Senior WMS Business Analyst - Frisco, TX What You'll Do: Golden State Foods is seeking a Senior Blue Yonder WMS Configuration and Technical Lead to support and advance the organization's warehouse management capabilities. GSF currently operates Blue Yonder/JDA WMS in an on-premise environment and requires an individual with significant hands-on configuration experience, strong technical expertise, and prior experience working with Blue Yonder in a SaaS model to help evaluate, prepare for, and support a potential future SaaS upgrade path. The position partners with Operations, IT, Blue Yonder, and third-party providers to deliver scalable configuration, support integrations and production stability, reduce unnecessary customization, and strengthen upgrade readiness across the current WMS environment.
In This Role, You'll: WMS Configuration, Design, and SaaS Upgrade Readiness - Lead functional configuration of Blue Yonder/JDA WMS across inbound, outbound, inventory control, replenishment, labor, tasking, RF execution, handheld workflows, labeling, waving, allocation, and operational execution.
- Translate business and operational requirements into scalable, upgrade-ready configuration and design decisions while minimizing unnecessary customization in the current on-premise environment.
- Assess potential SaaS upgrade impacts across configuration, integrations, custom objects, RF flows, labels, reports, scheduled jobs, devices, and warehouse processes.
- Partner with Blue Yonder and internal stakeholders to support roadmap planning, upgrade readiness, regression testing, defect triage, environment assessment, configuration validation, and deployment planning for a potential SaaS transition.
Technical Support, Integrations, and Production Stability - Serve as a functional and technical subject matter expert for Blue Yonder WMS, including MOCA, MOCASQL, SQL, DDA/Page Builder, Integrator, Jasper Reports, labels, scheduled jobs, interfaces, and application troubleshooting.
- Support integrations between WMS and ERP, TMS, automation, reporting, labor, transportation, material handling, and warehouse-adjacent systems.
- Troubleshoot production incidents by analyzing logs, traces, database activity, integration failures, job issues, RF/device behavior, and warehouse process exceptions.
- Support handheld/RF devices, Zebra devices, voice solutions, label printers, and related warehouse technology issues in partnership with infrastructure and operations teams.
Business Partnership, Documentation, and Continuous Improvement - Collaborate with operations, business systems analysts, project managers, infrastructure, security, integration teams, and third-party partners to deliver reliable and supportable WMS solutions.
- Create and maintain solution documentation, configuration design documents, test scripts, release notes, support procedures, and knowledge transfer materials.
- Drive standardization, simplification, automation, and continuous improvement across WMS configuration, technical support, release management, and deployment practices.
- Participate in change management, cutover planning, validation activities, and production support rotation as required.
Additional Responsibilities - Follow applicable IT standards, processes, and methodologies, including Quality Assurance, Project Management Life Cycle, Software Delivery Life Cycle, release management, and production change management.
- Perform other responsibilities and accountabilities as assigned based on business and organizational needs.
What You'll Bring: Education/Certification - Preferred four-year degree in Computer Science, Supply Chain, Management Information Systems, or a related field; an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
Experience - 8+ years of hands-on configuration and technical experience with Blue Yonder/JDA WMS, including significant responsibility for system configuration, solution design, upgrade support, and production support.
- Hands-on technical experience with MOCA, MOCASQL, SQL, DDA/Page Builder, Integrator, Jasper Reports, label solutions, job maintenance, trace analysis, and application troubleshooting.
- Experience working with Blue Yonder in a SaaS model and ability to apply that experience to an organization currently operating on-premise while preparing for a potential SaaS upgrade path.
- Strong understanding of warehouse operations and WMS processes, including receiving, putaway, replenishment, picking, packing, shipping, inventory control, cycle counting, task management, RF execution, and labor management.
- Experience supporting integrations between WMS and ERP, TMS, automation, reporting, labor, transportation, material handling, or other warehouse-adjacent systems.
- Hands-on experience with WMS hardware and warehouse technologies, including label printers, scanners, RF handhelds, Zebra devices, and voice solutions.
- Ability to evaluate business requests and determine whether they should be addressed through configuration, process change, integration, reporting, extension, or vendor engagement.
- Ability to balance, prioritize, and organize multiple tasks across production support, enhancements, projects, upgrades, and operational needs.
- Ability to work collaboratively across IT, Operations, vendors, project teams, and business stakeholders.
The Schedule & Setting: - Shift - Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm
- Hybrid - 2801 Network Blvd, Suite 410 Frisco, TX 75034
- Travel Requirements - Travel may be required up to 5-10% for project activities, site support, deployments, upgrades, or business meetings.
Pay & Benefits: - Pay Range (Base Pay): $150K Annually
- Weekly pay (every Friday)
- Other Compensation: May include shift differentials, overtime pay, bonuses, or other incentive pay as applicable to the position and location.
- Health and Wellness: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts (FSA), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Voluntary Insurance (Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal, Life, and AD&D); Pet Insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k)
- Paid Time Off (PTO): Includes vacation, sick leave, and paid company holidays provided in accordance with company policy and applicable state and local laws.
