Blue Yonder/BY/JDA Planning Functional Consultant/Analyst

Tempe, AZ, US • Posted 7 hours ago • Updated 7 hours ago
Contract W2
Contract Independent
Contract Corp To Corp
12 Months
No Travel Required
On-site
Depends on Experience
Fitment

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Job Details

Skills

  • APICS
  • Acceptance Testing
  • Business Cases
  • Data Migration
  • Demand Planning
  • Electronics
  • Enterprise Resource Planning
  • FOCUS
  • Fit/gap Analysis
  • IT Management
  • Information Technology
  • Inventory Optimization
  • JDA
  • Leadership
  • MES
  • Management
  • Manufacturing
  • Manufacturing Operations
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • Oracle
  • Organizational Change Management
  • Process Improvement
  • Production Planning
  • Requirements Elicitation
  • Roadmaps
  • SAP
  • Semiconductors
  • Solution Architecture
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Testing
  • Workflow
  • Status Reports
  • Supply Chain Planning
  • SCP
  • JDA Planning
  • BlueYonder
  • Blue Yonder
  • BY JDA

Summary

We are seeking an experienced Blue Yonder/JDA Supply Chain Planning Solutions Architect to lead a strategic supply chain transformation initiative for a leading semiconductor manufacturing organization. This role will be responsible for evaluating, selecting, designing, and implementing a next-generation supply chain planning platform, with a strong focus on Blue Yonder (formerly JDA) planning solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Supply Chain Strategy & Platform Evaluation

  • Assess and compare supply chain planning platforms, including Blue Yonder/JDA and other industry-leading solutions.
  • Conduct current-state assessments and identify supply chain process improvement opportunities.
  • Lead fit-gap analysis and provide recommendations for platform selection.
  • Develop business cases and implementation strategies aligned with organizational goals.

Solution Architecture & Design

  • Define future-state supply chain planning processes and workflows.
  • Design scalable solution architectures supporting demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, and production planning.
  • Create integration strategies between ERP, MES, manufacturing, and supply chain applications.
  • Develop implementation roadmaps and transformation plans.

Implementation Leadership

  • Lead end-to-end implementation of the selected planning platform.
  • Oversee configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support activities.
  • Manage data migration, solution validation, and user acceptance testing.
  • Ensure alignment between business requirements and technology capabilities.

Stakeholder Management

  • Partner closely with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Operations, and IT leadership teams.
  • Facilitate workshops and requirements-gathering sessions.
  • Drive organizational change management and user adoption strategies.
  • Provide executive-level updates, recommendations, and project status reporting.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
  • 8+ years of Supply Chain Planning and Supply Chain Management experience.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with Blue Yonder/JDA Planning solutions.
  • Strong expertise in:
    • Demand Planning
    • Supply Planning
    • Inventory Optimization
    • Production Planning
    • Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)
  • Experience conducting platform evaluations, software selections, and fit-gap assessments.
  • Proven success leading enterprise-scale supply chain planning implementations.
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing and semiconductor supply chain processes.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience within Semiconductor, High-Tech Manufacturing, Electronics, or Industrial Manufacturing environments.
  • Knowledge of ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics.
  • Experience integrating Blue Yonder with ERP, MES, and downstream planning applications.
  • Supply Chain certifications such as APICS CPIM, CSCP, or equivalent.
  • Prior consulting or digital transformation experience.
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  • Dice Id: PTPk9pRn3yQYi4p
  • Position Id: 9122376
  • Posted 7 hours ago
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Victor Singh

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