Blue Yonder Solution Architect Manager - Demand and Fulfillment

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We are a global collective of innovators applying the New every day to improve the way the world works and lives. New doesn’t mean being ahead of the curve; new is pushing forward the curve, riding the edge where the impossible meets the transformational and making it reality where it matters. Help us show the world what’s possible as you partner with clients to unlock hidden value and deliver innovative solutions. Empowered with innovative tools, continuous learning and a global community of diverse talent and perspectives, we drive success in a new business architecture that disrupts conventional practices. Our expertise spans 40+ industries across 120+ countries and impacts millions of lives every day. We turn ideas into reality.

Accenture’s Intelligent Platform Services Supply Chain and Operations (IPS SC&O) partners with the world's most powerful platforms to push the boundaries of what technology can enable, empowering new ways of working and transformation at speed. With the largest and most influential tech ecosystem behind us, we play a pivotal role in helping clients accelerate their path to value.

IPS SC&O specifically houses individuals who help clients develop strategies and operating models that integrate planning, procurement, product design, manufacturing, and fulfillment functions within an organization, as well as connect suppliers and customers across the extended supply chain.

You are: A Supply Chain Blue Yonder Planning Consultant that can develop and grow our Blue Yonder Planning business.

The Work...

Supply Chain Planning professionals develop and implement integrated supply and demand planning solutions that improve cost efficiency, increase business effectiveness, and create synergies and collaboration across companies.

A Technical Architect at this position level within Accenture has the following responsibilities:

• Identifies, assesses, and define integration architecture for BY/Luminate planning solutions (Demand, Demand 360, Fulfillment, ESP, Sequencing, S&OP etc.)

• Architecting Planning solutions to achieve a defined integration outcome, working with Interfaces, workflows, and data management/data migration.

• Define the data integration requirements and design the integration and batch flow

• Able to perform technical configuration, node pool/Sre_Props configuration,

• Should have knowledge of AIX/Linux server

• Experience and understanding on batch jobs scheduling (Ctrl-M, Crontab etc.)

• Performance Tuning Experience can be a PLUS

• Proficient in writing PL/SQL scripts, oracle packages, XML and shell scripting

• Understand the new BY connect and BY’s new DMS integration platform

• Have exposure to JSON formatting, MuleSoft, Data Access API and rest API and Linux

• Manages large - medium sized teams and/or work efforts at a client or within Accenture.

• Drive team to Perform end to end testing during System Integration Testing

• Drive collaboration with functional team to support end to end testing during System Integration Testing

• Drive team to Perform User Acceptance Testing

• SCPO Application and SCPO SRE Servers Admin skills, Configuration of node pool

• Provide knowledge of integrating Blue Yonder with host ERP systems for both Inbound and Outbound Interfaces, workflows, Query development, preparation of detailed technical specifications.

• Coordinate the Deployment of objects in production, batch support during hyper care, Initial triaging. Issue/defect resolution

• Expertise in integrating at least, 2-3 major application modules: BY Fulfillment, BY order optimization, demand, Inventory Planning / Optimizations, Order promising, S&OP, Demand, Demand 360 with legacy applications, data lakes such as Azure/Snowflake etc.

• Advanced Understanding of SCPO Data Model

A Functional Architect at this position level within Accenture has the following responsibilities:

• Identifies, assesses, and solves complex business problems for area of responsibility – Demand planning, Demand 360, Fulfillment, and order optimization, where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.

• Architecting Planning solutions to achieve a defined business outcome, working with Interfaces, workflows, and data management/data migration.

• Write functional specification and test cases for System integration and User Acceptance testing

• Configure the system to support business requirements, design. Should be able to drive business requirement workshop and solution design related to BY demand and BY fulfillment module

• Configuration of Compound Workspaces, Workbenches, Flexible Editor Pages

• Interacts with senior management at a client and/or within Accenture on matters where they may need to gain acceptance on an alternate approach.

• Manages large - medium sized teams and/or work efforts at a client or within Accenture.

• Drive team to Perform end to end testing during System Integration Testing

• Drive team to Perform User Acceptance Testing

• Drives team to the adoption of standard business supply chain planning operating model practices.

• Drive collaboration with technical team to support end to end testing during System Integration Testing

Here's what you need:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Supply Chain Planning

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Blue Yonder Tools as Technical/Techno functional Consultant/functional Architect and at least two BY Demand/Fulfillment / Order optimization implementation in retail or consumer goods industry

• Minimum of 3 years of experience managing small to mid-sized staffs and projects

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (12 years work experience) (If an Associate Degree with 6 years of work experience)

Bonus points if:

• Knowledge and experience in integrating Luminate solution

• Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment

• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment 

• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

• Use latitude in decision-making.

• Act independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments.

• Make decisions that could have a major day to day impact on area of responsibility. 

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Colorado: $100,400-$194,100

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Washington: $107,000-$206,700

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