Blue Yonder Transportation Management System (TMS) – Functional Consultant
Iconma PortalOur client a IT Services and Consulting company is looking for a Blue Yonder Transportation Management System (TMS) Functional Consultant for their Santa Clara CA location.
Responsibilities:
• Role overview:
• We are seeking an experienced Blue Yonder TMS Functional Consultant to support transportation management implementation enhancement configuration and production operations.
• The consultant
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will work closely with business stakeholders transportation/logistics teams technical teams and offshore delivery teams to translate business requirements into scalable Blue Yonder TMS solutions.
• Blue Yonder TMS covers transportation planning optimization load building execution carrier management visibility procurement and freight settlement.
• Key responsibilities:
• Lead functional analysis configuration implementation and enhancement of Blue Yonder Transportation Management solutions.
• Gather requirements from transportation logistics supply-chain and business stakeholders and translate them into functional specifications.
• Configure and support transportation planning optimization shipment execution tendering routing carrier management and freight settlement.
• Work on transportation modeling rates lanes calendars equipment locations carriers and routing guides.
• Support load planning consolidation multi-stop/multi-leg shipments and transportation optimization.
• Configure and troubleshoot auto-tendering carrier selection shipment lifecycle and exception-management processes.
• Work with integration teams on interfaces between Blue Yonder TMS and ERP WMS OMS carrier and external logistics systems.
• Participate in functional testing SIT UAT defect resolution production deployment and post-production support.
• Analyze transportation processes and recommend improvements to cost service levels utilization and operational efficiency.
• Create functional specifications process flows configuration documents test scenarios and user documentation.
• Collaborate with technical teams on APIs integrations data mapping and external-system connectivity.
• Provide Tier-2/Tier-3 functional support and perform root-cause analysis for production issues.
• Coordinate with offshore/global development teams and manage deliverables across multiple workstreams.
• Participate in Blue Yonder upgrades/releases and evaluate impacts of new TMS functionality.
• Support business users and provide training on new functionality and process changes.
Requirements:
• 7 years overall; 5 years Blue Yonder TMS preferred
• Required skills:
• Blue Yonder TMS / Transportation Manager
• Strong functional/configuration experience
• Transportation planning and execution
• Transportation optimization
• Load building and consolidation
• Carrier management and tendering
• Routing guides and rate management
• Freight settlement / audit
• Shipment lifecycle management
• Transportation modeling
• Exception management
• Functional requirements & documentation
• SIT / UAT / production support
• ERP/WMS/TMS integration experience
• Strong SQL/data analysis skills preferred
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills
• Blue Yonders current TMS capabilities include transportation modeling procurement optimization/planning load building transportation management and network connectivity.
• Preferred Experience
• Blue Yonder TMS implementation or upgrade experience
• Experience with JDA Transportation Management / legacy JDA TMS
• Experience in retail CPG manufacturing semiconductor logistics or distribution
• Experience integrating TMS with SAP Oracle WMS or OMS
• Experience with cloud-based Blue Yonder implementations
• Experience supporting large-scale transportation networks
• Knowledge of multimodal transportation: TL LTL parcel rail and ocean
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology
• Candidate must-haves must have:
• Hands-on Blue Yonder TMS functional experience
• Strong transportation/logistics domain knowledge
• Configuration and implementation exp