[Remote] Kinaxis Rapid Response Supply Planning Consultant
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Staffworxs is a company that powers transformation by connecting talent with expertise. They are seeking a Kinaxis Supply Chain Consultant to support supply chain planning, optimization, and execution using Kinaxis RapidResponse, focusing on various industries such as automotive and life sciences.
Responsibilities
- Implement and configure Kinaxis RapidResponse to optimize supply chain operations
- Collaborate with business teams to gather requirements and design effective supply chain solutions
- Develop dashboards, analytics, and scenario modeling within Kinaxis
- Integrate Kinaxis with ERP and other supply chain systems
- Troubleshoot system issues, support upgrades, and provide user training
Skills
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with Kinaxis RapidResponse
- Strong knowledge of supply chain planning, demand forecasting, and inventory management
- Experience integrating Kinaxis with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.)
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities
- Data Modeling: Understand and map business data to the Kinaxis data model, creating hierarchies, relationships, and custom fields to accurately represent the supply chain processes
- Worksheet Design: Develop complex worksheets within the Kinaxis interface, including calculations, expressions, and conditional logic to generate insights and visualizations for demand forecasting, inventory planning, and production scheduling
- Workflow Automation: Design and configure automated workflows using Kinaxis
- Report Creation: Build customized reports and dashboards using Kinaxis reporting capabilities to provide key performance indicators (KPIs) and insights to stakeholders
- Integration Management: Work with IT teams to integrate Kinaxis with other enterprise systems (ERP, CRM) to ensure data consistency and smooth data flow
- Security & Access Management: Work with users to have the right and controlled access/authorizations setup
- User Training and Support: Provide training and support to end users on how to effectively utilize the custom Kinaxis solutions they have built
- Release and Upgrade: Participate in System Upgrades and Release notes analysis
- Performance Optimization: Performance and query optimizations with SQL concepts and Kinaxis best practices
- Kinaxis certification is a plus
- Experience working in industries such as automotive, electronics, life sciences, or consumer goods
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