Manager Supply Chain Advisory; Solution Advisor

Role:
Manager, Supply Chain Advisory

Location:

US Remote Synonymous Business Title (s):
Solution Advisor, Pre‑sales Solution Advisor Overview:
We are seeking a pragmatic, consultative Manager, Supply Chain Advisory (Solution Advisor) for the Discrete Manufacturing (Industrial & High-Tech) team to support supply chain transformation initiatives and advise both commercial teams and customers. This role combines strong domain expertise, analytics, and stakeholder engagement to drive improvements across network design, inventory, demand planning, S&OP, and technology-enabled processes. The Manager, Supply Chain Advisory contributes to the development and delivery of customer-focused, cost‑effective solutions by supporting solution design, delivering analytical insights, and assisting in the deployment of tailored capabilities aligned to business needs.

Acting as a trusted advisor, you will partner with customers and cross-functional teams to guide solutioning, support adoption, and ensure alignment with Blue Yonder solutions, while playing a key role in solution quality and customer value realization. This position is an individual contributor (IC) role with no direct people management responsibilities.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to customers by providing strategic insights and practical Blue Yonder solutions aligned to business requirements.
• Identify and present additional solution opportunities to existing customers to address evolving supply chain needs.
• Participate in customer engagements, discovery workshops, and design sessions, documenting requirements and contributing to solution blueprinting activities.
• Provide foundational subject matter expertise across supply chain management, operations, and enabling technologies.
• Support solution demonstrations using prepared business stories and data, including basic configuration changes or data uploads.
• 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 throughout the project lifecycle.
• Maintain working knowledge of Blue Yonder solutions, industry trends, and competitive dynamics.
• Build strong customer relationships through consistent delivery of high‑quality work and implementation support.
• Identify potential opportunities for enhancement or expansion and elevate insights to senior advisory team members.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in a customer‑facing supply chain advisory, solution consulting, or consultative sales role, ideally supporting manufacturing customers (Industrial or High-Tech).
• Foundational understanding of supply chain domains such as forecasting, demand planning, inventory management, or transportation (TMS), particularly within manufacturing environments.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate supply chain and technology concepts for technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Customer‑focused mindset with a commitment to quality delivery and measurable value.

• Demonstrated ability to lead or co‑lead blueprinting and design exercises with customer stakeholders.
• Experience deploying and configuring SaaS solutions, including awareness of change management considerations, integration points, and project lifecycle phases.
• Ability to deliver Blue Yonder solution demos using business value narratives, differentiation, and customer‑relevant scenarios.
• Working understanding of technical architecture, data flows, APIs, and enterprise integration strategies.
• Ability to connect configuration…