Ty Walker
Collierville, TN *****
***********@*****.***
Professional Summary
As a senior Manhattan Associates top tier supply chain consultant for over 20 years involving a core team member of projects to define cloud services with AWS or Azure architecture, software design, review Manhattan Customer Flow Document, development, configuration, testing plan, migration cutover plan and day to day incident reconciliation.
Willing to relocate to: Austin, TX - Los Angeles, CA - Miami, FL Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
IT Implementation Manager
Kuehne-Nagel-Remote
February 2025 to Present
Manage the technical and functional requirements for facility by providing all required configuration along with Manhattan extensions, WMOS 2019, for new facility location for the Automation Hai Robotics implementation for Biopharmaceutical drugs to support direct customers and retail vendors to improve put away storage and picking process.
• WMOS 2019 MDA and WM configuration from current site with future process procedures involving cross docks, order consolidation and label generation.
• Configure additional configuration to fit new facility location with Work Area/Work Group Inventory Need Type, Put away and Replenishment, Zones, Pack Stations, printers with related IP address to support CUPs printing services and label certification.
• Work with operations and HAI Robotics on put away process and pick/pack procedure during integration of Orders from Manhattan WM and handling shortages, priorities
• Provide data for Items, ASNs, locations and Orders for replenishment, allocation, pick, pack and ship functionality to perform.
• Collaborate with Operations on DC layout and process flow for new DC to support configuration involving work area and HAI Robotics automation and pick allocation, SOX compliance, hazmat and pharmaceutical DCSCA requirements.
Manhattan Associate Active 23.3 Consultant Remote
CVS Health-Remote
October 2023 to November 2024
Design Phase of building AWS cloud services architecture single instance of multiple facilities within cloud service: Imperial DC, Conroe DC (Houston area) and NJ DC and workflow for each area of business procedures, Determine gaps across workflows of facilities to define whether an extension/ modification would be required or business agreement upon base process functionality, Determine security requirements involving SSO, LDAP and Active Directory, Use of Postman for JSON data import, troubleshooting and the daily review of interface errors from Mainframe and SAP, Data Integration requirements for outbound MercuryGate for TL carriers and common parcel shipments, Requirements of APIs for data imports, File size not to exceed 7mb for JSON data exchange during Interface to MIF, Active Go for conversion data exchange and configuration of non-production environments/instances for end to end configuration, levels business testing and clean cutover configuration and report development to migrate into production. TMS Inbound integration Purchase Order and Appointment requirements from
Descartes to MAWM. Led SCI design creator for the development of day 1 reports with Cognos 12 framework and inventory packages by assigning reports to onshore and offshore team for development design and Infor conversion to MAWM of data field requirements with the use of Active Go. Manage the creation and assignment of users involving their network email accounts. Led Support team with reconciliation around design strategy planning of SOP development of data transactions, data integration resolutions involving Messaging, Endpoints, MIF and Tranlog through identifying data exchange errors with the use of Active Go or Postman to remove, update payload data record and resubmit for successful data exchange. CUPS installation for mobile printers and standard desk printer management and the need for MySQL for long-term data storage MAWM (receipts, shipments and LPNs) after 90 days in Production environment. Loreal
Manhattan Active 22.2 US Support Remote 2/2023-10/2023 Support Loreal AWS cloud services single instance (Dallas, Texas or Monteal, Canada) sites for cloud service environment with Service Now to log and assign incidents for resolution and capture month- end reporting with MAWM for Dallas and Montreal reporting and startup, meet weekly with MA CSO on recent and open cases for updates or resolutions, document and record workflow for each area of business Strategy transactional procedures and configuration for knowledge to reconcile incidents for Loreal Montreal site, Postman (JSON format) used for resolving data discrepancy from MA support, Access to HIP (extension of SAP) for integration data exchange for Inbound and outbound payload to SAP from MAWM, Weekly communication involving Manhattan, cross functional team and CAB team and TMS on inbound appointments and receipts and outbound shipments with Amazon e2Open carrier ship via methods an weight restrictions. Leader in identifying 500 errors with inbound location related to volume configuration and ship confirm failures due to data to integrated to e2Open exceeding weight expectation. Member of Change Management team to discuss weekly the changes required to test or move into production and whether the changes are from Manhattan or Loreal configuration. Manhattan Associates Active Consultant
Brunswick Corporation-Remote
August 2022 to December 2022
Member of the Implementation Team for Azure cloud services architecture and Manhattan Associates Active 22.1 of Indiana distribution center. Design and development of Manhattan Active integration with Oracle and Pyramid (WES) application for data exchange to allow inventory to remain constant across each application through JSON data exchange. Configure sortation involving strategy planning for LPN (manual) case labeling from inbound trailers to Sort locations to determine whether the LPN requires cubiscan or direction to an exception handling area or direction to a certain reserve storage location, which all requires task configuration inventory need type and space within the inbound area to consolidate cases designated for each required area for final storage location. The INT involving task replenishment to active locations from storage locations determines the configuration of whether pallets or case need to be directed from a storage location to fulfill the active unit location or designated for order as a full case. Confirming active location configuration to Min/Max requirements were configured to allow for replenishment at the location fill requirements. Change management member to review weekly the enhancement required for moving into production. Confirm and reconcile integration to labor management for transaction updates. Confirm the pick/pack workflow, involving pick/pack data exchange between Manhattan Active and Pyramid WES diverts and task assignment for replenishment and task for pick request to Pyramid location with message confirmation or whether a shortage occurred to send back to Manhattan Active from Pyramid successful in data exchange. Data exchange to e2Open TMS integration for outbound orders involving rate, weight and regional routing area and lowest rate and on-time delivery.
