Sr. Enterprise Solution Architect - Supply Planning, Manufacturing

ScopeLead the design, implementation, and optimization of Blue Yonder Supply Chain Planning & Optimization solutions, driving business process transformation for global customers.Own solution architecture, integration strategy, effort estimation, and functional design while collaborating with cross-functional teams across Pre-Sales, Product Management, Consulting, and Customer IT.Serve as a trusted advisor to customers and executive stakeholders, providing industry best practices, solution recommendations, and leadership throughout the project lifecycle from discovery to post-go-live support.What You'll DoEstimate workload for implementation activities within scope; assess integration complexity, architecture cost, and labor requirements.Lead business process analysis and design during the sales cycle and throughout development; create functional and technical specifications.Prepare and deliver presentations to user, management, and executive audiences.Assist Project Managers with planning and create detailed tasks for project plans, including sales‑cycle and post‑go‑live enhancements.Demonstrate and facilitate integration discussions of product functionality and architecture (e.g., end‑to‑end data and process flows).Identify and communicate incremental revenue and enhancement opportunities.Communicate business cases and product trend insights to management to influence future functionality and solution offerings.Develop or lead teams in producing functional specs for modifications, interfaces, reports, and screens that meet customer objectives and best‑practice design.Ensure knowledge transfer with Cloud Services, Consulting Services, and Support stakeholders.Advise customers on industry best practices and process methodologies; tailor Blue Yonder solutions to customer uniqueness and industry verticals.Serve as the functional liaison in key meetings between Project Managers, customer contacts, users, and executive sponsors.Work with consulting, Product Management, and Pre‑Sales to recommend which Blue Yonder applications solve specific business challenges.Help define functional and technical specs to ensure efficient implementation and integration between technical and functional requirements.What We Are Looking For13+ years of professional experience in enterprise software delivery; at least 6–8 years in solution architecture or senior consulting roles.Proven track record leading end‑to‑end implementations for large, complex customers (requirements, design, integration, configuration, UAT, cutover).Hands‑on experience estimating implementation effort, scoping integrations, and defining architecture cost and labor.Strong domain experience in retail supply chain, planning, allocation, merchandising, or closely related verticals.Demonstrated ability to run business process workshops and translate outcomes into functional and technical specifications.Experience facilitating integration and data/process flow discussions across application stacks.Experience advising executive and management stakeholders and delivering executive‑level presentations.Strong stakeholder management across Pre‑Sales, Product Management, Cloud Services, Consulting, Operations, and Customer IT.Experience mentoring teams and conducting knowledge transfer to internal stakeholders.Additional SkillsPrior experience with Blue Yonder product suite or equivalent retail planning/allocation platforms.Experience with multi‑tenant SaaS delivery, cloud migrations, and enterprise SaaS operations.Working knowledge of CI/CD, containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).Familiarity with integration technologies and patterns (REST APIs, Kafka, Mulesoft, SFTP, AS2) and modern data platforms (Snowflake, Elasticsearch).Prior involvement in pre‑sales scoping and the ability to identify incremental revenue opportunities.Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or a closely related field — or equivalent practical experience.Relevant certifications (examples):Cloud: Azure/AWS Solution Architect or equivalentEnterprise architecture: TOGAF (or equivalent)Delivery/project: PMP, Prince2, or Agile/Scrum certifications (CSM, PMI‑ACP)Blue Yonder product certifications (if available)Our ValuesIf you want to know the heart of a company, take a look at their values. Ours unite us. They are what drive our success – and the success of our customers. Does your heart beat like ours? Find out here: Core ValuesAll 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.