Total Experience: 10+ years
- Kinaxis Experience: 10+ years (end to end implementations & transformations)
- Role Depth: Architect / Lead Designer / Technical Functional Authority
- Program Type: Large global rollouts, complex landscapes, COE models
Core Responsibilities Architecture & Solution Ownership:
- Own end to end Kinaxis solution architecture across demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and S&OP/IBP.
- Define target state architecture aligned to business strategy and planning maturity.
- Drive architectural decisions covering:
- Data model design
- Planning logic & scenarios
- Integration patterns
- Performance & scalability Design & Governance
- Lead solution design authority across projects and operations.
- Review and approve functional and technical designs.
- Establish architecture standards, best practices, and governance models.
- Ensure consistency across enhancements, rollouts, and regional deployments. Integration & Platform Strategy
- Own Kinaxis integration strategy with ERP and upstream/downstream systems.
- Define data flow, latency, reconciliation, and error handling principles.
- Ensure high availability, performance, and platform stability. Delivery & Transformation
- Partner with business leaders to translate enterprise planning needs into scalable Kinaxis designs.
- Guide delivery teams through complex implementations and upgrades.
- Oversee UAT strategy, cutover planning, and go live readiness.
- Support post go live stabilization and value realization. Stakeholder & Leadership Engagement
- Act as primary Kinaxis architectural advisor to senior stakeholders.
- Support roadmap definition, solution evaluation, and estimations.
- Provide thought leadership on supply chain planning transformations.
Mandatory Skills
- Kinaxis RapidResponse - Architecture (Technical + Functional)
• End to end Supply Chain Planning • Enterprise Solution Design
- Data Modeling & Integration Architecture
- Performance & Scaling Strategy
- Stakeholder & Executive Communication
Functional Knowledge (Strong)
- Demand Planning
- Supply & Capacity Planning
- Inventory Optimization
- S&OP / IBP
- Scenario & What If Planning
Technical Knowledge (Strong)
- Kinaxis data model & schema design
- Interface & integration frameworks
- Large data volume handling
- Performance tuning & optimization
- Upgrade & release management
Good to Have
- Kinaxis certification(s)
- SAP ECC / S/4HANA integration experience
- COE / Global template ownership
- Manufacturing
- Pre sales or solution strategy exposure
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