Solution Architect at Blue Yonder collaborating on greenfield WMS projects. Engaging with businesses for requirements and leading the implementation lifecycle for optimal warehouse solutions.
About the role
- Solution Architect handling BY WMS implementations for Blue Yonder. Leading design and delivery of warehouse solutions with a strong focus on greenfield projects in Breda, Netherlands.
Responsibilities
- Engage closely with business users, client managers, and SMEs to understand business processes, requirements, and the overall warehouse and integration landscape for greenfield BY WMS implementations.
- Own end-to-end solution design and take independent architectural decisions, working directly with customers and stakeholders through design, build, and go-live phases.
- Lead greenfield implementation assessments, including gap analysis, feasibility and infeasibility analysis, and clearly articulate design decisions and impacts to clients.
- Define and review High-Level Solution Design, Functional Design, and Detailed Design documents aligned to Blue Yonder WMS best practices.
- Provide solution leadership across the full implementation lifecycle, covering inbound, outbound, inventory, replenishment, labour, and value-added services.
- Design scalable, high-performance BY WMS architectures, including integrations with ERP, WCS, TMS, carriers, and third-party systems.
- Propose, evaluate, and validate multiple solution options and recommend optimal approaches based on business, operational, and technical requirements.
- Apply strong knowledge of warehouse architecture patterns, performance tuning, configuration, extensions, and interface design within BY WMS.
- Collaborate with onshore, offshore, and client teams to drive technical and tactical decisions and resolve design or implementation challenges.
- Coordinate with development, testing, and deployment teams to clarify requirements, resolve queries, and ensure smooth delivery.
- Contribute to and review Proof of Concepts (POCs), prototypes, and demos to validate greenfield solution approaches with customers.
- Ensure user experience, operational efficiency, scalability, and future roadmap considerations are embedded into the solution design.
Requirements
- 8–12+ years of experience in Warehouse Management Systems, with strong hands-on expertise in Blue Yonder (BY) WMS
- Proven experience leading greenfield BY WMS implementations from solution design through go-live.
- Strong functional knowledge of warehouse operations including Inbound, Outbound, Inventory, Replenishment, Picking, Packing, Shipping, Returns, and Value-Added Services.
- Expertise in solution architecture, functional design, and detailed design for BY WMS implementations.
- Hands-on experience with BY WMS configuration, extensions, and performance tuning.
- Strong experience in integration design with ERP, WCS, TMS, carrier systems, and third-party applications.
- Solid understanding of warehouse architecture patterns, scalability, high-availability design, and interface frameworks.
- Ability to perform gap analysis, feasibility assessments, and clearly articulate solution trade-offs to business and technical stakeholders.
- Experience working with onshore–offshore delivery models and coordinating across multiple teams.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to interact directly with clients and drive decisions independently.
- Experience in designing and delivering POCs, prototypes, and solution walkthroughs for customer validation.
- Excellent communication, documentation, and presentation skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
Benefits
- Exposure to cloud-based deployments and hybrid architectures for BY WMS is an added advantage.
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