Job Description

Job Title: Information Technology - Kinaxis Solution Consultant
Location (On-site, Remote, or Hybrid?): India/LATAM (remote)
Contract Duration: 36 W, 6 D

Key Responsibilities
Solution Design & Implementation

• Design, configure, develop, and implement Kinaxis RapidResponse solutions aligned with global business requirements.
• Lead business process discovery sessions, workshops, and solution design discussions for supply chain planning initiatives.
• Analyze current-state ("As-Is") planning processes and develop future-state ("To-Be") solution architectures.
• Create and maintain:
  • Solution Design Documents (SDD)
  • Functional Design Specifications
  • Technical Design Documentation
  • Data Mapping Documents
  • Testing and Deployment Plans
• Configure planning models, calculations, scenarios, alerts, dashboards, and data structures within Kinaxis.
• Support full project lifecycle activities, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, hypercare, and ongoing support.

Kinaxis Development & Configuration

• Develop and configure solutions within Kinaxis RapidResponse.
• Build and maintain:
  • Workbooks
  • Worksheets
  • Control Sets
  • Alerts
  • Measures
  • Metrics
  • Scenarios
  • Dashboards
  • Supply Planning Models
  • Demand Planning Models
• Implement advanced planning logic and business rules supporting:
  • Inventory optimization
  • Capacity planning
  • Supply balancing
  • Material planning
  • Production planning
  • Demand fulfillment
• Troubleshoot and optimize existing Kinaxis configurations and performance.

Integration & Data Management

• Design and support integrations between Kinaxis and enterprise applications including:
  • SAP S/4HANA
  • SAP ECC
  • SAP APO (where applicable)
  • SAP BW
  • Azure Data Services
  • Enterprise Data Warehouses
  • Third-party supply chain applications
• Develop and troubleshoot inbound and outbound data integrations.
• Work closely with integration teams to ensure data accuracy, timeliness, and completeness.
• Support master data governance and planning data quality initiatives.

Business Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with global business teams across:
  • Supply Planning
  • Demand Planning
  • Procurement
  • Manufacturing
  • Logistics
  • Customer Supply Chain
  • Finance
• Provide recommendations based on supply chain planning best practices and industry standards.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders on planning process improvements and technology adoption.
• Facilitate executive and operational workshops to align business processes with system capabilities.
• Translate business requirements into scalable Kinaxis solutions.

Testing & Deployment

• Define testing strategies and coordinate:
  • System Integration Testing (SIT)
  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Regression Testing
  • Production Validation
• Support release planning, deployment activities, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Assist business users during testing cycles and issue resolution.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in:
  • Computer Science
  • Information Systems
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Engineering
  • Related discipline
• Master's Degree, MBA, or Supply Chain specialization preferred.

Required Experience

• 8+ years of overall experience implementing enterprise Supply Chain Planning solutions.
• 5+ years of hands-on Kinaxis RapidResponse implementation experience.
• Proven experience delivering:
  • Full lifecycle implementations
  • Enhancements
  • Global rollouts
  • Proof of Concepts (POCs)
• Experience working directly in configuration and development capacities within Kinaxis.
• Experience supporting global planning organizations and complex supply chains.
• Strong understanding of supply chain planning processes within large multinational manufacturing or CPG organizations.

• Experience as a Kinaxis end user or superuser alone does not qualify as implementation experience.

Functional Expertise
Strong experience in one or more of the following areas:
Supply Planning

• Inventory Planning
• Capacity Planning
• Production Planning
• Replenishment Planning
• Constraint-Based Planning

Demand Planning

• Statistical Forecasting
• Consensus Forecasting
• Demand Sensing
• Demand Analytics

Integrated Business Planning (IBP)

• Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)
• Scenario Analysis
• Executive Planning
• Supply/Demand Balancing

Manufacturing & Materials Planning

• MRP
• DRP
• Procurement Planning
• Material Availability Planning

Technical Skills

Kinaxis Rapid Response

• Data Modeling
• Configuration
• Authoring
• Workbooks & Worksheets
• Dashboards
• Alerts & Notifications
• Planning Scenarios
• Analytics & Reporting

ERP & Enterprise Systems

• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP ECC
• SAP BW
• SAP APO (preferred)

Data & Integration

• REST APIs
• ETL Processes
• SQL
• Data Mapping
• Master Data Management

Cloud & Analytics (Preferred)

• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Data Factory
• Azure Synapse
• Power BI

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