We Are:
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 Supply Chain and Operations (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.
Supply Chain and Operations 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:
The Functional/Solutions Architect leads the overall solution design of a customer's Transportation capability, working with the Technical Architect who leads the technical design and delivery.
They lead cross functional teams and is a key contributor to communication between program delivery leads, customer stakeholders, and IT teams and are comfortable presenting complex business processes and solutions to a variety of audiences including executive project sponsors.
They influence the customer to adopt industry's best practices and define how the Blue Yonder Transportation solutions will be configured and delivered to ensure customer objectives and goals are achieved.
The Work:
Key lead in all aspects of customer journey throughout discovery, design, construction, testing, deployment and hypercare focused on transportation capabilities
Lead functional design and integration of future state capabilities using a suite of products, to include Blue Yonder Transportation Planning, Transportation Modeling, Load Builder, BY Network, Platform and BY TMS as well as a variety of other complimentary solutions
Facilitate customer change management leveraging industry best practices and process methodologies
Design and develop solutions to close gaps between customer requirements where functionality does not exist in the out-of-box solutions
Serve as an overall solution owner attending and contributing to key meetings between Project Manager, Technical Architect, key customer contacts, and customer users
Provide variety of support to the project team, including quality assurance/design review, environment configuration, batch operations consulting, troubleshooting, and system testing
Work with Blue Yonder Support Services team to ensure environment readiness and to proactively resolve customer issues
Guide and conduct user acceptance testing and training sessions for end users, as project demand dictate
Work with Cloud service team to ensure a seamless transition to Blue Yonder Steady State team
Support the Transportation Segment Lead in client discovery, origination and solutioning of client needs during sales cycles
Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.