Linux administration and Shell Scripting knowledge.
• Database concepts and performance optimisation.
• Integration technologies, APIs, and interface troubleshooting.
• Data warehousing and ETL concepts.
• Version control tools such as Git and Agile delivery practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Supply Chain, or related discipline.
• Blue Yonder WMS Functional and/or Technical certifications preferred.
• Understanding of warehouse operations and supply chain execution processes.

Desired Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and client-facing capabilities.
• Ability to work independently and in global delivery environments.
• Experience in Agile and DevOps delivery models.
• Strong documentation and presentation skills.