Kinaxis Consultant

Role Name: Kinaxis Consultant

Location: Onsite, Capgemini Burlington Office.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Profile:

Bachelor’s degree in operations research, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or related fields with a concentration in operations or analytics.
3+ years of experience implementing any supply chain Advanced Planning Solutions like o9, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, OMP, E2Open, etc.
Firsthand experience in leading a team through at least 1 full lifecycle implementations of a supply chain planning solution including business requirement gathering, solution design & development, testing, go-live/cutover, hyper care, and value realization.
Experience in Agile methodology to deliver large scale enterprise solutions.
 

Skillset required:

Roles and Responsibilities:

Perform detailed discovery sessions with business users to understand and document RapidResponse configuration requirements, including: the customers’ supply chain network, operating model, system landscape, planning processes, as well as objectives and targets for Kinaxis implementation.
Select standard functionalities in RapidResponse and design data model changes, solution configuration and customizations.
Lead solution blueprinting and detailed design activities 
Assign configuration tasks to project members according to their skills, review deliverables and track completion.
Apply advanced mathematical models to address customer requirements.
Understand Supply Chain Industry trends and benchmark customers performance against the same.
Support data management and data integration activities, including source systems data transformation, data loading into Rapid Response, data cleanup and validation.
Support services sales opportunities working with the Account Executives and Client Partners.
Support customer and project team on Quality Control/Quality Assurance practices to the configured solution, including executing unit test scripts and supporting the execution of end-to-end tests and user acceptance tests.
Support troubleshooting and resolution of solution issues.
Assess project performance and document lessons learned to increase institutional knowledge. Ensure solutions team adheres to Kinaxis methodologies and quality standards.