Kinaxis Solution Consultant

Sunrise Systems, Inc.

India

Position is 100% Remote - India

Contract Duration: 08 Months Contract

Position is 100% remoteRequired Experience
8+ years of overall experience implementing enterprise Supply Chain Planning solutions.
5+ years of hands-on Kinaxis RapidResponse implementation experience.
Experience working directly in configuration and development capacities within Kinaxis.
Experience supporting global planning organizations and complex supply chains.
Strong understanding of supply chain planning processes within large multinational manufacturing or C P G organizations.
Experience as a Kinaxis end user or superuser alone does not qualify as implementation experience. Proven experience delivering:
Full lifecycle implementations
Enhancements
Global rollouts
Proof of Concepts (POCs) Key Responsibilities

Solution Design & Implementation

Design, configure, develop, and implement Kinaxis RapidResponse solutions aligned with global business requirements.
Lead business process discovery sessions, workshops, and solution design discussions for supply chain planning initiatives.
Analyze current-state ( "As-Is ") planning processes and develop future-state ( "To-Be ") solution architectures.
Configure planning models, calculations, scenarios, alerts, dashboards, and data structures within Kinaxis.
Support full project lifecycle activities, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, hypercare, and ongoing support. Create and maintain:
Solution Design Documents (SDD)
Functional Design Specifications
Technical Design Documentation
Data Mapping Documents
Testing and Deployment Plans Kinaxis Development & Configuration
Develop and configure solutions within Kinaxis RapidResponse. Build and maintain:
Workbooks
Worksheets
Control Sets
Alerts
Measures
Metrics
Scenarios
Dashboards
Supply Planning Models
Demand Planning Models Implement advanced planning logic and business rules supporting:
Inventory optimization
Capacity planning
Supply balancing
Material planning
Production planning
Demand fulfillmentTroubleshoot and optimize existing Kinaxis configurations and performance.

Integration & Data Management

Develop and troubleshoot inbound and outbound data integrations.
Work closely with integration teams to ensure data accuracy, timeliness, and completeness.
Support master data governance and planning data quality initiatives.Design and support integrations between Kinaxis and enterprise applications including:
SAP S/4HANA
SAP ECC
SAP APO (where applicable)
SAP BW
Azure Data Services
Enterprise Data Warehouses
Third-party supply chain applications Business Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement

Collaborate with global business teams across:

Supply Planning
Demand Planning
Procurement
Manufacturing
Logistics
Customer Supply Chain
Finance
Provide recommendations based on supply chain planning best practices and industry standards.
Act as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders on planning process improvements and technology adoption.
Facilitate executive and operational workshops to align business processes with system capabilities.
Translate business requirements into scalable Kinaxis solutions. Testing & Deployment

Define testing strategies and coordinate:

System Integration Testing (SIT)
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Regression Testing
Production Validation
Support release planning, deployment activities, and post-go-live stabilization.
Assist business users during testing cycles and issue resolution. Required Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in:
Computer Science
Information Systems
Supply Chain Management
Engineering
Related discipline
Master's Degree, MBA, or Supply Chain specialization preferred. Required Experience
8+ years of overall experience implementing enterprise Supply Chain Planning solutions.
5+ years of hands-on Kinaxis RapidResponse implementation experience.Proven experience delivering:
Full lifecycle implementations
Enhancements
Global rollouts
Proof of Concepts (POCs)
Experience working directly in configuration and development capacities within Kinaxis.
Experience supporting global planning organizations and complex supply chains.
Strong understanding of supply chain planning processes within large multinational manufacturing or C P G organizations.
Experience as a Kinaxis end user or superuser alone does not qualify as implementation experience. Functional Expertise

Strong experience in one or more of the following areas:

Supply Planning

Kinaxis RapidResponse