Technical Architect - Supply Chain Planning and Optimization

Technical Architect - BY SCPO - Planning Consulting

Overview:

• Leading AI-driven Global Supply Chain Solutions Software Product Company and one of Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work”
• We are seeking an astute and enthusiastic individual who has a strong technical foundation with the additional ability to be hands-on with the Professional Services team as part of the development/deployment cycle, and deep knowledge of industry best practices, with the ability to lead and implement independently working with both the platform, and the solution teams.

Scope:

• Blue Yonder Technical Architect (SCPO – Supply Chain Planning and Optimization) will be responsible for services delivery of product implementation and related integration.
• Core responsibilities include Architecting, designing (along with counterparts, customer, and Architects) and leading the technical team on projects.
• The team currently comprises of 80+ associates in India and is expected to grow rapidly. The incumbent should be passionate about working with new technologies and products and demonstrate the ability to learn quickly, have good interpersonal & communication skills – verbal & written.

Desired skills and experience:

• Knowledge on

• OS – Windows, Unix
• DB – RDBMS Concepts, Snowflake, Oracle, MS SQL Server, SQL/ PL SQL
• Cloud and Architectural - Azure or equivalent, Microservices Architecture, Multi-Tenant

• Implementation experience using SCPO Platform (Demand, SCP/ESP, Fulfill, S&OP, IO)
• Preferrable – Prior Blue Yonder Platform (PDC-Snowflake) and Cognitive planning exposure or trained
• Next Gen Skills - GenAI/Prompt Engineering, Data Science, Data Analytics, Agile, Python, AI/ML, Cloud Fun, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Databases/Data Platforms(emerging) – Snowflake, MongoDB, NoSQL, etc
• Professional Attributes: 

• Excellent communication, Inter-personal, Stakeholder management, Analytical and Problem-solving skills
• Excellent organization and project documentation skills
• Meticulous planning with attention to detail and multi-tasking skills

• Domain knowledge: Understanding of Supply Chain Planning and how it integrates with other systems. Any industry specific experience is a big plus.
• Reporting Skills (if any) – PowerBI, Cognos, etc

What you’ll do:

• Analysis and assessment of existing customer’s Blue Yonder solution for migration to Cognitive Planning
• Solution implementation, migration, enhancement, managed services, integration, custom projects either at the customer site or offshore.
• Estimate the workload of implementation activities that are within the scope of their skills; assess business needs that fall outside the standard solution, assess integration complexity, architecture.
• Conduct technical analysis sessions with customers and/or the project team to understand the functional and technical needs of the customer and develop technical solutions to meet those needs.
• Design and develop platform workflow/ user interface, integration scripts, Data mapping, data modeling and loading of data.
• Provide a variety of technical support to the project team, including quality assurance/design review, environment setup, software installation, configuration, operations consulting, troubleshooting, system testing, programming, etc.
• Handle activities with a diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Provide internal and external training.
• Implementation and steady state support and contribute on internal development projects.
• Accelerate Time-to-Value for customers by iteratively delivering in short cycles.
• Continuously upskill on Blue Yonder's product suite to convey relationships and touchpoints to the customer.
• Flexible working with overlapping time zones and work timings.
• Recognize and highlight incremental revenue opportunities within existing customer projects.
• Create artifacts towards reusability and automation decreasing implementation lifecycle and reducing errors post go-live

What we are looking for:

• 7 to 16 years of experience in Software industry; ideally a candidate that has started as a consultant and has worked his/her way to leading the technical team on 3-6+ complete implementation cycles.
• Strong programming experience and problem-solving skills
• Technical Background, Supply Chain Planning Industry Experience
• Expertise performance tuning techniques and ability to assist other team members with benchmarking and sizing exercises.
• Possess technical expertise on PL/SQL, database, ETL, Platform, Python and Perl scripting.
• Demonstrable experience leading, building, deploying and maintenance of enterprise solutions (cloud or on-premises)
• Good understanding of Web Technologies and API fundamentals
• Strong understanding on Cloud and Architectural design (Azure or equivalent, Microservices Architecture, Multi-Tenant)
• Demonstrable experience with Blue Yonder SCPO Platform.
• Hands-on development skills should not have moved away from development activities.
• Passionate about working with new technologies, products and demonstrate the ability to learn quickly, have good interpersonal & communication skills – verbal & written.

Our Values

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Experience Level

Senior Level