What are the responsibilities and job description for the WES Consultant (Warehouse Execution Systems) position at Veridian Tech Solutions, Inc.?
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We have a Full-time opportunity for you as WES Consultant (Warehouse Execution Systems) @ Atlanta, GA
Role: WES Consultant (Warehouse Execution Systems)
Locations: Atlanta, GA
Type of Hiring: Full-time
Job Description:
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
- Strong experience with Warehouse Execution Systems (WES) in large DCs / fulfillment centers.
- Solid understanding of WMS (e.g., Manhattan, Blue Yonder) and WCS (e.g., Honeywell, Dematic, Daifuku) interactions.
- Hands-on knowledge of warehouse automation, conveyors, sortation, robotics, and material handling systems.
- Experience in supply chain, fulfillment, or retail distribution environments.
- Consulting & Communication
- Proven ability to work in a client-facing consulting role.
- Strong communication and storytelling skills—able to articulate technical concepts to business leaders.
- Experience creating PoVs, solution decks, business cases, and roadmaps.
- Comfortable working in ambiguous problem spaces and shaping solutions from scratch.
Roles & Responsibilities
Domain & Solution Consulting
- Serve as a WES domain expert across inbound, outbound, sortation, picking, packing, and shipping workflows.
- Advise on WES architecture and orchestration logic, acting as the “brain” between WMS, WCS, robotics, and material handling equipment.
- Support build vs. buy decisions, WES modernization, and migration from 3rd party platforms where applicable.
- Define future-state WES capabilities, including scalability, resiliency, and automation expansion.
Business & Stakeholder Engagement
- Engage with IT leadership, warehouse operations and automation teams to understand business problems and operational KPIs.
- Translate operational pain points into WES-driven solutions with measurable outcomes (throughput, pick accuracy, labor optimization, SLA adherence).
- Lead or support executive discussions, PoVs, and roadmap creation for WES transformation initiatives.
Implementation & Delivery Support
- Collaborate with engineering teams to define functional requirements, business rules, and integration patterns.
- Guide teams on task prioritization, carton streaming, wave-less execution, and dynamic decisioning.
- Support pilot rollouts, phased deployments, and scale-up across distribution/fulfillment centers.
- Partner with vendors and OEMs (conveyors, sorters, robotics, AMRs, PLCs).
- Advanced / Emerging Capabilities (Good to Have)
- Identify opportunities for AI/ML or agent-based decisioning within WES (e.g., dynamic task assignment, congestion avoidance).
Contribute to automation and robotics strategy in high-volume fulfillment environments.