[Remote] IT Product Manager - Blue Yonder

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. KMS Kenco Management Services, LLC hires an IT Product Manager to manage the full lifecycle of Blue Yonder WMS products and implementations. The role leads product strategy, implementation governance, customer and stakeholder relationships, and solution delivery, while supporting project planning, implementation, and operational improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manage the lifecycle of Blue Yonder WMS implementations, enhancements, upgrades, and operational improvement initiatives
• Develop and maintain implementation strategies, roadmaps, standards, and governance processes for assigned products and projects
• Provide leadership and oversight for contractor-led implementation teams, ensuring accountability, quality delivery, and adherence to Kenco standards
• Serve as the primary point of contact and subject matter expert for Blue Yonder WMS implementation activities
• Develop project resourcing strategies, including internal resources, contractors, implementation partners, training requirements, and project budgets
• Monitor and report to IT leadership, Operations, customers, and executive stakeholders on project status, risks, issues, budgets, and implementation progress
• Lead project planning, governance, risk management, issue resolution, and escalation activities across multiple concurrent projects
• Manage relationships with software vendors, consulting partners, contractors, and customer stakeholders
• Provide functional and technical guidance for Blue Yonder WMS solution design, configuration, testing, integration, deployment, and support activities. Utilize warehouse operations expertise to evaluate business requirements and design practical, scalable solutions
• Collect and analyze business requirements for large and complex customer implementations
• Perform feasibility studies and translate operational requirements into effective system designs. Identify business process conflicts, integration challenges, and operational risks while recommending alternative solutions. Evaluate proposed customizations, enhancements, and integrations while promoting standardization and reuse of existing Kenco solutions
• Ensure project deliverables, system documentation, testing results, and support transition materials meet established quality standards
• Develop strong working relationships with customers, Operations leadership, IT teams, software vendors, and implementation partners
• Lead customer workshops, project reviews, steering committee meetings, and executive-level status presentations
• Drive consistency across implementation methodologies, documentation standards, project governance practices, and solution designs
• Support knowledge transfer activities and development of internal Blue Yonder WMS expertise
• Assist with RFI, RFQ, and RFP responses, solution estimates, implementation approaches, and project pricing activities

Skills

• Minimum of 7 years of Warehouse Management System experience
• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on Blue Yonder (JDA/RedPrairie) WMS experience
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading software implementations, projects, or programs
• Strong knowledge of warehouse operations and supply chain execution processes
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities
• Experience overseeing external contractors, consulting organizations, and implementation partners
• Experience presenting project status, risks, and recommendations to customers and executive leadership
• Ability to develop and implement strategies to maximize employee performance and foster employee engagement in meeting the organization's strategy
• Bachelor's degree in IT Management, Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience and technical training, is preferred
• Experience within a third-party logistics (3PL) environment preferred
• PMP certification or equivalent project management experience preferred
• Experience with warehouse automation, WCS, LMS, parcel systems, ERP integrations, or distribution center startups preferred

Benefits

• Medical insurance including HSA, HRA and FSA accounts
• Supplemental insurance including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accidental injury
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Basic Life and Supplemental Life
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off approximately 2 weeks (accrual begins on Day 1 of employment)
• Employer Paid Holidays- 10 days
• Remote work

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