Kinaxis Solution Consultant, Inventory Optimization
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About Kinaxis
Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech but its really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such were serious about your career growth and professional development because People matter at Kinaxis.
In 1984 we started out as a team of three engineers based in Ottawa Canada. Today we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world and support 40000 users in over 100 countries. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management we enable supply chain excellence for all industries. We are expanding our team in Chennai and around the world as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.
Our journey in India began in 2020 and we have been growing steadily since then! Building a high-trust and high-performance culture is important to us and we are proud to be Great Place to Work CertifiedTM.Our state-of-the-art office located in the World Trade Centre in Chennai offers our growing team space for expansion and collaboration.
Location
Chennai India
About the team
The Solution Consultant is a professional level role with demonstrated experience. The job incumbent would
- Provide trusted expertise and contribute review and support throughout the development phase of concepts within Kinaxis Maestro product.
- Would be responsible for understanding Kinaxis customers most pressing business challenges and will be committed to supporting our customers by solving complex issues in their Supply Chain Management practice.
- Responsible for supporting Solution Developmentactivities throughout the deployment of Kinaxis solutions.
What you will do
- Configure and implement Kinaxis Maestro product based on customer business requirements ensuring solution configurations are of high quality aligned with user stories and completed in accordance with project timelines.
- Translate business requirements into Kinaxis Maestro product specifications following Supply Chain Industry trends and best practices.
- Support in developing and enhancing inventory management modules to balance service levels working capital and system efficiency.
- Support in developing Production Planning workflows that balance capacity lead times and demand variability.
- Support Quality Control/Quality Assurance validation and testing of the solution. Provide recommendations to improve future workflows and implementations.
- Collaborate with Product Managers and internal stakeholders to align Kinaxis Maestro solution with system capabilities.
- Translate business requirements into system configurations dashboards and workflows.
- Participate in early innovator programs with a focus on guiding and training end users on how the Maestro solution was configured in relation to their business requirements and how to achieve immediate value from their investment.
- Provide continued support to the customer during the early innovator program of the project to ensure the customer understands the solution and how it integrates into their supply chain management objectives and practices.
- Conduct data-driven analysis to identify improvements and recommend the same to project team for increasing the effectiveness of the developed solution
Skills and Qualifications we need
- Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Industrial Engineering Computer Science Information Technology or a related field.
- Passion for working in customer-facing roles and able to demonstrate strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
- Understanding of Production Planning and Inventory Management concepts.
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies for system implementation.
- Ability to interpret business requirements and convert them into entity relationship diagram logic.
- Understanding of the software deployment life cycle; including business requirements definition review of functional specifications development of test plans testing user training and deployment.
- Self-starter who shows initiative in their work and learning and can excel in a fast-paced work environment.
- Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills able to synthesize a high volume of complex information to determine the best course of action.
- Works well in a team environment and can work effectively with people at all levels in an organization.
- Ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts effectively in English both verbally and in writing to bridge technical and business teams.
What we are looking for
- Minimum 4 years of working experience within Maestro platform.
- Experience working with Production Planning and inventory management concepts ideally in a software or technology driven environment.
- Experience in SaaS Supply Chain platform projects.
- Knowledge of software extensions and embedded algorithms is an advantage.
- Solution Consultant Level certification/s from Kinaxis is an advantage.
- Experience in data analysis tools like python and SQL is an advantage.
- Team player who could actively contribute to the betterment of the team and ensure a positive cooperative environment.
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Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the worlds supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day when we see store shelves stocked when medications are available for our loved ones and so much more.
Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin Yamaha P&G Honda and more.
Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices talent assessment training materials and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and were committed to a long-term net-zero operations strategy. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.
People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:
- Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the third Friday of every month)
- Flexible work options
- Physical and mental well-being programs
- Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
- Mentorship programs training and career development
- Recognition programs and referral rewards
- Hackathons
For more information visit the Kinaxis website at or the companys blog at .
Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation please reach out to us at Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.
Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description to identify candidates whose education experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening all subsequent decisions regarding your application including final selection are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.
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