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Spinnaker SCA | A company of Publicis Sapient · 1 day ago

Kinaxis Solution Architects (RapidResponse) – Demand, Supply Planning

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Spinnaker SCA, a company of Publicis Sapient, is a premier supply chain services consulting firm. They are seeking a Kinaxis Solution Architect to deliver high-quality work products on client engagements, support internal colleagues, and manage day-to-day meetings.

Management Consulting

Responsibilities

Serve as the chief planner/architect of Kinaxis Rapid Response implementations; ensure that the delivery architecture, capabilities and operations are consistent across the enterprise

Take part in deep-dive customer business requirements discovery sessions and develop requirements specifications documentation

Working with customers for understanding requirements, providing solutions, transforming requirements

Configure the system to support business requirements, design / configure various resources like worksheets, Alerts, Metrics, scorecards, etc

Perform Integration testing during System Integration Testing

Support User Acceptance Testing

Architecting Planning solutions using Rapid Response, MRP to achieve a defined business outcome, working with Interfaces, work flows and data management/data migration

Works together with the functional team to drive the adoption of standard business practices

In-depth knowledge of resources such as worksheets, Alerts, Metrics, scorecards, etc

Knowledge of integrating Kinaxis with host ERP systems for both Inbound and Outbound Interfaces, work flows, Query development, preparation of detailed functional specifications for enhancements, layouts and reports, etc

The role requires interaction with clients in different time zones

The role may require flexibility to work in different shifts

Qualification

Kinaxis Rapid ResponseSupply PlanningDemand PlanningSAP MRPStatistical ForecastingCapacity PlanningInterpersonal SkillsCommunication SkillsFacilitation SkillsPresentation Skills

Required

A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field is required

Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in manufacturing, production planning, demand management industry role and/or business software consulting role

Minimum of 5 years of experience in implementation of different Kinaxis Rapid Response modules, including Supply Planning, Forecasting and Demand Planning, ATP, Aggregate Supply Planning, Capacity Planning, Attribute Based Planning, Sales & Operations Planning

Designing solutions in Rapid Response

Hands on experience on Demand Planning, Statistical Forecasting, Consumption based planning, Re-order point planning, MRP, MPS, Long term Planning, Capacity planning and Production scheduling, Batch Management, Serial number management with discrete and Process industry

Hands on experience on Supply Chain Planning Master Data Maintenance i.e. Material Master, BOM, Work center, Routings, Vendor Master, Customer Master, info records, source list, Schedule agreements, contracts etc

Knowledge and experience of integration of Planning function with Manufacturing, Quality, Materials Management, Sales and Distribution, Sourcing, Logistics and Costing functions

SAP MRP, PP, APO experience

A passion for working in customer facing roles and you have great interpersonal, communication, facilitation and presentation skills

Kinaxis Rapid Response Author certification or Contributor Certification