Solution Advisor - Retail Planning
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA) — Bengaluru, India
Platform: Blue Yonder · Type: Full-time
Experience: 6-8 years
Modules: Demand Planning
Job description
ng strategic insights and practical Blue Yonder solutions that meet business requirements.
Ability to present additional solutions to current customers to solve their business needs.
Participate in customer engagements, discovery workshops, and design sessions, documenting requirements and assisting in solution blueprinting.
Provide foundational subject matter expertise across supply chain planning & management, operations, and supporting technologies.
Assist with demos of Blue Yonder solutions using prepared business stories and data, including basic configuration or data load support.
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 during the project lifecycle.
Maintain working knowledge of Blue Yonder solutions, industry trends, and competitive dynamics.
Build strong working relationships with customers by delivering high-quality work and supporting their implementation journey.
Identify potential opportunities for enhancement or expansion and escalate observations to senior team members.
Key Skills
Know how to deploy and configure SaaS solutions; understand change management impacts, how to operate the solutions, integration points, customization options, and project lifecycle (discovery and design to go-live and post-deployment support).
Ability to lead a blueprinting exercise.
Ability to deliver Blue Yonder demo using business stories, business impact, and differentiation; can support tag changes and data uploads to support customer demos.
Demonstrates in-depth solution functionality across one or many solutions; can tailor use cases to client priorities.
Skilled at connecting configuration decisions to operational and financial outcomes.
Maintains competitive differentiation knowledge and can effectively position Blue Yonder as a market leader.
Understands technical architecture, APIs, and integration strategy within the broader enterprise ecosystem.
Ability to align data flows, interoperability, and system design to ensure scalability.
Skilled in linking technology design to business KPIs.
Serves as a trusted advisor in process transformation discussions; guides customers through workflows, ensures alignment to reference architectures, and supports design authority governance during implementations.
What we are looking for
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Retail Business or related field.
A minimum of 6 years of experience in a customer-facing Omni channel Retail planning solution advisor or consultative sales role.
Proven track record of developing and delivering customer-centric solutions that drive measurable impact.
Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, with ability to influence both technical and executive audiences.
Ability to think creatively, strategize, and execute in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Strong customer focus and commitment to exceeding customer expectations.
Experience with Blue Yonder's products and solutions is strongly preferred.
Ability to present additional solutions to current customers to solve their business needs.
Participate in customer engagements, discovery workshops, and design sessions, documenting requirements and assisting in solution blueprinting.
Provide foundational subject matter expertise across supply chain planning & management, operations, and supporting technologies.
Assist with demos of Blue Yonder solutions using prepared business stories and data, including basic configuration or data load support.
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 during the project lifecycle.
Maintain working knowledge of Blue Yonder solutions, industry trends, and competitive dynamics.
Build strong working relationships with customers by delivering high-quality work and supporting their implementation journey.
Identify potential opportunities for enhancement or expansion and escalate observations to senior team members.
Key Skills
Know how to deploy and configure SaaS solutions; understand change management impacts, how to operate the solutions, integration points, customization options, and project lifecycle (discovery and design to go-live and post-deployment support).
Ability to lead a blueprinting exercise.
Ability to deliver Blue Yonder demo using business stories, business impact, and differentiation; can support tag changes and data uploads to support customer demos.
Demonstrates in-depth solution functionality across one or many solutions; can tailor use cases to client priorities.
Skilled at connecting configuration decisions to operational and financial outcomes.
Maintains competitive differentiation knowledge and can effectively position Blue Yonder as a market leader.
Understands technical architecture, APIs, and integration strategy within the broader enterprise ecosystem.
Ability to align data flows, interoperability, and system design to ensure scalability.
Skilled in linking technology design to business KPIs.
Serves as a trusted advisor in process transformation discussions; guides customers through workflows, ensures alignment to reference architectures, and supports design authority governance during implementations.
What we are looking for
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Retail Business or related field.
A minimum of 6 years of experience in a customer-facing Omni channel Retail planning solution advisor or consultative sales role.
Proven track record of developing and delivering customer-centric solutions that drive measurable impact.
Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, with ability to influence both technical and executive audiences.
Ability to think creatively, strategize, and execute in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Strong customer focus and commitment to exceeding customer expectations.
Experience with Blue Yonder's products and solutions is strongly preferred.