Senior Developer

Job Title: Senior DeveloperRole SummaryWe are looking for an experienced Senior Blue Yonder Developer with strong hands-on expertise in Blue Yonder Demand Planning / Demand Sensing and Oracle PL/SQL development.The role will be responsible for designing, developing, enhancing, and supporting demand-planning solutions, with particular focus on Blue Yonder application development, demand-planning data processing, database development, interfaces, batch processes, performance optimization, and production support.The ideal candidate should combine strong technical development capability with a good understanding of supply-chain demand-planning concepts and be comfortable troubleshooting complex issues across the Blue Yonder application and Oracle database layers.Key Responsibilities1. Blue Yonder Demand & Demand Sensing Development Design, develop, enhance and maintain solutions within Blue Yonder/JDA Demand Planning and Demand Sensing. Work on technical configurations and customizations required to support business demand-planning processes. Develop and maintain demand-planning data flows, interfaces, batch processes and application components. Translate functional/business requirements into scalable technical solutions. Perform impact analysis and technical design for enhancements and change requests. Support solution testing across development, SIT, UAT and production environments.2. Oracle PL/SQL Development Design and develop complex Oracle SQL and PL/SQL components, including: Packages Procedures Functions Triggers Views Complex queries Joins and aggregations MERGE operations Bulk processing Analyze and optimize SQL/PLSQL for high-volume planning data. Troubleshoot database performance issues and improve query execution efficiency. Develop robust exception handling, logging and data-validation mechanisms. Perform data analysis and reconciliation between upstream/downstream systems and Blue Yonder.Your previous BY sourcing material specifically surfaced practical experience with PL/SQL packages, procedures, functions, MERGEs and joins, so I would retain these explicitly rather than simply writing "Oracle knowledge." [RE: Live S...lue Yonder | Outlook]3. Demand Planning Technical Support Investigate and resolve complex application and data-related production incidents. Perform root-cause analysis and implement permanent technical fixes. Analyze forecast/demand data issues and identify problems across application, database, interface and batch-processing layers. Monitor critical jobs and proactively identify processing failures or data inconsistencies. Support production releases, deployments and post-deployment validation.4. Technical Design & Engineering Quality Create technical design documents and development specifications. Follow coding standards and development best practices. Conduct code reviews and ensure maintainability, performance and reliability of solutions. Perform unit testing and support integration and regression testing. Identify technical risks and propose appropriate mitigation.This aligns with your earlier internal BY JD, which specifically emphasized coding standards, technical reviews, quality assurance and risk mitigation. [RE: Live S...lue Yonder | Outlook], [Live Sourc...lue Yonder | Meeting]5. Collaboration & Senior Developer Responsibilities Work closely with functional consultants, business analysts, architects and support teams. Participate in requirement/design discussions and challenge technically inefficient solutions. Guide junior developers on Blue Yonder and Oracle development. Support estimation, planning and technical breakdown of development activities. Coordinate with upstream/downstream application teams to troubleshoot integration issues. Contribute to continuous improvement, automation and reduction of recurring production issues.Must-Have SkillsI would make these non-negotiable screening criteria: Strong hands-on experience in Blue Yonder / JDA Demand Planning Hands-on development experience in Blue Yonder Demand or Demand Sensing Strong Oracle SQL and PL/SQL development Strong experience developing: Packages Procedures Functions Complex SQL MERGE statements Performance-optimized database code Experience working with large-volume transactional/planning datasets Strong debugging and root-cause-analysis capability Experience with batch processes and interfaces Understanding of Supply Chain Demand Planning Experience across development, testing, deployment and production-support lifecycleSupply Chain Functional KnowledgeThe candidate should have working knowledge of: Demand Planning Demand Sensing Statistical forecasting Forecast consumption/adjustments Forecast accuracy concepts Historical demand and demand signals Promotions/events affecting demand Demand hierarchies and planning dimensions Master and transactional data used within demand-planning systems