Principal Consultant Remote
UPS-Remote
May 2022 to August 2022
Cognizant consultant leader for UPS integration between GWS-PkMS 2006 and Manhattan OMS customer orders legacy application and Locus WES application for inventory replenishment and pick allocation Provide team with the necessary tables from GWS to be integrate for with WES-Locus for managing order processing on order, customer, address, location and carrier ship via requirement, data exchange with confirmation or exceptions with processing order information involving order line-item shortage with data exchange for re-ordering line item when item becomes available in DC. Performed PL/SQL command to end wave allocation procedure, disabled or restart printer and define the proper workflow for Orders involving Locus WES application or case or pallet inventory directed to outbound lanes pallet loading and ship confirm.
MANHATTAN WMOS CONSULTANT
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.-Remote, NY
March 2022 to May 2022
Member of IT team to determine the facility server sizing requirements around hardware memory or additional servers to meet daily transactional data processing and storage requirements. Upgrading from Manhattan Associates PkMS legacy application to WMOS 2019 with the integration of a new WES application for inventory storage and order processing through endpoints between applications. Lead with experience WMOS on status codes involving inbound ASN or case level for header level information or outbound Order and shipment level to determine what to pass between applications for inventory tracking, balance and confirmation between the selection from OPEX to Savoye Manhattan Associates WMOS Consultant
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics-Remote
March 2021 to November 2021
IT Consultant test team leader for designed to document and perform all test plans involving inbound and outbound scenarios for WMOS application due to private Pharma to terminate rd Kuehn-Nagel (3 Party vendor) contract and migrate as a public trading company. Led development and performance of all test scenarios for outbound orders related to domestic parcel orders and LTL orders with carrier confirmation and invoicing documentation. Integration of ProShip for data exchange to carrier to order confirmation and the importance of weight and product items that require hazmat classification, freezer or cooler storage for ground or non-air overnight shipments to customers since a lot of the orders require immediate or high importance shipment delivery time.
Manhattan Associates WMOS Consultant
Home Depot-Remote
September 2020 to February 2021
Member of IT support implementation team involving updates to Logistyx and WMOS applications in 2012 to 2019 with support of installing and confirming Logistyx rates and routing guide updates for facilities. Maintained the rate and routing guides for each required facility and communication with Logistyx at times required for the annual upgrade requirements. Under Armour
WMi Lead Consultant
Manhattan Associates-Remote
February 2020 to September 2020
Member of the HCL support team for all Under Armour retail distribution centers on leading Manhattan WMi/AS400 2017 and Manhattan OMS application with support from offshore team and communication, detail area procedures and SOPs, analyze, determine cause of failure in procedure, test to confirm resolution and support related documents and configuration. Manhattan Warehouse Management Systems integration to WES Dematic involving start maintenance services site down or interfaces offline due to overnight purge or archive maintenance taking place that require services to be enabled
ServiceNow used for incident creation and assignment to support team members for review and resolutions to meet SLA timeline. Labor management tracking and cost per transaction. Change Management of planning of production through test changes involving extensions or configuration changes within non-production environments from Manhattan Associates related to rate and routing shopping, configuration and ship confirm data exchange around enhancements to meet requirements.
Support Lead LBE
Old Navy/GAP-Enterprise Solutions-Manhattan, NY
September 2017 to September 2020
L2 Manhattan and Vargo leader for daily business support for 4 Fulfillment retail distribution centers using WMOS 2016 and Vargo -WES and Sortation with Lafayette or TGW and Kindred for picking and packing from putwall and Kindred robotics for order sortation with knowledge of data integration, validation and upgrading orders for immediate processing within WES for meeting customer delivery dates and configure locations for WCS sortation diverts for putaway and replenishment. Shortage Order line item for chase wave to route on WCS exception lane to be fulfilled when item becomes available and auto fulfilled through chase wave. Vargo integration to Manhattan WMOS allows the orders to be streamlined to allow Vargo to determine the number of orders that can be processed and hinder work within areas to improve processing time and the number orders to complete for pick and pack procedures depending on order type and the urgency of the order delivery date. Understand data integration to LMS and resolve configuration within WMOS and SCI reporting. Support KPIs through LMS and incentives created within SCI reports to fetch performance data and confirm report information from WMOS. Setup department manager workstation WMOS application to view data fields for determining LPN status, storage location and whether tasks of putaway, replenishment or picking has been complete inbound shipments to verify closing shipment or orders to clean up outstanding tasks to completion to ship confirm order. Legacy TMS application development on determining receipt of ship confirmation file and exceptions that require resubmission to SAP for closure. Bass Pro Shops
WMi Consultant
Manhattan Associates-Macon, GA
October 2016 to October 2017
Support Manhattan Associates WMI/AS400 2014 and Manhattan OMS application for management team tracking for ecommerce customer orders.
