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.
This requires

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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📌 WMS Transition Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 DWS
📍 Melbourne