Manager Supply Chain Advisory

Role: Manager, Supply Chain Advisory

Location: US Remote

Synonymous Business Title (s): Solution Advisor, Pre-sales Solution Advisor

Overview:

We are seeking a pragmatic, consultative Manager, Supply Chain Advisory (Solution Advisor) for the Discrete Manufacturing (Industrial & High-Tech) team to support supply chain transformation initiatives, specifically for WMS customers. This role combines strong domain expertise, analytics, and stakeholder engagement to drive improvements across network design, inventory, demand planning, S&OP, and technology-enabled processes.

The Manager, Supply Chain Advisory contributes to the development and delivery of customer-focused, cost-effective solutions by supporting solution design, delivering analytical insights, and assisting in the deployment of tailored capabilities aligned to business needs. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will partner with customers and cross-functional teams to guide solutioning, support adoption, and ensure alignment with Blue Yonder solutions, while playing a key role in solution quality and customer value realization. This position is an individual contributor (IC) role with no direct people management responsibilities.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to customers by providing strategic insights and practical Blue Yonder solutions aligned to business requirements.
• Identify and present additional solution opportunities to existing customers to address evolving supply chain needs.
• Participate in customer engagements, discovery workshops, and design sessions, documenting requirements and contributing to solution blueprinting activities.
• Provide foundational subject matter expertise across supply chain management, operations, and enabling technologies.
• Support solution demonstrations using prepared business stories and data, including basic configuration changes or data uploads.
• Conduct analysis and contribute to recommendations that align configuration decisions with operational and financial outcomes.
• Collaborate with sales, consulting, and product teams to support customer adoption activities and ensure alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Maintain working knowledge of Blue Yonder solutions, industry trends, and competitive dynamics.
• Build strong customer relationships through consistent delivery of high-quality work and implementation support.
• Identify potential opportunities for enhancement or expansion and escalate insights to senior advisory team members.

What We’re Looking For:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in a customer-facing supply chain advisory, solution consulting, or consultative sales role, ideally supporting manufacturing customers (Industrial or High-Tech).
• Must have solid experience with WMS (Warehouse Management Systems), ideally BY WMS/JDA WMS within manufacturing environments.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate supply chain and technology concepts for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Customer-focused mindset with a commitment to quality delivery and measurable value.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to lead or co-lead blueprinting and design exercises with customer stakeholders.
• Experience deploying and configuring SaaS solutions, including awareness of change management considerations, integration points, and project lifecycle phases.
• Ability to deliver Blue Yonder solution demos using business value narratives, differentiation, and customer-relevant scenarios.
• Working understanding of technical architecture, data flows, APIs, and enterprise integration strategies.
• Ability to connect configuration decisions to operational KPIs and financial outcomes.
• Experience positioning Blue Yonder solutions in competitive contexts.
• Experience with Blue Yonder solutions or similar enterprise supply chain platforms preferred.