Minimum 4–5 end-to-end implementations of Kinaxis Rapid Response
Strong in managing customer expectations, stakeholder management, regular reviews, and customer engagement
Focus on delivery-led growth leading to increased revenue generation
Contribute to RFP responses, customer presentations, and project estimations
Strong knowledge of SCM planning concepts, practices, and procedures
Lead the solution design and provide detailed documentation and technical directives to Kinaxis developers to configure Kinaxis resources such as Workbooks, Custom Filters, Hierarchies
Design the data integration architecture for Data Source and Mapping and Automation Chains
Ability to lead and conduct workshops to understand the client's business process and perform a fit-gap analysis based on the existing ERP infrastructure
Interact with client top-level management and conduct meetings to provide detailed solution design based on the output of workshops and brainstorming sessions
Comprehensive understanding of Supply Chain planning and experience in implementing RR and/or E2E planning solutions based on Kinaxis and Kinaxis algorithms in areas of Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Inventory Management
Promote and support the principles and standards of Enterprise Architecture aligned with the organization's strategy through sound decisions and planning of the optimal architecture for Rapid Response solutions, including architectural design, development, and deployment
Implement recommended architecture changes throughout area of responsibility
Keep up-to-date with possible new architectures that will increase performance and/or capacity
Provide technical thought leadership to design and develop solutions to meet both business and technology requirements to deliver strategic initiatives
Support functional workstreams in refining requirements to complete gap assessments versus existing solutions, inform, consult, and develop solutions to technical problems by challenging traditional technical assumptions and creative design approaches while maintaining best practices
Review and approve design solutions to ensure that the configuration of Rapid Response interfaces, data models, analytics, and customizations supports business process requirements with a focus on innovation
Act as liaison between business stakeholders and technical developers to transform and develop requirements into designs, development approaches, and implementation
Work closely with integration teams to ensure successful data migration from different ERP source systems to Kinaxis and vice versa
Create, document, train, and consult the data cleansing, harmonization, and transformation rules processes
Perform data readiness assessment, data cleansing, harmonization, and transformation rules to ensure successful implementation and remediation (for new ERPs, acquisitions, etc.) of Rapid Response, ensuring the solution is producing expected results
Provide support on issues before, during, and after deployment, and partner to identify long-term solutions, reducing system/integration instability
Troubleshoot, diagnose, and recognize possible or existing architectural problem areas and determine ways to effectively control and resolve them
Architecturally consult and support regional/divisional functional projects and initiatives, including working with workstream leads to develop functional roadmaps for new solution capabilities and sustaining projects (i.e., system upgrades)

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