WMS Transition Manager

WMS Transition Manager
DWS is seeking an experienced Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) Transition Manager to lead the transition of a major warehouse management system into live operations across multiple distribution sites for one of Australia’s largest retail groups.  
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Where: Melbourne 
Type: Max Term 
Start: ASAP 
Length: 12+ months 
Style: Hybrid; 3+ days onsite 
Salary: up to $210K (inc super) 
  
Essential Skills and Experience: 

• Very significant senior level experience delivering complex, enterprise-scale WMS or supply chain platform go-lives within multi-site retail or logistics environments in Australia, with Manhattan WMS experience being strongly preferred.
• A career history of transition and cutover ownership experience.
• Experience delivering phased, site-by-site rollouts within major national distribution centre environments.
• Comfortable operating within live warehouse environments, including out-of-hours cutovers and high-pressure go-live periods.
• Excellent senior stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence operational and technology teams.
• Experience coordinating vendors, along with third-party delivery and integration partners.

What you will be doing: 

• Own the entire national transition from build into live operations across all distribution sites, including cutover planning, rehearsals, go/no-go decisions and site-by-site deployments.
• Drive site readiness across data, interfaces, equipment, training activities and operational process changes.
• Lead hypercare activities and transition sites into BAU support, ensuring issues and defects are tracked through to resolution.
• Manage transition schedules, risks, issues and dependencies across multiple sites and provide governance reporting.
• Engage with operations leaders, supply chain technology teams and external vendors.

About Us:
Since 1991, DWS has been helping organisations across Australia reimagine what’s possible through technology, business, and management consulting. With offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Canberra, our 300+ locally based consultants bring deep expertise and fresh thinking to every project. We deliver end-to-end solutions spanning IT consulting, Staff Augmentation, Managed Delivery, Data & Analytics, Cloud, AI and Automation.  
Our strength lies in our people; each consultant is carefully selected for their expertise, creativity, and commitment to excellence. Together, we deliver impactful solutions that drive innovation, efficiency, and long-term value. At DWS, we don’t just meet expectations - we redefine them.  

Applicants must hold Australian Citizenship, Permanent Residency (PR), or other permanent work rights – DWS are unable to sponsor or support visas.
  
DWS encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  
  
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No agencies please – our in-house talent acquisition team have this covered.