Applications Architect

Americold Logistics • Atlanta, GA

280d

About The Position

Americold is a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure. We partner with farmers and food producers to ensure their perishable and frozen product reaches foods suppliers, restaurants, and your local grocery store without spoilage. Our customers, which include some of the most respected brands in the food industry, rely on our expertise and commitment to safety in order to deliver on their commitments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in MIS or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10 years of functional and technical WMS experience with multiple WMS applications, specifically within the frozen food industry.
• Considered an industry, warehousing and WMS expert.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Variable work hours required.
• Must be able to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.

Nice To Haves

• BlueYonder and Korber WMS experience is preferred.
• Broad knowledge of various application and infrastructure technologies and hardware platforms.
• Experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously and demonstrated strong business background.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to think strategically and act tactically.
• Ability to operate under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrates and can maintain a positive, can-do attitude in stressful situations.

Responsibilities

• Acts as the warehousing practices and architecture expert for the company and the WMS deployments.
• Proactively identifies specific warehousing requirements working closely with the Distribution Support and WMS Deployment teams.
• Advises on and supports customer meetings, and contributes to the functional analysis of any intermediate to large warehousing application projects.
• Provides guidance on data conversion activities to ensure alignment with standard systems architecture.
• Provides off-hours support as required.
• Maintains awareness of emerging warehousing technologies and best practices.
• Assists in the research and evaluation of proposed technologies/practices for applicability to the company.
• Mentors team members on new techniques/practices.
• Identifies site specific warehousing practices or requirements and gap resolutions based on the larger application architecture strategy.
• Works closely with the site survey team to estimate the effort and prioritize the work to meet the site's specific requirements.
• Assists in the planning and coordination of launches of new software at new or converting sites.
• Operates as a working team member on the WMS deployment team.
• Advises on and supports customer meetings regarding WMS capabilities.
• Contributes to the functional analysis, architecture design of all intermediate to large legacy warehousing application projects.
• Builds organizational awareness of warehousing best practices.
• Analyzes current warehousing applications for opportunities for large efficiency gains.
• Acts as tier III functional support for legacy WMS application.

Benefits

• Best-in-class benefit programs.
• Health and financial well-being support.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Warehousing and Storage
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree