Blue Yonder WMS Consultant (Design / Techno-Functional Lead)

Blue Yonder Wms Consultant (Design / Techno-Functional Lead)

FIQ is seeking an experienced Blue Yonder Wms Consultant Design / Techno-Functional Lead to support enterprise warehouse-management initiatives on a contract basis. This role will lead and support Wms discovery, requirements validation, solution design, design assurance, and stakeholder enablement. The consultant will work closely with business, operations, product, and technical stakeholders to translate warehouse requirements into scalable Blue Yonder Wms solutions.

The ideal candidate combines strong warehouse-operational knowledge with hands-on Blue Yonder Wms expertise, preferably including recent Blue Yonder cloud releases. The consultant should be comfortable facilitating design workshops, challenging requirements and solution assumptions, reviewing functional and technical documentation, identifying gaps and dependencies, developing training materials, and guiding stakeholders through complex design decisions.

Key responsibilities include leading and supporting discovery, requirements-validation, and solution-design activities for Blue Yonder Wms engagements; facilitating workshops covering inbound, inventory, outbound, returns, replenishment, value-added services, kitting, reporting, integrations, data, automation, and related warehouse processes; assessing current-state warehouse operations and translating business requirements into scalable future-state processes and system capabilities; reviewing existing Wms templates, configurations, process flows, and supporting documentation; evaluating standard Blue Yonder functionality against business and operational requirements; identifying functional gaps, design risks, dependencies, assumptions, constraints, and areas requiring further clarification; developing, reviewing, or validating business requirements documents, functional solution documents, functional specifications, process flows, decision logs, configuration workbooks, and related design artifacts; confirming traceability between approved business requirements and the proposed functional solution; providing techno-functional guidance related to Wms configuration, integrations, data, reporting, material-handling equipment, automation, and adjacent enterprise systems; collaborating with integration, architecture, development, testing, product, and operational teams to ensure end-to-end solution alignment; evaluating product-enhancement or customization requests and documenting the associated business need, operational impact, expected outcome, and supporting rationale; supporting the prioritization of solution gaps based on business value, operational impact, scalability, standardization, cost, and implementation risk; reviewing implementation plans, estimates, assumptions, resource requirements, dependencies, and proposed sequencing; supporting design reviews, stakeholder walkthroughs, governance meetings, and executive readouts; maintaining clear documentation of decisions, actions, risks, assumptions, dependencies, and unresolved items; advising stakeholders on warehouse-management best practices and relevant industry benchmarks; identifying opportunities for Ai-assisted configuration, workflow automation, and accelerated Wms deployment, including prerequisites, dependencies, risks, and potential business value; developing role-based training materials, facilitator guides, user guides, standard operating procedures, job aids, and knowledge-transfer documentation; delivering train-the-trainer, super-user, end-user, and support-team training through virtual or instructor-led sessions; supporting training-readiness planning and ensuring training materials align with the approved solution design, configured processes, and operational procedures; providing guidance and mentorship to functional consultants, business analysts, developers, trainers, and other delivery-team members when required.

qualifications & experience include a bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain, information technology, computer science, business, or a related field; at least 7 years of Wms consulting or implementation experience, including substantial hands-on experience with Blue Yonder Wms; experience with recent Blue Yonder Wms cloud releases, preferably 2023 or newer, is strongly preferred; experience serving as a design lead, solution lead, functional lead, or techno-functional lead on enterprise Wms programs; experience supporting multiple end-to-end Wms implementations, upgrades, migrations, rollouts, or template-development initiatives; strong understanding of warehouse processes, including receiving, putaway, inventory management, replenishment, picking, packing, shipping, returns, value-added services, and kitting; demonstrated ability to lead design workshops and translate complex operational requirements into functional solution designs; strong experience developing or reviewing brds, fsds, functional specifications, process flows, configuration workbooks, test scenarios, and solution-design documentation; ability to assess requirements against standard Blue Yonder functionality and distinguish configuration needs from product gaps or custom-development requirements; understanding of Wms integrations with erp, oms, tms, carrier, labor-management, reporting, automation, robotics, conveyor, and material-handling systems; working knowledge of apis, interface patterns, data mapping, batch processing, reporting, and system dependencies; experience with sql or other database-querying tools used for analysis, validation, and troubleshooting; experience working with high-volume, multi-client, multi-site, or highly automated warehouse environments; experience developing Wms training materials and delivering instructor-led or virtual training to operational users, super-users, trainers, and support teams; ability to translate complex system functionality into clear, practical instructions for warehouse users and business stakeholders; strong analytical skills and the ability to identify design gaps, operational risks, and downstream implementation impacts; strong stakeholder-management, facilitation, documentation, training, and presentation skills; ability to communicate effectively with warehouse operators, business leaders, technical teams, software vendors, and executive stakeholders; ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality work within demanding project timelines; availability to travel based on engagement requirements.