Kinaxis Architect Supply Planning - Bengaluru, India - Kimberly-Clark
Description
Kinaxis Architect Supply PlanningYour Job
You're raising the stakes for your career to do more. Learn more. Impact more. Here, your innovation, ideas, and technical curiosity will help us deliver better care for billions of people worldwide.
You'll put your professional expertise, talent, and drive to work by building and managing the technology behind our portfolio of iconic brands, which in turn helps billions of people around the world.
It starts with YOU.
About Us:
Huggies. Kleenex. Cottonelle. Scott. Kotex. Poise. Depend. K-C Professional. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world.
In fact, 25% of people in the world use Kimberly-Clark products every day, and it takes the absolute best people to make that happen.
We're founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we're always looking for new and better ways to perform, especially when it comes to product and process innovation.
Led by Purpose, Driven by You.
The Digital Technology Solutions (DTS) Team is the IT Engine that delivers compelling and robust capabilities, products, and solutions to Kimberly Clark business and IT by focusing on cost savings, business growth, as well as connecting with partners and customers.
As part of this team, the Architect will support full horizon end-to-end integrated solutions, with a special focus on Supply Planning, will be responsible for developing and supporting Kinaxis related implementation projects or changes undertaken by the DTS organization.
Scope:
- Responsible for solution design and delivery of Kinaxis system at Kimberly Clark
- Excellent understanding of Kinaxis solution footprint, with a deep knowledge of Supply planning solutions
- Leads/Facilitates business diagnostics, As-Is process analysis and To-Be design workshops and subsequently be able to write a solution design document to support business requirements
- Ability to review functional specs and designs, and provide inputs to influence and enhance the quality of deliverables
- Ability to review existing systems and tools and recommend improvement opportunities.
- Working experience of implementing supply planning solutions for a large global manufacturer or CPG company
- Ability to configure supply planning solution of Kinaxis, and be able to implement solution single handedly
- Ability to influence business decisions on technology, through experiences and by sharing industry best practices and methodologies
- Good understanding and work experience of using AI/ML technologies in supply chain
- Ability to deliver in fast paced environments using agile methodologies
- Works on development of interfaces, dashboards, reports and tools that are of highest quality and meet business objectives
- Assist program management teams in project planning including detailed project plan, estimates and timelines
- Conducts/Facilitates enduser training workshops on Kinaxis solution
- Setup and coordinate user acceptance testing, and support final acceptance and critical phase signoff by the business owners
- Follows up on cases opened with Kinaxis Support Services to help in resolving defects for the business
- Communicate project risks and issues that may have a negative impact on the project schedule, scope or budget
Qualifications:
Education required:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or similar fields
- MBA/Master's degree or equivalent in Supply chain / Logistics is preferred
Tech Experience:
- 10+ years of experience in implementing supply chain solutions with deep expertise in Kinaxis or similar supply planning solutions
- 3+ years of proven experience in Kinaxis supply planning implementations is mandatory. Project, Enhancement, and/or POC experience is required
- Implementation experience and functional knowledge of material planning systems and processes is desirable
- Handon experience of integration between Kinaxis and SAP S4 HANA/SAP ECC is highly desirable
- Serves as a functional liaison, and contributes to key meetings between DTS, Kinaxis project team and business including Sr executives
- Experience of collaborating with multiple crosscultural teams spread across geographies to gather requirements, make design decisions, and for testing and delivery
- Ability to work under ambiguous situations, and a drive to bring clarity by working in collaboration with multiple stakeholders
- Good time management and organizational skills; ability to multitask and adhere to tight d
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