Develop process flows and identify configuration or modification requirements to meet business expectations, communicate with JDA (Host) IT team members on interface design requirements and data exchange involving process flows and inventory movements Lead committee on reconciliation prioritization involving procedural exceptions Configure WMS, create test data, develop test scenarios and train users on WMS and exceptions, Lead committee on prioritization on future WMS enhancements for increased productivity and sound inventory movement, reconcile inventory discrepancy involving WM and Host application related to PIX 605 on-hand inventory and 300 adjustment transactions Develop and configure WMS cycle count procedure to eliminate spreadsheets with task groups, rules and reports and alerts, configure inventory need type and allocation path, wave rule master and profile, consolidation diverts, pack and hold locations, retail routes and shipping diverts, configure the messaging and events for Dematic integration and real-time divert and status updates of lanes and divert for pick module, consolidation and shipping
Support Compass (CORS) Pick Module integration communication software for batch picking, zone diverts and identify shortages and carton complete messaging communication with WM Develop SQL queries for daily reporting, business exceptions and determine root cause for data failures for reconciliation and use sniffer tools to monitor data traffic between server and applications for data exchange and reconciling access point facility coverage Consultant Remote/Onsite
Hallmark Manhattan Associates
Support of AWS cloud services MAO ecommerce orders for fraudulent orders due to previous card not matching address against recent order or vice versa. ASN and LPN integration for Inbound receipts.
Order integration and determining whether the Order line items can be fulfilled complete order at DC or partial line fulfillment or if order can be filled at another DC, which can all be configured to determine MAO receipts and order selections. Configure Order types for direct to store and direct to consumers until the implementation upgrade of WMOS for direct to store Orders along with rate and routing requirements for MAO, inbound receipts and outbound order requirements involving order types of parcel shipping methods, access to see where inventory exist and eliminate fraudulent orders. Define architecture requirements involving WMOS 2019 of master data of Items, ASN, Orders and Ship Confirm PIX requirements from SAP integrated to WMOS with the expectation transfer LTL loads between multiple distribution centers or large volumes for new stores.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Business Management
Northeastern State University-Tahlequah, OK
August 1990 to May 1992
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Northeastern State University
Skills
• Supply Chain review RFQ, design collaboration, software development and review software modifications against baseline application that best fits business requirements and operational expectations. Server sizing, application installation and WES application. SaaS ownership versus business requirements involving capturing data forecast and future modifcations (10+ years)
• MAO
• Putaway Types
• ASN
• Pick Determination
• Picking /Packing Transactions
• Logistyx
• Bastain. Technical specification
• Item Facility
• Pick Strategy
• Kafka or Tibco from or to Mainframe
• Orders
• what we need to schedule during outage for cutover from non-production to production
• Wave Rules
• Carrier shipping requirements for label
• EPI manifest certification. Testing/Training
• PO and Orders
• Infor
• APIs
• local dedicated carriers WCS or WES application: Vargo
• Pyramid
• Work Group/Area
• Receiving
• Items
• Shipments with JSON data exchange. Develop
• Yard Management
• Super-user training along with UAT (user acceptance training) Cutover
• Dematic
• Item
• Anchor or Consolidation locations
• Purchase Orders
• Unit/System/Integration/Volume/Performance/Day in the Life. Rally or Confluence to plan project
• departmental functionality training with knowledge of PIX data exchange
• Transactions
• update resolutions
• Manhattan Associates Active-MAWM
• Service Levels
• Order Type
• User Profiles
• Tasks
• Oracle or SAP
• Honeywell
• Appointment
• Red Prairie
• SFG
• Pick Assignment
• Putaway/Replenishment Strategy
• what can be implemented in advance of production interruption
• Plan test strategy
• TGW
• Kindred
• Configure
• Pre-Receiving
• Tranplace
• WMOS
• PO
• re-test and deploy extensions or configuration updates with change management leadership. Automation: Order Streaming and Direct to Storage from Receiving
• WPT
• Conversion and Storage Planning-Overall task requirements of master data planning; Items
• Appointments
• e2Open
• store data for long term requirement to future reporting for seasonal or business planning.
• SAP and Oracle Database Tables: Appointments
• Defining mapping and interface involving MIF
• Allocation Priorities
• PkMS or GWS
• WMi
• Put wall order allocation or Robotics. Schedule and perform high level training
• INT
• Endpoints
• Jira to Log defects
• Descartes
• Opex
• Tasking
• IBM Message que (MQ)
• Determine the strategy planning
• location and item naming scheme to perform configuration requirements for Direct to Consumer or Direct to Store involving System Codes
• current operational schedule
• Activity Tracking TMS-Manhattan