Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Manhattan Active WM (MAWM) Solution Architect to lead the design, configuration, implementation, and support of Manhattan Active Warehouse Management solutions for manual and highly automated distribution centers. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in MAWM configuration, warehouse automation integrations, custom extensions, and end-to-end supply chain systems. This role involves collaborating with business and technical teams to design scalable warehouse solutions, define integration architectures, troubleshoot complex operational issues, and drive successful implementations from requirements gathering through go-live and stabilization.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead the design and implementation of Manhattan's Active WM solution in manual and automated DCs.
• Configure Manhattan Active WM capabilities including facility setup, locations, inventory rules, allocation, task generation, waving, cartonization, packing, shipping, equipment, users/roles, reason codes, exceptions, and operational workflows.
• Design, build, and support MAWM extensions using Manhattan ProActive, Groovy/Java-style extension logic where applicable, custom services, UI extensions, labels/documents, events, and configuration-driven enhancements.
• Own integration design and delivery between MAWM and MHE/WES/WCS systems such as conveyors, sorters, ASRS, shuttle systems, AMRs/AGVs, pick-to-light, put walls, print/apply, dimensioners, and automated packing solutions.
• Define message flows, API/event contracts, canonical payloads, sequencing, retry/error handling, idempotency, monitoring, and reconciliation patterns for real-time warehouse automation integrations.
• Partner with ERP, OMS, TMS, and middleware teams to integrate inventory, orders, ASN/receipts, shipments, carrier manifesting, labor, item/location masters, and operational visibility data.
• Support fit-gap analysis, process design workshops, configuration workbooks, functional specifications, technical design documents, test strategy, cutover planning, hypercare, and stabilization.
• Perform hands-on troubleshooting across MAWM configuration, extensions, integration payloads, logs, automation events, operational exceptions, and performance bottlenecks.
• Provide technical leadership to developers, testers, and offshore teams; review designs, code, test cases, and deployment plans for quality and completeness.
• Advise clients on warehouse automation integration patterns, operational control points, fallback procedures, exception handling, and support model design.
Top 3 Skills:
1. Manhattan Active Warehouse Management - application configuration and deployment experience.
2. Experience with integration of MAWM with MHE
3. Strong interpersonal and communication skills to manage the client.
