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WES Consultant

ClifyX, INC

  • Atlanta, GA
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    Translate operational pain points into WES-driven solutions with measurable outcomes (throughput, pick accuracy, labor optimization, SLA adherence). Business & Stakeholder Engagement Engage with IT leadership, warehouse operations and automation teams to understand business problems and operational KPIs.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationAtlanta, GA

    Description

    Job Description
    Job Description:
    Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
    • Strong experience with Warehouse Execution Systems (WES) in large DCs / fulfillment centers.
    • Solid understanding of WMS (e.g., Manhattan, Blue Yonder) and WCS (e.g., Client, Dematic, Daifuku) interactions.
    • Hands-on knowledge of warehouse automation, conveyors, sortation, robotics, and material handling systems.
    • Experience in supply chain, fulfillment, or retail distribution environments.
    • Consulting & Communication
    • Proven ability to work in a client-facing consulting role.
    • Strong communication and storytelling skills able to articulate technical concepts to business leaders.
    • Experience creating PoVs, solution decks, business cases, and roadmaps.
    • Comfortable working in ambiguous problem spaces and shaping solutions from scratch.
    Roles & Responsibilities
    Domain & Solution Consulting
    • Serve as a WES domain expert across inbound, outbound, sortation, picking, packing, and shipping workflows.
    • Advise on WES architecture and orchestration logic, acting as the "brain between WMS, WCS, robotics, and material handling equipment.
    • Support build vs. buy decisions, WES modernization, and migration from 3rd party platforms where applicable.
    • Define future-state WES capabilities, including scalability, resiliency, and automation expansion.
    Business & Stakeholder Engagement
    • Engage with IT leadership, warehouse operations and automation teams to understand business problems and operational KPIs.
    • Translate operational pain points into WES-driven solutions with measurable outcomes (throughput, pick accuracy, labor optimization, SLA adherence).
    • Lead or support executive discussions, PoVs, and roadmap creation for WES transformation initiatives.
    Implementation & Delivery Support
    • Collaborate with engineering teams to define functional requirements, business rules, and integration patterns.
    • Guide teams on task prioritization, carton streaming, wave-less execution, and dynamic decisioning.
    • Support pilot rollouts, phased deployments, and scale-up across distribution/fulfillment centers.
    • Partner with vendors and OEMs (conveyors, sorters, robotics, AMRs, PLCs).
    • Advanced / Emerging Capabilities (Good to Have)
    • Identify opportunities for AI/ML or agent-based decisioning within WES (e.g., dynamic task assignment, congestion avoidance).
    • Contribute to automation and robotics strategy in high-volume fulfillment environments.

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