Live Assets | IT Staffing Solutions seeking a WMS Consultant to join one of the biggest logistic companies in North America. The ideal candidate will be responsible for successful optimization and delivery of Warehouse Management system (WMS) processes to the company’s sites. The consultant delivers functional, technical, and business process expertise in multidiscipline project teams. Ensuring high quality in time deliverables. Activities will be based out of one of the company’s clusters in the region. Main working area consists out of the United States, Canada and Mexico. Frequent travel is expected, and largely will be project-based.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Analyze and document client and business requirements.
- Design, configure, test and implement WMS processes.
- Provide process optimization and improvement proposals based on business requirements.
- Train key- and end-users on designed processes and functionalities.
- Create functional designs for internal and external reports and documents.
- Keeps track and where needed escalates for on-time delivery on deliverables requested from company’s Global IT department.
- Gatekeeper for warehouse process standardization.
- Provide regular scheduled project updates to internal and external stakeholders.
- Analyze complex issues and client cases, and provide sensible generic solutions.
- Write functional specifications based on business requirements for applications changes and improvements.
- Advocate and sell best practices and standardization to internal (and external) parties.
- Builds and maintains relationships with internal and external stakeholders to understand and anticipate customer needs for specific projects.
- Other duties as assigned by management to support special projects, implementations, process improvements, etc.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent combinations of education and work experience.
- Extensive knowledge on warehouse processes and supporting system landscapes.
- 3-5 years of experience with JDA WMS (dispatcher, discrete) or other major WMS products.
- Experience with EDI integration.
- Experienced in working on small, fast-paced project teams.
- Quick learner.
- Able to articulate and voice own opinion, and sell your warehouse process design
- Computer Skills
- MS Office Suite
- Proficiency in one or more WMS
- SQL proficiency is a plus
- Language Skills -English (reading, writing, verbal. Spanish is a plus.
- Travel requirement is approximately 30%-50%
- Able to travel domestically and internationally (including Europe)
- Valid passport required
Minimum Requirements:
- Education and/or Experience
- At least 2 years of experience in working in a project-based environment.
- High School Diploma or GED is required.
- Certificates, Licenses, Registrations, or Professional Designations.
- Not required
- Other
- Readiness to travel – can be on short notice
Live Assets is a boutique IT Staffing/Recruiting firm specializing exclusively in building IT teams of excellence for the Information Technology sector.
