Package Consultant

Summary: IBM Corporation is seeking a Package Consultant to support their warehouse management system (WMS) applications. The role involves collaborating with management and clients to enhance WMS functionalities, design integrations, and provide training for warehouse staff. Responsibilities: - Collaborate with management and clients to align key principles governing the warehouse management system (WMS) application, assess information processing and computational needs - Gather and analyze business and technical requirements for WMS integrations, translate operational needs into functional and technical specifications to support system improvements and automation initiatives - Design and implement WMS integrations using Message Queues to ensure seamless data flow, optimized workflows, and real-time operational visibility across warehouse and enterprise systems - Develop core WMS functionalities by design and implement configuration/code changes to improve warehouse automation, system efficiency, and integrate robotics (AMRs/ASRS) platforms - Configure and maintain WMS applications in container orchestration platforms, enable deployment, version control, and continuous integration for system reliability and maintainability - Deploy, scale, manage WMS applications and integration components in cloud and containerized environments using AWS services such as EC2, S3, and RDS - Perform unit, integration, and user acceptance testing (UAT), and develop test scripts to validate WMS configurations and system enhancements - Create, maintain, and update comprehensive documentation for WMS design and testing procedures - Diagnose and resolve program and system malfunctions within the WMS to ensure optimal functionality and minimize operational disruptions - Conduct training sessions for warehouse staff on WMS solutions to enhance their operational skills, ensuring they navigate and utilize system features for improved productivity - Lead project teams with Programmers and Systems Analysts, oversee development and implementation of WMS enhancements - Conduct cost benefit and ROI analysis for proposed enhancements to the warehouse management system application Required Qualifications: - Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related (employer will accept a Bachelor's degree plus five (5) years of progressive experience in lieu of a Master's degree) - one (1) year of experience as an Application Consultant, Package Consultant, Advisory Consultant or related - One (1) year of experience must include utilizing Warehouse Management System (WMS) solutions - One (1) year of experience must include utilizing Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) - One (1) year of experience must include utilizing Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (ASRS) - One (1) year of experience must include utilizing Structured Query Language (SQL) - One (1) year of experience must include utilizing IBM DB2 - One (1) year of experience must include utilizing API Development & Integration - One (1) year of experience must include utilizing Amazon Web Services (AWS) (including EC2, S3, RDS) Required Skills: Warehouse Management System (WMS), Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (ASRS), Structured Query Language (SQL), IBM DB2, API Development & Integration, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS EC2, AWS S3, AWS RDS