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Blue Yonder Transportation Management System (TMS) – Functional Consultant

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Job Location:

Santa Clara County, CA - USA

Hourly Salary: USD 64 - 71

Posted: 24 October 2026 (Yesterday)

Application Deadline: 21 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Our client a IT Services and Consulting company is looking for a Blue Yonder Transportation Management System (TMS) Functional Consultant for their Santa Clara CA location.

Responsibilities:

Role overview:
We are seeking an experienced Blue Yonder TMS Functional Consultant to support transportation management implementation enhancement configuration and production operations.
The consultant will work closely with business stakeholders transportation/logistics teams technical teams and offshore delivery teams to translate business requirements into scalable Blue Yonder TMS solutions.
Blue Yonder TMS covers transportation planning optimization load building execution carrier management visibility procurement and freight settlement.
Key responsibilities:
Lead functional analysis configuration implementation and enhancement of Blue Yonder Transportation Management solutions.
Gather requirements from transportation logistics supply-chain and business stakeholders and translate them into functional specifications.
Configure and support transportation planning optimization shipment execution tendering routing carrier management and freight settlement.
Work on transportation modeling rates lanes calendars equipment locations carriers and routing guides.
Support load planning consolidation multi-stop/multi-leg shipments and transportation optimization.
Configure and troubleshoot auto-tendering carrier selection shipment lifecycle and exception-management processes.
Work with integration teams on interfaces between Blue Yonder TMS and ERP WMS OMS carrier and external logistics systems.
Participate in functional testing SIT UAT defect resolution production deployment and post-production support.
Analyze transportation processes and recommend improvements to cost service levels utilization and operational efficiency.
Create functional specifications process flows configuration documents test scenarios and user documentation.
Collaborate with technical teams on APIs integrations data mapping and external-system connectivity.
Provide Tier-2/Tier-3 functional support and perform root-cause analysis for production issues.
Coordinate with offshore/global development teams and manage deliverables across multiple workstreams.
Participate in Blue Yonder upgrades/releases and evaluate impacts of new TMS functionality.
Support business users and provide training on new functionality and process changes.

Requirements:

7 years overall; 5 years Blue Yonder TMS preferred
Required skills:
Blue Yonder TMS / Transportation Manager
Strong functional/configuration experience
Transportation planning and execution
Transportation optimization
Load building and consolidation
Carrier management and tendering
Routing guides and rate management
Freight settlement / audit
Shipment lifecycle management
Transportation modeling
Exception management
Functional requirements & documentation
SIT / UAT / production support
ERP/WMS/TMS integration experience
Strong SQL/data analysis skills preferred
Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills
Blue Yonders current TMS capabilities include transportation modeling procurement optimization/planning load building transportation management and network connectivity.
Preferred Experience
Blue Yonder TMS implementation or upgrade experience
Experience with JDA Transportation Management / legacy JDA TMS
Experience in retail CPG manufacturing semiconductor logistics or distribution
Experience integrating TMS with SAP Oracle WMS or OMS
Experience with cloud-based Blue Yonder implementations
Experience supporting large-scale transportation networks
Knowledge of multimodal transportation: TL LTL parcel rail and ocean
Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology
Candidate must-haves must have:
Hands-on Blue Yonder TMS functional experience
Strong transportation/logistics domain knowledge
Configuration and implementation experience
Excellent requirements-gathering skills
Strong communication and stakeholder management
Not a fit:
Candidates with only generic supply-chain consulting experience but no hands-on Blue Yonder TMS experience.
Ideal candidate profile:
The ideal candidate is a Blue Yonder TMS Functional SME who can independently interact with business stakeholders understand transportation processes configure the TMS troubleshoot functional issues coordinate with technical/integration teams and drive requirements through UAT and production
Years of experience:
10.00 Years of Experience