Job Title: Blue Yonder WMS Solution Architect (Techno-Functional Lead)
Job Location: Atlanta, GA, United States, or fully remote within the United States for exceptional candidates.
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Hiring Timeline: Immediate.
Reporting Line: Co-Founder, COO & SVP Enterprise Systems.
Travel Expectations: Up to 50% travel, based on customer requirements.
Existing Vacancy: Yes
Application Deadline: Open until filled
Role Overview Fulfillment IQ is expanding its Blue Yonder practice within our Enterprise Systems Implementation team and is seeking a senior Blue Yonder WMS Design Lead / Solution Architect to lead solution design for complex warehouse transformation programs.
The Design Lead will own the end-to-end functional and technical solution design for Blue Yonder WMS implementations, translating business and operational requirements into scalable warehouse solutions and providing clear direction to configuration, integration, testing, and delivery teams.
This role will serve as a senior design authority throughout the engagement-from discovery and solution design through configuration, testing, deployment, go-live, and hypercare. The Design Lead will work closely with client business and IT stakeholders, FIQ delivery teams, integration teams, and warehouse automation partners to ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with Blue Yonder standard capabilities.
Engagements may include large retailers and 3PLs, template-based multi-site rollouts, legacy WMS migrations, complex distribution operations, and highly automated distribution centers involving ASRS, AMRs, WCS/MHE, sortation, conveyance, print-and-apply, parcel, and other material-handling technologies.
This is a highly client-facing leadership role requiring deep Blue Yonder WMS expertise, strong solution architecture capabilities, and the ability to influence stakeholders, challenge requirements, and drive teams toward a common solution.
Mandate - Own the end-to-end functional and technical solution design for Blue Yonder WMS implementations.
- Translate business processes and operational requirements into scalable Blue Yonder WMS solutions.
- Establish solution design principles and ensure configuration teams remain aligned with approved requirements, architecture, templates, and design decisions.
- Challenge requirements and proposed customizations where standard Blue Yonder functionality can meet the business need.
- Determine the appropriate use of standard functionality, configuration, extensions, customization, and integrations.
- Provide design governance throughout configuration, testing, deployment, and hypercare.
- Lead integration design discussions across ERP, middleware, WCS/MHE, automation, parcel, transportation, and labeling platforms.
- Identify solution risks, dependencies, assumptions, and design gaps early and drive them to resolution.
- Serve as a trusted Blue Yonder WMS advisor to client IT and business stakeholders.
- Help establish FIQ's Blue Yonder delivery methodology, templates, accelerators, and reusable assets.
- Mentor Blue Yonder consultants and support development of FIQ's WMS capabilities.
- Support pre-sales activities including solution strategy, estimates, proposals, demonstrations, and client presentations.
Must Have
- 7+ years of WMS implementation or consulting experience, including substantial Blue Yonder (JDA/RedPrairie) WMS experience, on enterprise programs
- Hands-on Blue Yonder design and configuration experience. You must be able to judge design quality and challenge vendor and partner answers. Testing-only or support-only backgrounds will not be a fit
- Experience as a Solution Architect, Design Lead, or Techno-Functional Lead on at least one full-lifecycle Blue Yonder implementation
- Strong operational understanding of warehouse processes: receiving, putaway, inventory control, replenishment, allocation, picking, packing, and shipping
- Experience with new implementations, or with migrations from legacy or custom WMS platforms
- Experience defining and validating WMS-ERP integration requirements with Oracle, SAP, or similar ERP platforms
- Ability to lead design workshops and translate operational needs into functional designs, fit-gap analyses, and solution documentation
- Experience supporting test planning, SIT/UAT execution, defect triage, and cutover readiness
- Comfort working with distributed onshore/offshore teams across time zones
- Strong client-facing presence and the confidence to push back on vendor and stakeholder assumptions
- Based in the United States and able to travel up to 50%, based on client needs
Solution Design & Architecture
- Proven ability to lead end-to-end WMS solution architecture and functional design from requirements through deployment.
- Ability to convert business requirements into: solution architecture, functional design, configuration direction, Integration requirements, process flows, technical specifications, and POCs/prototypes where appropriate.
- Strong ability to distinguish between standard WMOS functionality, configuration, extension, customization, and integration.
- Experience evaluating customization requests and determining whether requirements can be addressed through standard WMOS functionality or configuration.
- Experience establishing and governing global/template solutions across multiple sites.
Configuration & Integration Governance
- Experience directing WMOS configuration teams and reviewing configuration for: functional correctness, design compliance, completeness, scalability, template alignment and solution quality.
- Ability to identify gaps between approved design and actual configuration.
- Experience managing design decisions and ensuring traceability from requirements through configuration and testing.
- Strong understanding of configuration dependencies and downstream impacts of design decisions.
- Strong understanding of WMS integration architecture and ability to define interface requirements and integration specifications.
- Experience integrating WMOS with ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, or equivalent systems.
- Experience working with middleware/integration platforms and client-owned interface.
- Understanding of warehouse automation and material-handling integrations, including.
- WCS/MHE/ASRS/AMRs/Sortation/Conveyance, Print-and-apply, Parcel/shipping systems and Label management.
Client Leadership
- Experience working within complex enterprise implementation programs involving multiple workstreams and technology teams.
- Strong ability to manage technical risks, assumptions, dependencies, and design decisions.
- Strong client-facing communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Comfortable working directly with CIO/IT leadership, WMS teams, warehouse operations, enterprise architects, integration teams, and automation partners.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment when there are competing requirements or design opinions.
Nice to Have - MHE, WCS, or WES integration experience (e.g., conveyor, sortation, AS/RS)
- Hands-on MOCA or SQL experience for data validation and troubleshooting
- Experience with Blue Yonder hosted or cloud deployments, including recent releases
- Experience in vendor-led delivery models, where the vendor owns configuration and the partner owns design assurance
- Retail, wholesale, or multi-site distribution experience
- Pre-sales, solutioning, or estimating experience
- Experience mentoring consultants or helping build a consulting practice
- Prior experience at Blue Yonder or a leading Blue Yonder implementation partner
Key Responsibilities - Lead solution design workshops with client operations and business stakeholders across inbound, outbound, and inventory processes
- Assess current-state operations and systems, including legacy and custom WMS platforms
- Review Blue Yonder designs and configuration decisions for completeness, scalability, and fit to requirements
- Develop and validate functional designs, process flows, fit-gap analyses, decision logs, and requirements traceability
- Define and validate integration requirements with ERP, MHE/WCS, and other connected systems
- Work with FIQ's global delivery teams to keep requirements, design, and execution aligned
- Support test strategy, test scenario review, SIT/UAT execution, and defect resolution
- Drive go-live readiness and hypercare, and carry lessons learned into future deployments
- Maintain a clear record of risks, assumptions, dependencies, and open design decisions
- Present design recommendations and tradeoffs to client and FIQ leadership
- Contribute to FIQ's Blue Yonder practice through templates, accelerators, and best practices, and mentor junior consultants
- Support pre-sales activities, including solution approach, estimates, and proposals
What Success Looks Like in the First 90 Days
- Blue Yonder WMS solutions are well-designed, scalable, supportable, and aligned with business objectives.
- Configuration teams consistently deliver against approved designs and templates.
- Standard Blue Yonder functionality is maximized and unnecessary customization is minimized.
- Integration and automation dependencies are identified and addressed early.
- Design decisions are clearly documented and understood across the program.
- Client stakeholders view the Design Lead as a trusted Blue Yonder WMS advisor.
- Projects achieve high-quality outcomes through design, testing, go-live, and hypercare.
- FIQ develops reusable Blue Yonder assets, methodologies, accelerators, and talent that improve delivery quality and efficiency across future programs.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) - Design and readiness milestone adherence on assigned engagements
- Number of design gaps and risks identified before build and testing
- Quality and completeness of functional design and traceability documentation
- Integration requirements defined and validated on schedule
- Defect trends and resolution speed during SIT/UAT
- Client satisfaction, repeat business, and account expansion
- Contributions to practice growth, including reusable assets, consultant development, and pre-sales support
- Employee Health: Comprehensive health and dental coverage for you and your family
- Time Off: Competitive paid time off and flexible leave policies
- Retirement: Retirement savings programs and employer contributions
- Professional Growth: Dedicated learning and development budget
- Flexible Work: Remote and hybrid work options
- Perks: Equipment and workstation allowances, internet reimbursements, business travel coverage, and employee stock options (ESOP), where applicable
- Community Engagement: Team events, meetups, and company offsites
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