Blue Yonder

Strategic Services Director, Retail & Grocery

Blue Yonder  •  London, GB (Onsite)  •  4 months ago
Expired
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Job Description

What you’ll do

  • Lead the development and execution of strategic initiatives and projects.
  • Work with Principal and Senior Enterprise Architects on Master ‘Blueprints’ / High level design for industry verticals
  • Work in the high level design phase of projects to deliver client specific blueprints encompassing business process, key design decisions and enterprise architecture
  • Build and present recommendations to client leadership, ensuring insights are grounded in data and aligned with business goals.
  • Support team leadership in shaping engagement strategy, deliverable quality, and client communications.
  • Participate in thought leadership efforts, including market research, internal frameworks, and executive-ready content.
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver solution rollouts and strategic initiatives.
  • Identify and prioritize growth opportunities through data-driven analysis and industry insights.
  • Ensure high quality deliverables and client satisfaction.

Key Skills

  • Possess deep industry and sub-industry knowledge, understands market trends, organizational strengths, gaps, and whitespace opportunities.
  • Experienced in guiding customers through best-practice solution deployments; not afraid to challenge assumptions early in the project life-cycle.
  • Strong storytelling skills with ability to relate solution demos to the day to day work and outcomes our customer require
  • Ability to gather, synthesize, and interpret data from industry trends, competitive landscapes, and customer feedback to inform strategic decisions and roadmap development
  • Quickly builds trust and credibility and delivers outcomes for the customer.
  • Confidently leads process design and serves as a design authority.
  • Effectively engages with executive leadership, C-level clients, industry partners, and global forums.
  • Strong presentation skills; can convey strategic recommendations, influence decision-making, and represent Blue Yonder in high-impact environments.
  • Expertise to design, launch, and optimize industry-specific solutions and go-to-market plans (developing integrated product offerings, tailoring strategies to industry needs, ensuring competitive positioning in the marketplace).

What we are looking for

  • Proven industry experience leading business teams within a tier 1 supply chain organization, and/or 10+ years of experience in management consulting, strategic planning
  • Experience of working within multiple industry verticals highly desirable
  • Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to influence C-Level Executives and proven experience as a ‘trusted advisor’
  • Strong process modelling skills
  • Proven track record of delivering successful strategic initiatives and projects.

Our Values


If you want to know the heart of a company, take a look at their values. Ours unite us. They are what drive our success – and the success of our customers. Does your heart beat like ours? Find out here: Core Values

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Blue Yonder

About Blue Yonder

Blue Yonder is the AI company for supply chain. As the world leader in end-to-end digital supply chain transformation, Blue Yonder offers a unified, AI-driven platform and multi-tier network that empowers businesses to operate sustainably, scale profitably, and delight their customers—all at machine speed. A pioneer in applying AI solutions to the most complicated supply chain challenges, Blue Yonder’s modern innovations and unmatched industry expertise help more than 3,000 retailers, manufacturers, and logistics service providers confidently navigate supply chain complexity and disruption.

Blue Yonder is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We know that the best businesses are diverse and inclusive. Our unique talents make for great ideas, empathetic workplaces and drive results. We welcome all job applicants, so apply today.

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Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Scottsdale, Arizona
Year Founded
Unknown
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