Solution Architect Blue Yonder Category Management

Client:Leading UK Grocery Retailer (Nationwide footprint)

A major UK supermarket retailer is implementingBlue Yonder Category Managementto sharpen data-led decision making, optimise assortment, and modernise merchandising operations. This is a high-impact transformation programme, not a vanity deployment.

AsSolution Architect, you will sit at the junction of business strategy and technical execution

owning solution design, guiding delivery teams, and ensuring the platform delivers tangible commercial value.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate merchandising and category business requirements into robust Blue Yonder Category Management solutions.
• Architect scalable, secure SaaS solutions aligned with enterprise and retail operating models.
• Provide technical leadership across the end-to-end implementation lifecycle.
• Ensure business processes are aligned with Blue Yonder architectural and best-practice standards.
• Lead design governance, ensuring consistency across HQ and store-level implementations.
• Act as a senior technical interface for business, delivery partners, and global teams.
• Identify architectural and delivery risks, driving pragmatic mitigation strategies.
• Ensure all solutions directly support the retailers strategic and commercial objectives.
• Oversee quality and integrity of functional, technical, and deployment deliverables.
• Champion continuous improvement across design, delivery, and adoption.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven involvement in3+ large-scale Blue Yonder Category Management implementations.
• Deep expertise inCKB environment preparation, installation, and configuration.
• Strong knowledge ofmacro and micro space managementand assortment processes.
• Hands-on experience leading design workshops and producingFunctional, Technical, and Deployment Designs.
• Ability to define and executeProofs of Conceptfor customer-specific requirements.
• Expert-level configuration of Blue Yonder CM, including security and process flows.
• StrongSQL Serverand SQL scripting capability.
• Hands-on development experience in.NET (C# or VB)for Blue Yonder extensions or customisations.
• Experience coordinating delivery acrossdistributed and global teams.
• Track record of creating, reviewing, and assuring project deliverables

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Desirable Experience

• Exposure toCognos Reportingwithin retail or merchandising environments.
• Ability to develop user training materials and lead structured training sessions.